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c.\ babas. Driven right out of one's course,
whether by wind or by tides and currents
when becalmed; cf. biyas (which means that
the course is merely deflected). Hujan babas:
a threatening rainstorm which is dispersed or
driven in another direction by a change of
wind; (also) the rainy intervals between the
monsoons..> babang. Increase in size; enlargement, especially of wounds; widening. Lagi kechil
ta'-mahu di-ubat, sudah terbabang beharu mahu
di-ubat: while the wound was small, they
would not apply medicine to it; now that it
is gaping wide, they want to apply remedies;
-of a person allowed to grow up vicious;
Prov.. \
J. bbabap. See babak I., and babat.
j. babak. I. One of a set or series. Sa-babak:
forming one of a set or series; similarity.
Also babat and babap.
II. To staunch; to prevent the free flow
of any liquid..\ babok. Dull, dense, thick-headed; also dungu.
3J. babal. Stupid; Ht. Perb. Jay. Better bebal,
q. v.
3.:, babil. Wrangling, altercation, dispute; a
wordy war. Orang yang hamba lawan berbabil
sekarang tadi Penghulu Iblis: he with whom I
had that dispute a moment ago was the
Penghulu Iblis (a prince of the devils); Ht.
Mar. Mall. Perbabilan: an altercation; Ht.
Mar. Mah.
e.. baban and babun. A burden; better beban,
q. v.
y. babu. I. Jav. A nurse; a Javanese ayah.
II. Hind. A generic name given to Indians
from Lower Bengal or Bombay.
4j babah. A "baba"; a name of uncertain
derivation applied to Europeans and Eurasians
when born in the Straits, and especially used
to distinguish between Straits-born and im

migrant Chinese males. In Java the word
appears to be sometimes honorific. Maka
kata-ku: babah, di-mana-kah tsmpat-nya orangorang itu diyam: then said I, "Baba, where
do those people live? " Ht. Abd., 306. Segala
raja-raja dan nyonyah-nyonyah dan babah-babah
dan nonah-nonah sakaliyan dudok-lah: then the
rajas and the ladies, gentlemen and girls all
took their seats; Ht. Ind. Nat.

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babi. The generic name of the hog; "pig,"
as a term of abuse; " pig," as an emblem of
all that is filthy. Anjing galak, babi berani:
the dogs are the challengers but the pigs have
the courage; one side is "bluffing" but the
other means business; Prov. Jangan-lah babi
rasa gulai: do not let a pig have cooked meats
to eat; do not let the mean acquire a taste
for what is too good for them; Prov.
B. baran: a wild pig infesting low, swampy
jungle.
B. buta: recklessness, blind daring. Menbabi buta: to act recklessly; to behave in a
foolishly headstrong way.

B. duyong: a dugong.
B. hutan: a jungle pig; sus vittatus or sus
verrucosus.
B. kurus: a tree (trigonochlamys griffithii)
also known as pauh kijang.
B. nangul or b. nangui: a wild pig of small
size and gregarious habits. Muntah b. nangul:
an earthworm.
B. rantai or b. brantai: a fabulous boar, the
tushes of which are believed to be connected
by a chain of two or three links, rendering the
animal invulnerable. Bisi rantai babi: iron
obtained from such a chain; iron of magic
potency.
B. rusa: the name of an animal peculiar to
the fauna of Celebes and its adjacent islands;
babirusa alfurus.
B. tanah: a species of wild pig; sus vittatus.
B. tunggal: a solitary boar of savage habits.
Berangan b.: a generic name for oaktrees;
v. berangan.
Bintang b.: the planet Venus, as an evening
star.
Bulu b. ( I ) the bristles of a pig; (2) a seaurchin with poisonous spikes.
Burong b.: the adjutant bird; leptoptilusjavanicus.
Buwah b.: a fruit (cryptomeria paniculata or
cryptomeria pubescens).
Chanar b.: a plant.
Gila b.: epilepsy: also sawan b.
Kachang b.: a bean.
Kutu b.: a bug.
Rotan bulu b.: a kind of rattan.
Rumput tahi b.: a small flowering shrub (also
called daun susu babi).
Sawan b.: epilepsy; also gila b.
Siput b.: a large white shell.
Tapak b.: (Singapore) the plant known as
"tapak Sulaiman "; (Riau) a creeper.;,\ bata. I. A tile, a brick; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 13.
Atap bata: a tiled roof. Batu bata: bricks;
Sh. Sing. Terb., 21.
II. Bata-bata: hesitating; in doubt. Kebata-bataan: perplexity.

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