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PAKAI. [_ 449. 1~_ PALAS_~

PAKAI

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PALAS

P. kijang: diplazium sorzogonense.
P. kikir: aspidium polymorphum.
P. kilat: nephrodium dissectum.
P. langsuwir: the bird's nest fern;
nopteris nidus-avis.
P. laut: cycas rumphii; -=p. aji.

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P. lumut batu: leucostegia parvula.
P. pahat: cyathea brunonis.
P. pandan: = p. langsuwir.
P. pinang: nephrolepis exaltata.
P. resam: gleichenia linearis.
P. resam padi: cheilanthes tenuifolia.
P. rusa: diplazium sorzogonense.
P. tanjong: anisogonium esculentum.
P. tembaga: aspidium cicutarium.
P. uban nephrolepis exaltata; = p. pinang.
P. ular blechnum orientale.
P. wangi: pleopeltis phymatodes.
III. Kalok paku: the figure-head of a
(Singapore) boat.
pakai. The use or wearing of anything; to
assume, to wear, to adopt the use of, to put on,
to employ. Buleh pakai ini surat: this document can be made to serve; Ht. Abd., 45.
Memakai: to wear, to use. M. seluwar:
to wear trousers; Ht. Abd., 89. Terpakai:
of service; used; utilized; of constant
occurrence; Ht. Abd., 46, 47.
Pakaiyan: clothes, garments; anything worn
whether as garments (Ht. Abd., 32, 97) or as
a keris or watch (Ht. Abd., 36I). Tiyada
berpakaiyan: without clothes; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
49.
pagut. The peck of a bird, the bite of a
snake; to peck out (of a hawk pecking out the
eyes of a dragon, Ht. Pg. Ptg.); to peck up
and carry away, Ht. Kal. Dam., 75. Di-pagut
tedong: bitten by a cobra. Kalau menyiberang
sungai, biyar di-telan uleh buwaya, jangan-lah
di-pagut uleh ikan kechil-kechil: if you are
crossing a stream, better be swallowed by an
alligator than be picked to pieces by little
fish; it is more honourable to fall a victim to
the great than to the mean; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XI., 72.
Cf. patok.
pagar. A fence; a palissade; a row of stakes
or palings. Pagar makan padi: the fence eats
up the padi; the precautions for diminishing
loss eat up the profits; Prov. Bagai bulan dipagar bintang: like the moon fenced in with
stars; an appropriate and beautiful combination; Prov. Saperti bulan di-pagarkan bintang: id.; Ht. Koris.
P. anak: (i) the palissading leading to an
elephant corral or to a trap for wild beasts;
(2) a tree, ixonanthes obovata. P. anak jantan:
a tree, gordonia excelsa.
P. suwa: a fence placed between two buffaloes
before a fight to excite them by preventing
their getting at each other.

P. tenggalong: a gallery on the stern (dandan)
of a ship.
Bunga p.: the common lantana (flower);
lantana camara.
OrC' pagan. Solid, strongly built (of a ship);
sturdy (of a man).,j pagu. A ceiling. Di-suroh-nya orang muda
itu tidor di-atas pagu: he ordered the youth to
sleep in the loft; Ht. Raj. Sul., 22.
^c pagi. Morning; in the morning; early; tomorrow morning. Pagi hari: early. Pagi
dan petang: morning and evening.
Js pala I. [ Skr. phala: fruit, outcome, product.] Buwah pala: the nutmeg, myristica
fragrans: Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 12.
P. bukit: myristica crassa, and mn. kunstleri.
P. hutan: mnyristica elliptica.
P. hutan bulu: myristica lowiana.
P. jantan paya: myristica crassifolia.
A kar pala-paa: a climbing fig, ficus aurantiaca.
Halw p.: nutmegs in syrup; Ht. Abd., 303.
II. Pala-pala: really; properly; thoroughly.
Pala-pala mandi biyar basah: if you are going
to bathe properly, you may as well wet yourself; you may as well be hanged for a sheep
as for a lamb; Prov. Pala-pala aku hendak
mati, biyar-lah aku mati berkapan chindai: if I
have got to die, let me die in a shroud of many
colours; a variant of the same proverb; J. S.
A. S., II., 157.
Sa-pala-pala: as much as possible; as thoroughly as possible.
'c~ palat. I. (Vulgar.) The penis.
II. An instrument for punishing schoolboys; described v. Ht. Abd., 28.
c-J; palit. The act of smearing or smudging;=
chalit, q.v., but rather less in degree.
Memalit: to smudge or smear; Sh. UI., 13.
Terpalit: smudged, smeared, stained.
Kerbau sa-ekor membawa lumpor, kerbau
semuwa-nya pun te~rpalit-palit juga: one buffalo
is muddy and all his fellow buffaloes become
smeared with mud; a scoundrel corrupts his
friends; Prov., cf. J. S. A. S., XXIV., rIo.
-J\ palut. Enwrapping; enfolding as a letter is
enfolded in its envelope or a newspaper in its
wrapper. Cf. balut.
)\U palar. Covetousness; greedy, grasping, as a
raja who expects rich presents.

Jo; palas. I. A generic name for the fan-palms
known as licualas, the leaves of which are used
by Malays as cigarette-wrappers and for other
purposes.

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