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langsit. (Penang.) A shrub, prismatomeris
albidiflora.
yji. lengset. Belengset: turned inside out,-used
especially of a boy's trick of turning down the
eye-lid so as to expose its inner side. Buta
belengset: blindness with the eye injured and
projecting; also buta belenset.
J langsar. Length disproportionate to breadth;
long and straight; tall and erect. Tunggul-nya
I.:the standard was straight and lofty; Ht.
Sg. Samb. Tuboh langsar batang menjflai:
tall and erect in body as the trunk of the
menjelai; Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), 42.
lengser or lingsir. Slipping or sliding down,
especially slipping to the side; sending anything sliding along the ground; rubbing oil or
grease on the sides of a saucepan. L. matahari:
the descent of the sun from its zenith; the fall
of day; Sh. Panj. Sg.; Sh. Bid., 28. Hari 1.:
id.; Ht. Perb. Jaya, Ht. Sh. Kain terlingsir:
the sarong slipped down; Sh. Panj. Sg. Cf.
gelinchir, linchin, longsor, etc.
Melingsir: to rub a little oil or other fatty
matter on the sides of a saucepan in certain
processes of cooking.
9 longsor or lungsor. Slipping or sliding
forward; slipping down. Melongsor: to slip
down. M. dari ribaan: to slip down off a
person's lap; Ht. Perb. Jaya. Cf. gelongsor,
lingsir, etc..JA langsong. Proceeding; moving on to; issuing;
forthwith, next. Berjalan-lah langsong kapekan: they went straight to the market-place. I
Terlangsong perahu buleh balek;
Terlangsong chakap ta'-buleh balek:
a boat that has gone forth may be recalled,
but words that have gone forth are beyond
recall; Prov.
Tgrlangsong also means "too much"; cf.
terlalu from laui. Jangan terlangsong: do not
overdo it.
HJ langsing. Shrill, of tones; = langsi. Melang.
singkan suwara: to make one's voice shrill;
Ht. Gul. Bak., I. Pronounced langsinng.
Cr longsen or longsin. I. The warp (in
weaving).
II. Eng. Dozen. See dosen.
'c4. lengsan. Listless, idle; dawdling over work;
absent-minded.
Orang yang hIaiwdn hati-nya lengsan,
Ta'-buleh di-harap suwatu kgrjaan;

Sa-hari kerja jadi sa-bulan
Sunggoh di-buwat tiyada sampaiyan:
a boorish and absent-minded man is not to be
trusted with any work at all; a day's work
drags on for a month, and though he is engaged
on it the work is never finished.

langsi. I. Shrill, clear,-of the voice, of
musical notes, etc. MAlangsi: to give out a
shrill note. Kumbang melangsi bunga: the bee
utters its shrill note over the flower; Ht. Sh.
Kub. Kumbang pun minlangsi laui hinggap
kapada sanggul: the bee uttered a shrill note
and perched upon the lady's tresses; Ht. Ind.
Meng. Melangsi bunyi terompit-nya: the notes
of their trumpets sounded shrilly; Sh. Pr.
Turk., 5.
II. Hangings such as are placed over a
door; drapery. Langsi-nya daripada beludu:
the hangings were of velvet; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Di-atur-nya meja di-buboh-nya langsi: they laid
the table and draped it; Sh. Sing. Terb., 8.
Sometimes pronounced langsai or langse.
c~ langsai. Completion, winding up, putting an
end to. Habis I.: quite finished.
1/ lngang. Sparse, of population; poor, of
CL attendance at a service or festival.
l6ngong. Melengong: to be pensive; to be
wrapped in thought; to be unconscious of
one's surroundings, as when a man receives
bad news. Dudok-lah melengong di-bawah
pohun kayu: he sat day-dreaming under a tree;
Ht. Mar. Mah.
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Q\ lngkara. I. [Skr. alang-kara.] Fabulous,
) unlikely, improbable, miraculous, wonderful.
II. A corruption of the word ne-gara (a
kettle-drum), q. v., a lngkayan. A sort of crow's-nest or tree
' platform on which light guns (lela) were
mounted in Malay warfare.,5~ langkat. I. Three days hence; the day after
the day after to-morrow; = tulat.
II. Tikar langkat: a special pattern in mats.
Langkat is also the name of a well-known
district in Sumatra.
<J lengkar or lingkar. A coil,-of a snake,
or of rope, or of anything similar. Di-suroh
uleh Sang Seperba letgkar rotan sa-besar perisai:
Sang Seperba ordered a coil of rattan to be
made of the size of a shield; Sej. Mal., 41.
Sagan mevngorak lengkar: slow to unwind its
coils, of a snake; slow to do any work,
sluggish, of a man; Prov. Cf. lengkang.
Berlengkar: in coils, coiled up. B. saperti tali:
coiled up, like rope; Sh. Abd. Mk., 25. Babi
tunggal siyong-nya bUrlengkar tujoh lengkar: a
lone boar with tushes rolling up into seven
coils; Ht. Sg. Samb. Ular b.: a coiled
snake; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., i6. Di-dalam
hati chinta berlengkar: love is entwined round
the heart; Sh. Pant. Shl., i2.,I l1ngkor. I. MIelengkor: to be slightly bowed
or bent.
II. (Kedah.) Mel9ngkor: to snore loudly;=
(Riau, Johor) mendingkor.