A Malay-English dictionary,

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SIDAT

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SIRING

--- —-~;.L* sidat. An armlet believed to possess talismanic properties.

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sidang. I. A gathering, a council. S.
mashuwdrat: members of Council. S. 'ulamd:
a council of men learned in Muhammadan
law; Sh. Tab. Mimp., 2. S. jumd'at: the
Friday assembly for congregational service;
Ht. Abus., 4.

II. That portion of the blade of a tool,
knife, or weapon which shows the scratching
of the grindstone; the edge as worn by
sharpening.
III. Abating, of rain, when it changes from
a violent storm of rain to a steady but not
exceptional downpour; diminution, but not
cessation.
he~ siding. A sharp corner, e. g. of a plank; a
fence used as a trap for deer; the edge of a
patch of padi-land or jungle; walking along
the edge.
$.1. sedak. The rattan ring or fastening round
the Malay tambourine (rebana).
$A? sidek. Investigation; examination of a question; thinking out. Cf. selidek.
\J;A saiyiduna. Arab. Our Lord,-a title by
which the Prophet and early Kaliphs are
spoken of; Muj., II.
LCsY sidai. Hanging out (clothes) to dry. Penyidai kain: a clothes cord or rail. Tersidai:
hung out; Sh. Ul., 4.
Chandu-madat laksana batgkai,
A nak bini dapat di-tinggalI;
Ta'-dapat kain jEmor sidai,
Di-sambar sentap buboh pajak gadai:
the man of opium and chandu is dead before
his time, he can be severed altogether from
his family;-you cannot get your clothes
dried when hung out before he carries them
off and puts them in the pawnshop.
CS saiyidi. Arab. My Lord; my Lord God.
J~ sira. I. Putting powder on a sticky surface,
coating a cake with sugar, rolling a cake in
sugar so as to get the sugar to adhere to it.'
II. Jav. A Javanese title of inferior rank.
Hendak ka-mana sira sakaliyan: where are all
you gentlemen going to; Ht. Mas Ed. Sira
Panji: the name really assumed by the hero
commonly known as " Sri Panji."
III. A place where wild animals of the
jungle go to drink without preying on each
other.,J siyar. I. Welding hot plates of iron; hammering two pieces of red-hot iron so as to
unite them.
II. Bersiyar: to stroll about, to walk up
and down a lawn or passage; Sh. Ibl., i2;
Sh. Nas., Io, 12. Bersiyar-siyar: id.; Ht.
Koris; Sh. Abd. Mk., 26.
Papan siyar: the highest plank in the construction of the sides of a Malay boat; the
plank remotest from the keel.
-j' siyor. I. Sempang-siyor: zigzagging, jaggedly. Semnpang-siyor dalam paya dan ayer: zigzagging through the swamps and water; Ht.
Abd., 308.
II. Ta'-siyor: not to care for; J. S. A. S.,
III., 35; = ta'-ingin.
a,:> seret. Dragging or drawing along; pulling
a thing which trails along the ground. Diikat-nya dari kaki Saiyid Yasin itu lalu di-seretnya di-bawa-nya pergi ka-tengah padang: they
attached a rope to the feet of Saiyid Yasin's
body and dragged it along, conveying it to
the centre of the open space; Ht. Abd., 251r
Menyeret: to drag along; Sh. Jub. Mal., I5.
ct.k sirat. Netting together; working an ornament in the form of a mesh. Siratan gigi:
the mesh-like appearance presented by regular
teeth. Bersirat: worked in mesh-pattern;
Ht. Hg. Tuw., 78. Bersiratkan: id.; Ht. Sh.
Kub. Penyirat kukit: the thin line of skin
covering the edge of the finger nails.
He7 serang. Wide-meshed, e. g., of baskets, nets,
etc.; occurring at wide intervals. Buwah s.:
fruit when scarce on a tree.
6K serong. Out of the straight line, crooked,
awry, at an angle. Berjalan s.: to incline to
the right or left in marching; Ht. Abd., 105.
Kireling s.: to cast a side glance. Kain
puncha s., or ikat puncha s.: a mode of fastening
the sarong commonly used by women, who
bring one side of the sarong round to the
front and then so tie it up that it falls
slantingly in front.
&. siring. An instrument something like a big
tennis racket. It is used in catching shrimps.
The fisherman holds it over the edge of the
boat with one hand while, with the other,
he punts the boat along hugging the shore.
Shrimps coming in contact with the siring
leap out of the water and fall into the boat.
The word is used somewhat loosely for a net

or trap: dengan sa-bentarjuga hamba masoBkan
parburuwan itu dalam siring kita: in a moment
I shall get the game to enter our net; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 122.
Kain s.: sack-cloth. The siring proper is,
however, made of fine rattan. Cf. rawa.

r Pronounced tinggai in the Kedah dialect.

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