A Malay-English dictionary,

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AUS

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p\ y aus. I. Worn out by friction; reduction by
wear and tear-used, for instance, of a knife
worn down by continual grinding. Maka nmata
tomnbak itu-pun habis aus saperti chungkil gigi:
the head of the spear was worn away till it
was like a toothpick; Ht. Hamz., 58. Also
hams.
II. Melngaus to refine (metals); Cr.; v.
d. W.
III. Thirst; haus, q. v.
cr,\ awas. I. Sharp sight; keen sight-used
especially of the sight of a medium put under
mesmeric influence by a Malay sorcerer in
order to discover the whereabouts of stolen
goods or of the thief.
Megngawasi: to look sharply and carefully at
anything; Ht. Zaly., 29.
Cf. lawas, awah and lawah.
II. (Kedah.) Culinary mixing; the making
of a sort of olla podrida or hotch-potch of
many ingredients; the preparation of a fresh
dish by cooking up the fragments left over
at previous meals.
\ usat. A salt-water fish (unidentified).
Ular tedong tu.: a snake, simotes octolineatus.
usir. Pursuit; following up; coming up to
the attack. Di-utsir-nya hantut iti lalu ditangkap-nya: he pursued the evil spirit and
captured it; Sej. Mal., 56.
Berusiran and berusir-usiran: pressing on to
the fight; pushing on the contest.
Megngutsir: to press on; to pursue; to rush
on to contest after contest.
\usor. Movement alongside of anything,
pressing past; better suisor, q. v.,\ usang. Withered; dried up; shrivelled up
internally-as grain which has been kept too I
long. The word is used of articles of which
the outer husk or covering remains and the
inner portion, though existent, is worthless;
cf. kosong. Rutmah usang: an abandoned
house, the contents of which are in ruins, as
distinct from a house which is merely empty.: \ usong. Carrying between two or more by
) the use of a pole, as a litter is carried.
Shamsu'd-din di-usong kombali: Shamsuddin
was carried back in a litter; Sh. Abd. Mk., 66.
Usongal: a litter; Ht. Sg. Samb., Ht. Abd.,
422; Sej. Mal., 95.

Kasihankan raja di-atas usongan: to pity the
prince in his litter; misplaced compassion;
Prov., v. J.S.A.S., XXIV., II3.
Menlgusong: to carry in a litter.
Pengusong: a litter; Ht. Sh. Mard. Kayu
p.: the pole of a litter.

AWANG
usap. Plating; covering with any adhesive
substance by smearing that substance on the
thing to be plated, in contradistinction to
plating an article by dipping it into the
composition with which it is intended to be
covered; cf. c/heiup. The word is also used
of drying up by superimposing a dry body on
a wet surface. Di-usa-pnya ayer mata dengan
sapu-tangan: she dried her tears with her
handkerchief; Sh. Panj. Sg.
Cf. also Ht. Raj. Don., i8.
usek. Teasing, worrying; annoying; vexing
by unpleasant questions. Datang orang
mtegusek kita: people came and bothered us;
Pel. Abd., 72.
usah. I. Need; necessity; advantage.
Ta'-usah: it is unnecessary; there is no need;
needless; a polite way of saying "don't."
Ta'-usah surat kita mmzeberi: we need give no
letter.
A nak b erok besar le'gan
Masok ka-bendang 1makau padi;
Kalau kaseh alang-alangan
Biyar ta'-usah sa-kali-kali.
If your love is love in moderation, I would
rather you did not love me at all.
Usahkan: so far from......; = jangankan.
v. jangan. Makin lamaa usahkan makin pandai
imakin pula bodoh ada-nya: as time went on,
so far from becoming wiser he became more
and more of a fool; Ht. Abd., 475.
II. Rumput usah: a medicinal herb.

\)1\ usaha. [,)t usai. I.
sain-kah:
done; cf.

Skr. ttsdlha. ]

Diligence; v. k\.

Arrangement, settling. Sudah
has the thing been settled; is it
asi, achi and selesai.

Usaikan: to arrange; to put in order; to
bind up, of the hair.

II. [Chin. o'-sdi: black dirt. ]
dross; better tahi chandu.

Opium

awang. I. A youth; a young fellow; a
C) familiar name (timang-timangan) often given
to an elder son; a common mode of addressing a young man whose name is unknown to
the speaker. A wang dan dayang: youths and
maidens-a common way of addressing a
youthful audience, corresponding to the
"virginibus puerisque " of Horace; see Sh.
May., 2, Sh. Dag., 2, 4.
Among the Mantras, the use of awang and
dayang in speaking in the third person of
youths and maidens is still in existence, but
among the Malays the word awang has become
obsolete, except as a name and as a vocative.
Ma'-awang and pa'-awang: names by which
a husband and wife address each other with
endearing reference to their eldest boy;
" mother of my child," " father of my child.

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