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Barah b.: a hard round abscess or tumour.
Champak b.: to throw a stone at anythinga Malay expression corresponding to our
"shaking the dust off our feet."
Chap b.: lithography.
Gula b.: loaf sugar.
Ikan b.: a fish, crenidens sarissophorus.
Juru b.: the petty officer in charge of the
anchor and moorings of a ship.
Kayu b.: a very hard wood; blumea lacera.
Kepala b.: massive rocks at the end of a
promontory; (also) stones placed on anything
to prevent it being blown away.
Landak b.: an animal of the hedgehog type;
atherura fasciculata.
Murai b.: a bird; see murai.

II. An oily preparation made by burning
coco-nut shell and used for staining the teeth.
Mimbakar b.: to burn coco-nut shell for
making this stuff; Ht. Mas. Ed.
III. A plough; better bajak, q. v.
bajang. An evil spirit generated by the blood
shed in childbirth. This spirit can be used
as a familiar spirit. Menaroh b.: to keep
such a familiar spirit in one's service. Gelang
b.: an armlet worn by a child as a protection
against the influence of these evil spirits.
Tapak bajang and kuku bajang: a peculiar
pattern; a trapeze, the base of which is shorter
than the opposite side; projecting pieces of
wood in this shape which are intended to fit
into corresponding notches in another plank
and so join the two planks together more
firmly. Baju b.: a sort of swallow-tailed baju
or coat; Sej. Mal., 390.
bajing. Jav. A squirrel; properly tupai, q. v.
bajak. I. (Riau, Johor) A plough; =
(Kedah) tenggala.
Mata b.: the ploughshare.
Tiyang b.: the shank.
Sungkal b.: the board of a ploughshare.

Rumah b6.: a stone or brick, as opposed to a
wooden or attap house.
Sa-buwah b.: a stone.
Gigi duwa b.: two teeth. Cf. suwatu =
sa-batu, by etymology.
Membatu: to remain hard when cooked, as
very old beans; to be stony. M. roboh, or
b. roboh: an expression used of any exceptional
celebration, such as a double wedding or
festivities on an event of very rare occurrence,
such as a jubilee. Batu roboh senmuwa-nya
kita kahwinkan: let us make an exceptional
festival of it by holding all these weddings
simultaneously; Ht. Mas. Ed. Tertawa membatu roboh, or tMrtawa saparti batu roboh: roars
of laughter; Ht. Best.
4a,! batoh. A gambler.
Cq bati. Indissoluble blending or union. Sehaya
dengan diya sa-bati: he and I are one in
interest-you cannot injure one without affecting the other.
bt baja. I. [ Skr. wajra.] Steel; also the
process of making steel; tempering; improving; manuring.
A nak raja mudek ka-Daik,
Masok ka-taman mandi di-kolam;
Kalau asal baja yang baik,
Sadikit di-chanai mtenjadi tajarm:
if the tempering is well done from the first,
a little whetting will restore its sharpness.
Tuwan laksana barang birbaja,
Sakaliyan basi menjadi guna:
you, Sir, are like good tempering which
renders all iron valuable; "whatever you
touch turns into gold"; Prov.
Tanah yang tiyada bUrbaja lagi: unmanured
land; Ht. Abd., 475. Kadok kMna baja:
coarse sireh when manured; ill weeds grow
apace; Prov.
Bajakan: to manure padi shoots by dipping them in manure on taking them out of the
nursery and keeping them in the manure for
two days before transplanting them.

II. Jav. A pirate; Ht. Koris. Better
peromRpak..j. bajik. [Jav. bechik = baik. ] Kebajikan:
kindness, goodness, advantage. Chap kebajikan atas keduwa pehak: the seal of mutual good
will; Ht. Abd., 472. Mendatangkan kebajikan
dan fd'Ndah: to bring profit and advantage;
Ht. Abd., 105.
a.tl bajan. [Skr. bhdjana.] A basin. Ambil
darah jantong-nya itu, buboh pada suwatu bajan
yang besar: take his heart's blood and place it
in a large basin; Ht. Kal. Dam., 329. Better
bejana, q. v.,.. bajau. I. The name of an Indonesian race
of sea-gipsies; a semi-piratical race residing
on the E. and N. coast of Borneo and W.
coast of Celebes.
Kurong b.: a cabin with an entrance from
above, and not, as is often the case with Malay
ships, opening into the well of the ship.
II. (Singapore) Speed, rapidity of work..... baju. An outer garment for the upper part of
the body; a coat.
B. anggerka: a long overcoat or surtout; Ht.
Abd., 419.
B.-baju: a fern (unidentified); J. S. A. S.,
III., ro8.
B. bajang: a kind of swallow-tailed coat;
Sej. Mal., 390.
B. belah or b. belah dada: a baju which is
open in front.

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