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played with the fingers. Bunga di-petek, perdu
di-tMndang: the flower is gathered, the stalk
thrown away; the daughter is loved while the
mother is neglected; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 92.
Kuntum bUharu di-ptek: a newly plucked
blossom; Sh. Bid., 21.
Mcme-tek: to pluck, to pick; to play a
stringed instrument. M. bttnga ayer mawar:
to pick a rose; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 15.
Petek is also used with the special significations of (I) bleeding by opening a vein; (2)
cracking the finger and thumb together;
(3) the backward jerk or recoil of stretched
elastic.
p1tam. A frontlet worn by a bride over her
fringe of short hair (andam); the frontlet of a
horse.

t Ad pStiman. A cauldron or saucepan for
cooking rice; see tim.
\IJ p6jdra. The sighting-bead of a gun; to take
aim; to look along the barrels at the bead.
Y. p6jal. Hard, of flesh; not easily pressed or
pinched.
a p6jam. The closing of the eyes. Supaya
seinng mata abang pejam: that your eyes, my
brother, may readily close; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Mata.-ya pejam: his eyes were closed; Ht.
Koris, Ht. Ind. Meng.
~\i\ p6chachal. (Kedah.) A slave by descent;
cf. pachal.,, p6chat. To remove from office; to dismiss;
t to get rid of; to deprive of royal favour; to
lose. Di-pechatkan Allah mnakanan-mu: may
God deprive you of food; Ht. Kal. Dam., 262.
i- pgchut. A whip; setting on or urging on a
horse with a whip. Kuda di-pechut: the horse
was urged on; Sh. Panj. Sg.; Ht. Gul. Bak., 65.
Memechut: to whip on, to urge on (a horse);
Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht. Ind. Nata. Pechutkan: id.,
Ht. Sh. Kub.

0\ patma. [Skr. padma.]
Yat., 114.

A lotus; Ht. Ism.

c)d\, petamari. [Port.?] A one-masted sailing
vessel; Pel. Abd., 132.
\>; p6tuwa. [Arab. fatwa.] A legal decision or
ruling; a statement made with authority; the
advice of the experienced; Ht. Gul. Bak., 66.
Also petuwah.
p tutu. I. The name of a fish (unidentified).
II. A tree, hibiscus floccosus.
p6tola. I. The name of a rich cloth. Bersabok p. wearing a plaid of this rich cloth,
Ht. Sh.
II. A generic name given to a number of
pumpkins; a pumpkin; Ht. Gh. Also (Riau,
Johor) ketola.
P. hutan: luffa acutangula. Akarp. hutan:
aristolochia roxburghiana.
P. manis: luffa cylindrica.
P. ular: trichosanthes anguina.
pd pituwah. [Arab o f: decision of a mufti on
a point of law.] A precept, a formula; a
traditional rule (e.g. in wood-craft or junglecraft) such as is regularly followed though
without knowledge of the reasons on which it is
based; the advice of the experienced; the
statements of those who know., p6tai. I. A tree yielding a pod which is
very offensive in smell; parkia biglandulosa;
Pel. Abd., 37. Bagai petai sisa pengait: like
pgtai beans, the leavings of the reaping-hook;
not worth even picking up; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
III., 23.
P. belalang: pithecolobium microcarpum.
P. laut: desmodium umbellatum.
S p6ti. Tam. A box, a case, a chest. Apiyun. duwa p.: two chests of opium; Ht. Abd., IoI.
P. bisi: a safe. Sa-buwah p.: a box; Ht. Abd.,
220, 284, 303.

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pachdri. A dish; brinjal cooked in a certain
way.
pbchakari. (Riau, Johor.) A syringe; (Kedah)
pichagari..5) pichagari. See pechakari.
u p6chah. Breakage into fragments; to break
v up, to break open, to break out, to burst; to be
broken, of a line of battle; to spread, of news;
to become public, of a secret. P. perang: the
breaking of a line of battle. P. peloh: to burst
into perspiration, as an angry man. P.
rahasiya: the publication of a secret, Ht.
Hamz., 3. P. ka-darah: a suffusion of blood
under the skin, caused by a blow. Rayat pun
pechah-lah cherai-berai: the troops were broken
and scattered in all directions; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Pechahkan and mnenmechahkan: to break into;
to break open; Ht. Abd., 322, 323..; pada. By, at, near, in, according to. Pada
masa it: at that time. Pada pikiran sehaya:
in my opinion. Pada akhir-nya: finally.
Dari-pada: (i) from; (2) than; v. dari.
Ka-pada: to (a place).
\J. p6da. Preserved fish;= budu.
j\-j p6dati. A car, a waggon, a wheeled vehicle.
Pldati yang bermuwat hUrta: carts laden with
goods; Ht. Sh. Kub. P. mWriyam: a guncarriage; Ht. Raj. Don., I6. P. radin galoh:
the car of a princess; Ht. Sh. P. krbau:
a buffalo-cart; Ht. Abd., 252.

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