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L The letter yd; the thirty-second letter of the
Malay alphabet; the equivalent of the number
Io in the abjad, q. v.. ya. I. A vocative interjection, Ya Allah:
O God. Ya tuhan-ku: 0 my Lord.
II. An interjection of astonishment; Oh.
III. Yes;thatisso; = iya. Anggok bukan,
guling ya: a nod means "no" and a turn of
the head means "yes"; he calls black white
and white black; Prov., cf. J. S. A. S.,
XXIV., 89.
Ya-itt: that is; i.e.; = iya-itu.
IV. The name of the letter 5.
~ yatim. Orphan; fatherless; better (Arab.)
yatim, q. v.
E A yajuj. Arab. The giant Gog. Ydjij wa
m najuj: Gog and Magog; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Berbuwat kerja sapgrti ydjuj wa ldjiuj: to do
one's work like Gog and Magog; to work
roughly and hastily; Prov..\L yzan. Turk. Writing. Saifu'l-yzanl: the
U) "Writing Sword"; the name of a Malay
romance.,\ yyasin. The name of a surah of the Kuran,
headed by the letteryd and sin. This surah
is recited over the dying. Surah yasin: id.;
Muj., I0.
yL\ yakfit. Arab. A precious stone, properly
the jacinth, but used of all sorts of stones; Ht.
Gul Bak., 40; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 26..\ yahum. Angin yahum: a stern wind; =antgin
menumbok kurong.
yai. Jav. Younger brother or sister;
(Malay) adinda. Yai ingsun: id.; Ht. Sh.
Haiyai Pastawati, plrgi-lah yai tungguwi pintu
istana ini: Paspawati, my sister, go and watch
at the gate of the palace; Ht. Sg. Samb..,A ya-itu. That is; that is to say; namely; i.e.;
to wit; = iya itu., yatim. Arab. Orphaned; a motherless
rU' orphan. Bgrtambah-tambah perchintaan adinda
melihatkan segala anak-anak kakanda itu sudah
jadi yatim: my sorrow was increased at the sight
of all your motherless children; Marsd. Gr.,
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yahy&. Arab. John. Injil yahyd: the Gospel
according to St. John.. yad. Arab. Hand; forepaw.
y,, yardin. Arab. The Jordan.
*;3r yarkan. Arab. Jaundice; Hay. Haiw.
ya'kub. Arab. Jacob; James; a proper
name often met with among Malays; Ht.
Abd., 182.
S; ya'ni. Arab. This is to say; to wit;
* namely.
j yang. I. Divinity; Godhead. Sembah-yang:
to pray to God; to pray; v. sembahyang.
Keyangan: the abode of the Gods; the Hindu
Olympus; fairyland; the Heaven of Siva
(betara Guru) in contradistinction to that of
Indra, ke-inderaan. Sangyang: "Holy God";
a major Hindu divinity; a betara. Sangyang
Guru: Betara Guru, Siva. Sangyang Tunggal:
the only God; Allah, when introduced by
later Muhammadan writers into old Javanese
tales.I Dewa yang-maha-bisnu: Vishnu. Yangyang: God of Gods; an occasional equivalent
of Sangyang.
II. An expression having the force of a
relative, bringing the word or clause following
it into relation with that which precedes;
e.g., masa yang baik: a fortunate time, a lucky
moment. The word must not, however, be too
literally translated "who" or "which"; e.g.,
orang tuwa yang sudah tanggal gigi-nya:
(literally) an old man such that his teeth had
fallen out; an old man whose teeth had fallen
out. Yang nuliya: "the illustrious one"; a
common expression used in speaking of the
addressee in letters. Yang maha-muliya: "the
Most Illustrious"; an expression often used
as an equivalent for "His Excellency." Yang
Maha-kuwasa: the Almighty. Yang Mahatinggi: the Most High.
III. A title used in addressing ladies of
respectable family; an abbreviation of dayang,
q. v.
A yangyang. God of Gods; Great God; an
occasional equivalent of sangyang; v. yang.
Safprti yangyang Bgtara Mahabisnu indera
keyangan: like the God of Gods, the Betara,
the Great Vishnu, King of Heaven; Ht. Sh.
i E.g., in the last selection from the Hikayat Sang
Samba, given in the Malay (Fourth) Reader. The whole
passage there quoted seems to be an interpolation and does
not appear in the older versions of the romance.

yujana. See;.~

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