A Malay-English dictionary,

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MEDANGGA

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M. serai: pentace triptera.
M. sireh: meliosma nitida.
M. tahi ayam: litsea myristicafolia.
M. tahi kerbau: alstonia macrophylla.
M. tanah: eleocarpus obtusus.
M. tandok: (Pahang) micropora curtisii.
M. tanjong: eleocarpus integra.
M. telor: eugenia griffithii.
M. wangi: erythroxylon birmanicum.
mbdangga. (Kedah.) A musical instrument;
-= merdangga.
midanggi. (Kedah.) A musical instrument;
= smerdanggi.

MIRTA
mbrangu. A musical wind-instrument of an
obsolete type; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Berm. Sh.
meraga. [Skr. marga.] A wild animal; Ht.
Mar. Mah. Usually merga or mzergstuwa, q. v.
mbragi. Burong mzeragi: the painted snipe;
from ragi, q. v.
mIrawan. A tree; hopea mengarawan. Also
the name of a fish (unidentified).
m6rahat. Excepting; excluding; without;
= hanya.
mdrbatu. A generic name given to a number
of trees.
M. kichil: parinarium nitidum.
M. loyang: parinarium griffithianum.
M. pasir: pachinocarpus wallichii.

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mddak. The approach of putrefaction in drying fish; the first signs of putrefaction; nearly
rotten.
3. mudlli. A musical instrument; an obsolete
wind-instrument mentioned in romances; Sej.
Mal., 93; Ht. Ism. Yat., 130; Ht. Isk. Dz.
j midu. I. Squeamishness; a feeling of inability to swallow or retain food; nausea.
M. hati: id.
II. Medu wangsa: a complimentary epithet
occurring in romances (sedang terona meduwangsa); Ht. Ind. Meng..-^ maddah. Arab. The name of a vowel point.
L(5. madi. [Arab..LJ.] One of the three elements in the sperma genitale; v. madzi.
4-^ madinah. Arab. The town of Medinah, the
burial place of Muhammad.
~ &madzbah. Arab. An altar; a place of
sacrifice.

j. e. m/rbakau. A plant (unidentified).
c5~\ m6rbaya. Danger;-a contraction of mnara-' behaya, q. v.
ji, m6r6bak or mSrbak. Spreading an agreeable aroma around; to spread, of an odour.
Usually in the form senemrbak. Bunga bgrkaliling
istana itu-pun berkembang-lah senmerbak bau-nya;
the flowers round the palace burst into blossom
shedding their fragrance far and wide'; Ht. Sg.
Samb. Also Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Abd., 79.
J.,' m6rdbok. A bird somewhat resembling a
wild dove; Sh. Ungg. Bers., 5; Sh. Raj. Haji.
g. m6rbau. A well-known tree; afzelia palembanica.
M. ayer; It. kunyet; or mi. tandok: afzelia
coriacea.
marbAt. Arab. A marabout; a holy (Muhammadan) hermit.
^ m6rbulan. A tree (unidentified); it yields a
soft wood.,4d. mbrbuloh. A plant; gynotroches axillaris.
M. kechil: myristica missionis.
e m6ribah or mirbah. A bird which is often
kept in cages by Malays and is believed to
bring good fortune to its owners; Ht. Ind.
Jaya; Ht. Koris.; Ht. Ind. Meng.; Sh. Ungg.
Bers., 24; Sh. Pant. Shl., 6. M. janbul and
m. kapor: varieties of this bird.

madzbfih. Arab. Offered up;
Sh. Lail. Mejn., 34.

sacrificed;

Aj Z mudzakkar. Arab. Male; masculine; manly... madzkftr. Arab. Mentioned; stated. Saperti
yang termadzir: as follows; Ht. Abd., 399;
Sej. Mal., ii.
c,. madzhab. Arab. Sect; school, e.g., of poetry;
Sh. Lail. Mejn., 6..LC< madzi. [Arab.: involuntary seminal flow.]
One of the three vitalizing elements in the
sperma genitale; Muj., 74; Sh. I. M. P., i6.
See s. v. ndnikam.
y marr. Arab. Check (in chess).
murr. Arab. Bitter; myrrh..\^ mir&t. Arab. Mirror. Mirdtu'l-nmmninin:
"mirror of the faithful;" the name of a
religious treatise.
'\ murid. Arab. Wish, desire; the thing wished;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 155.

mdrb6haya or marab6haya.
peril; v. mara and behaya.

Danger;

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mirbekang or m6rbikang. A plant (unidentified).

a^l^ mtrta. I. Serta mrrta: and on that very
moment; then at once; forthwith.
II. [Skr. amreta.] Ayer mnerta-jiwa: the
water of life.

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