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Ayer p.: well-water; water obtained by
underground drainage in contradistinction to
that of surface ponds fed by the rain only;
Ht. Abd., 278.
j9 pas. Eng. A "pass" foratheatrical performance; a permit.
VI3 pos. (Kedah.) The blowing of a porpoise;
(Riau) kus. Pronounced poits.
\1 pmsa. A roller or rod on which cloth is wound
up as it is woven.
\. p6sara. A poetic variant of the word tasar
(a market); Ht. Sh. Mard. See pasar.
dSj pOsaka or pusaka. Heirloom, family or
quasi-entailed property. 'Adat p.: the Malay
rules guiding the use of family property
especially land. Hakk p.: family property.
Keris itu asal-nya pesaka juga: the keris in
question was originally an heirloom; Ht. Mar.
Mah. Merompak itu sudah pesaka-nya: piracy
was an ancestral heritage with them; Ht.
Abd., 234.
i \ p6sawat. An instrument, a machine; (by
extension) the male organ of generation.
Kuwasa p.: the force generated by a machine;
Ht. Abd., i66.;,J p@sta. [Port. festa.] A festive gathering
(used of Dutch gatherings); Sh. Pant. Shl., 4.
P. dangsa or p. minari: a ball; a dance.
^^ pusta. [Port. fusta.] A small sea-going
vessel, Sej. Mal. (quoted by Klinkert).
w p6staka, pustaka, or (Kedah) pistaka.
[Skr. pustdka: a book.] A book of divination
or sorcery; magic practices generally; the
black art; injury as the result of the black art.
Demikiyan-lah pestaka-nya keris itu: such is the
magic of that keris; Ht. Mar. Mah. Keras
pestaka-nya daripada hamba: his magic is
mightier than I; Ht. Sh. Kub. Malang p.:
a curse inflicted by magic art; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 89.
The word is also used and understood of the
transformation effected by the supernatural
power of an ancient divinity. Dewa Durga
Kisoma pun rawat-lah mola pestaka-nya kombali
menjadi dewa: the god Durga Kesoma returned
to the shape he possessed at the outset of his
transformation and again became a god; Ht.
Mas Ed.

Bala p.: the work of magic; evils brought on
a man by the magic art of his enemies; I
cf. malang p., supra. I. pistul. Eng. A pistol; a revolver; Ht. I
Abd., io6.

p6sti. Certain, sure, positive, reliable. Khabar
yang p.: definite news; Ht. Sh. Kub. P. iya
bertgras: it must have a hard core; Ht. Abd., 4.
Cf. mesti.
posing. I. A fetid smell, a stench. Better
pering.
II. (Singapore.) The whizz of a projectile
through the air. The word is onomatopoeic.
puspa, paspa, or p6spa. [Skr. pushpa.] A
flower; flowered, variegated. The word is
common in compounds such as Paspa-ningrat
("flower of the country," a princess's name,
Sh. Panj. Sg.), Paspa-juwita ("flower of life,"
another name, Ht. Sh. Kub.), Paspa-sari
("flower of flowers," another name, Sh. Panj.
Sg.), paspa-danta (ivory cut into flowered patterns? Ht. Ind. Meng.), paspa-ragam (variegated pattern, of cloth, etc.) Permata pasparagam: gemsof many colours; Ht. Gul. Bak., 4I.
~Ly. puspas. An exclamation for driving away
cats.1,;J p6sok. Perforated; broken through or broken
down; fallen in, as a roof; fallen down, as
a screen. Keruntong p.: a hole with a small
mouth or opening. Genderang prang bagaikan
pesok rupa-nya: the wardrums looked as though
they had been perforated; Ht. Sh. Mard.
Dinding mana-lah yang pesok: what partition
wall has given way; Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), 3.
Pesok-pesok: full of holes; Ht. Kal. Dam., 46.
P. berlobang: id.; Sh. Abd. Mk., 6; Sh. Jur.
Bud., 31.
piskal. [ Dutch fiskaal. ] A procurator fiscal,
a minor judicial officer in the days of Dutch
rule in Malacca; Ht. Abd., 34, III.
t pasmen. [Dutch passement.] A kind of lace
work; passementerie.
[ pesan. Order, instruction, command, direction. Pesanan: an order; instructions; Ht.
Abd., 136.
Pesani: to give instructions; Sh. Lail. Mejn.,
42; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 19. Berpesan: id.
Memesankan: to direct, to order (a person to
do anything); Sh. Panj. Sg. Pesankan: id.;
Ht. Abd., 220.
-~~ pbsolot. A creek; J. S. A. S., VIII., 131.: p6sona. [Pers. afsun.] A spell, a magical
incantation; the effects of a spell; witchcraft.
'Ilmu p.: witchcraft. Kbna p.: to be afflicted
by the effects of witchcraft. Orang p.: a
witch; Sh. Bid., 47. Membuwat p.: to work a

spell, Sh. Bid., 33. Uleh karmna auliya pesona:
because of this wizard of a (soi-disant) saint;
Sh. UI., 22. Si-pesona manta: what wizarf;
what sorcerer; Ht. Gul. Bak., 8o.

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Kuching chechak atas para;
Putus rOnggang baik berdamping,
Hati bising mntchari mara.

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