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PtRUWAN

destroy by a second burning and clearing
whatever, owing to the freshness of its wood,
has survived the first burning.
Tebang kayu nak buwat huma,
Sudah di-bakar beharu sneme-run;
Kumbang me-layu tiyada berguna,
Hilang seri bunga di-kWbun:
cut down the wood to make a padi-clearing,
when you have burnt it, burn it once again.
In some cases (where the first burning has
been very effective) perun is used of merely
removing the charred remnants and not reburning them.
The word is also used of the soft calcined
wood at the end of a half-burnt stump
(puntong). Harimau puntong perun: a variety
(from its colour) of the black panther.
r,j pSrnama or purnama. [Skr. purndma.]
Full, of the moon. Bulan p. the full moon.
Punggok berbunyi di-cherang rimba,
Gila chWhaya purnana bulan:
the owl's note is sounded in the clearings of
the forest as it maddens (with love) for the
glowing beauty of the moon at its full.
Purnama is also used as a measure of time,
e. g. sa-puloh p.: ten full moons hence;
tiga p.: three full moons hence; Sh. UI., I;
Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 15.
43y, perentah. Rule, government, sway, direction,
order. P. inggeris: British rule. Datang-lah
perentah dari Betawi: an order came from
Batavia; Ht. Abd., II.
Mienerentah: to rule; to order about; Ht.
Abd., I76. Merentah: to order about, of a
queen ordering about her maids of honour;
Sh. Panj. Sg.
Pemterentah: a ruler; Sh. Pr. Turk., 4... ptranja. A scaffolding in successive tiers,
such as the succession of seats at a circus;
galleries of seats one above the other. The
word is also used of some forms of the
dovecote.
^,.'^ pgranjat. Terperanjat: startled, frightened,
suddenly alarmed..'y pprunjong. A measure of length; v. unjong.,-^^ p6ranchit and pgranchut. To fly in all
directions, as the fragments of a stone when
struck by a bullet or as the contents of a
tub when the tub is emptied out with a

strong jerk.
c, p6rinchit. A singing-bird (unidentified).
4'9 p6ranchah. The wooden scaffolding of a
house; KI., Pijn., v. d. W. Cf. peranja..Aj3 pgranda. See randa, and porak....... H-,,,,

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(j.; p6rindun. A brood; a hatch; all the children
of a single mother;. v. indok.
iJ~ pprensis. Eur. French; Ht. Abd., 194, 345.
4.; perdnah, or p6rnah. Ever. Belun p.: never
yet. Tiyada p., or ta'-p.: never.
Perahu kechil, layar ka-tngtah,
Haluwan nnuiju ka-Bukit Tambun;
Dari kechil sehaya ta'-pernah
Malam berpanas, siyang bcreibun:
from my childhood up I have never known
sunshine by night or dew by day; —an expression of wonder or doubt at an improbable
story; Prov.
j) p6rni or p6r6ni. A large Chinese bowl of
porcelain; it is used for preserving gold fish.
\ ~ perwara. [Skr. prawdra.] The suite of a
queen; the ladies of the court considered
collectively.
Saperti bulan djngan inatahari
Tuwan di-hadap perwara:
like the moon and the sun (a brilliant combination) is my lady with her court before
her.,)f perosok. To thrust into, to be thrust into;
to thrust the foot into a hole. Barang-siapa
mnteggali lobang iya juga terperosok ka-dalamnya: whosoever diggeth a pit, shall also step
into it; Ht. Abd., 177. Terplrosok sampai
ka-paha: sinking into it up to the thigh; Ht.
Abd., 319.

4.)d pprusah. Headstrong,
domineering, of men.

wilful, of wives;.0r pFruwang. 'Ilimt peruwang: a magic art
by which a wizard (pandai peruwang) can
keep the water away from his head when he
sinks into the sea, and can thus escape
drowning.
Piluru p.: a bullet of lead mixed with gold
or silver which is destined to penetrate into
the body of a man whose skin is impenetrable
(kebal), penetration taking place through the
natural orifices of the body.
Peruwang is also used of the cleansing of a
dead body from impurities at the abaimana
and (according to Klinkert) of a cruel kind
of torture, presumably that of "the growing
bamboo," a form of impaling.
See also ruwang, with which these words are
probably connected.,j)' p6rongos. Peevish, short tempered; see
rongos.
& a.?9 pgrupok. A plant, hemnigyrosa longifolia.
C, p6ruwan. The yard of a ship.

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