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Di-awan: (literally) in the clouds; appertaining to the clouds; exalted. Barang diawan: a heavenly thing, a noble thing; Ht.
Koris. Nuri di-awan: oh, noble lory; Sh.
Bur. Nuri., 12. Puteri di-awan: a princess
of the clouds; Ht. Gul. Bak., 156.
Mambang di-awan: the name of a peculiar
race of spirits-the personification of natural
phenomena such as certain forms of the evening glow or patches of luminous haze. These
spirits are believed to adversely affect the
fortunes of people who see them.
Mangawan: to soar. Gunong itu jikalau dipandang miengawan-awan tinggi-nya gunong itu:
if one looked at the mountain, it seemed to
soar into the very clouds; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Bunga di-bawa msengawan: the flower was
borne aloft; Ht. Gul. Bak., 5o.
Mari di-bunoh Indera bangsawan,
Di-main anak dewa udara;
Tinggal-lah tuwan, abang mengawan,
Tinggal-lah jangan berhati lara:
stay, lady, your lover will be soaring away
from you; stay, and do not be depressed (at
his absence); Sh. Kumb. Chumb., i6.
Merawan: in the clouds. Tinggi mnrawan
or tinggi berawan: rising to the clouds.

two.

OH.J; unap. Mengunap: to go alone or unaccompanied; Kl.
aJ;) onak. Barb-like thorns; thorns which do not
project at right angles to the twig on which
they are found; the long thorny trailers of the
rattan; thorns which turn back at the point
and from which it is hard to extricate oneself;
cf. diri (thorns projecting at right angles);
and sonak (the hard barb-like projections on
the back of certain fish of the ray type). Onak
dan akar mengait sakaliyan: the thorns and
climbers kept catching them all (and impeding progress); Sh. Lamp., 37. Mati terkapan
onak dan duri: dead and enshrouded in thorns
and prickles; dead,-lost in the forest; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 30. Kgchil anak; besar onak:
when young, your child; when old, a thorn in
your side; Prov., cf. J. S. A. S., II., 149.
onam or unam. An edible shell-fish, a species
of turex. Sarang unant di-masoki ketam menjadi umang-umang: when a crab gets into an
unam's shell the result is the animal known as
the umang-umang: the same thing in different
circumstances has different names; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., XI., 54.
The name unam is also given to the onyx.
)\ one. One-one: a Malay sweetmeat.
e) unai. Soft, moist and odorous. Minyak unai:
a perfumed grease smeared behind the ear.
Unai is also applied to the droppings of fowls.
te\ awah. Clear, of the vision; clear-sighted;
Kl. Cf. awas, lawas and lawah.
uweh. A word used as a familiar pronoun
of the second person between husband and
wife and between intimate friends. Also weh..~'

uwan. A Malay title in common use in the
Northern Malay States. It is borne by the
immediate descendants of Malay titled dignitaries (orang berglar) if those descendants
have no right to any higher title. The title
itself is cognate to the word tuwan. Cf. tengku
and engku; see also megat.
This word is usually shortened to wan.

onar.
honan.

[ Pers. $A.]

Shame,; disgrace; see

J)\ onis. Pallor, want of colour in the face.
Muka-nya puchat onis: his face was extremely
pale; Ht. Perb. Wij. Sayang muka yang
manis jadi onis: it were a pity that that sweet
face should lose its colour; Ht. Perb. Jay.
\ unus. Unsheathing; better hunus, q. v.
oneng. Remote descendants, descendants in
the fifth, sixth, or seventh generation. Mashhlir-lah warta ka-oneng-oneng: its fame will
endure for generations; the news of it will be
known to our remote descendants; Sh. Panj.
Sg.
The exact sequence and number of the names
of the generations is a point on which it is
impossible to find consistency. The following are given: (i) anak, (2) chuchu, (3) chichit,
(4) piyut, (5) oneng-oneng; or (i) anak, (2) chuchu, (3) chichit, (4) piyut, (5) piyat, (6) onengoneng; or (i) anak, (2) chchu, (3) chichit, (4)
chuwit, (5) gamit, (6) piyut, (7) oneng-oneng.
Some of these are probably fanciful variants
of others.

ui.

[Chin. huii.] Earthenware.

\uyong. Shaking, swaying; see huyong.
I\ onyak. Shaking as a tooth or loose paling.
Onyak-anyek: id. (frequentative); dawdling or
loitering over one's work; cf. ungah-angeh.
onyok. Mengonyok. to press forward; to push
on; Kl.
~\ ah. An exclamation of pain; an interjection
expressive of anguish.
~\ eh. An exclamation of wonderment and
sometimes of dissent; "what! "
~\ oh. An interjection expressive of sudden recollection; "oh! I have it."

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