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p.rohong. Terperohong: having a large hole
in its side or bottom,-of a saucepan, jar,
kettle, or vessel of any sort.
p6ruhi. Crumbling, as a lump of earth when
picked up; easily falling to pieces. Also
(Penang) perul, and (Kedah) perui.
pnrui. See peruhi.

perwira or perawira.
hero, a great warrior.
phasized).

[Skr. prawira.] A
Gagah p.: id. (em

~.~ pgronyok. To crumple up, as paper is
crumpled up in the hand. Terperonyofk: crumpled up into a ball or lump.
oj p6rah. I. Pressure in the hand; squeezing
in the hand; to express the juice of anything;
to milk; to wring out wet clothes. Tiyada-kah
di-perah susu-nya: are they not milked; Pel.
Abd., 94.
Perahan: milking. Kambing p.: a milchgoat; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 20, 95.
Perahkan: to squeeze out, to press out, to
milk; Ht. Sh., Ht. Ind. Meng.
II. A tree; mezzetia leptopoda, or elatceriospernmun tapos.

P. paya: a tree, elceocarpus mastersi.
Rumput p.: a sedge, fimbristylis diphylla.

oAs pdreh. (Kedah) The straining pressure at
childbirth.
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v.j' p6rai. I. Berperai-perai: Scattering, of people;
resolving itself into pieces, of a crumbling
clod of earth or of a fungus; Sh. Pant.
Shl., 6.
II. Kain perai: a black silk cloth of Siamese
origin (said to be of Chinese make but dyed
in Siam) in common use in Penang. Kain
chitap.: a cloth fabric, Ht. Sh. Kub.
III. Turning right round from right to left
or vice-versa. Membuwang p.: to tack; Pel.
Abd., II7.
IV. " Prye " in Province Wellesley.
Sa-berang P.: Province Wellesley; Ht.
Abd., 353.
5 p6ri. I. Way, manner, matter. P. hdl:
details, circumstances; Ht. Gul Bak., 45;
Cr. Gr., 8I. Peri.hal ahwdl: id.; Ht. Abd.,
320. Al-kisah peri mengatakan: the story is
concerned with the narration of;-a common
way of beginning a Malay tale; Ht. Gul Bak.,
42. Tiyada-lah dapat di-perikan lagi perchintaan akan anakanda itu: his regret for the
loss of the prince was indescribable; Ht. Sg.
Samb.
II. Eng. Free, gratuitous, without payment.
III. [Pers.pari.] A fairy; a "peri." Jin
peri dewa mambang: a common expression in
romances to signify fairies of all classes.
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p6riyawa. An edible salt-water fish (unidentified.)
periyal. A lesser noble, a notable (in Java).
p6ridi. I. Prolific (of anything); fast-growing,
of a creeper.

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p6riya. A cultivated pumpkin with a proverbially bitter taste; momordica charantia.
A da-pun buwahtperiya itu kalau di-tanam diatas batas sagu dan di-baja de-ngan madu lagi
di-siram dengan manisan serta di-letakkan-nya
di-atas tetbu sa-kali-pun, apa-bila diya masak
pahitjuga: you may plant the bitter cucumber on a bed of sago and manure it with
honey and water it with treacle and train it
over sugar cane, but when cooked it will
still be bitter; natural habits cannot be eradicated; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 89. Sudah tahu
periya pahit: "you knew it to be the bitter
cucumber"; a proverbial reproof to a man
who trusts a notorious scoundrel and then
complains that his trust is misplaced.
Sudah tahu periya pahit,
Siapa suroh Petek bunga-nya;
Sudah tahu diya ta'-baik
Siapa suroh dari mola-nya:
you knew it was the bitter cucumber: who
told you to pluck its flower? You knew he
was worthless, who then forced you from the
first (to trust him)? Prov.
P. hutan: a wild vine, vitis mollissima.

II. (Kedah.)
or woman.

Short and slight, of a man

L, perisai. A shield, a buckler; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Ht. Koris; Ht. P. J. P.; Sh. Bid., 54; etc.
pdriyang. The proper moment for doing
anything; the exact time at which padi-planting should commence; the auspicious
moment; the tide in the affairs of men which
when taken at its flood leads on to fortune..a pSriyok. A cooking-pot of earthenware or
metal in common use for cooking rice; Ht.
Abd., 104, 295. Masak periyok asing-lah kita:
let us heat our saucepans separately; a proverbial suggestion of divorce.
P. api: a bomb-shell.
P. kera: the pitcher plant, nepenthes.
~) prigi. (Riau, Johor.) A well, a spring;
L Ht. Abd., 201, 209. In Kedah telaga is the
word in more common use in this sense.
Perigi di-katakan telaga,
Tempat budak berulang mandi;
Mas tinggi ada berherga,
Budi behasa sukar di-chari:
a well is called "telaga,"-a place where
children bathe.

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