An abridged Malay-English dictionary (romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson ...

JfNOH
jenoh, makan jenoh, to eat one's
fill.
jentaka, Skr. ill-luck.
jentat, menjentat, to leap (of a
flea, or of any other creature
with great jumping powers).
j]ntayu, Skr. a fabulous bird believed to have the power of
calling down rain and dew.
Jlntek, a jerk by way of propulsion (as a boy throws a marble
by a jerk with his thumb); jerky
or wriggling action.
jentera, Skr. a wheel; spinningwheel; berjentera, to rotate; to
move in waves (of light); to be
on wheels; pesawat berjentera,
machinery; tanglong berjentera,
a rotating Chinese lantern.!nnut, Pah. salt-lick.
1/pang, sea-weed jelly.
lepit, -= sepit.
Jepun, Japan.
ieput, = jgmput.
1jra, taught cantion; tiada j., he
has not yet learnt by experience.
jerab, Ked. fast, of sleep.
Jerabai, tattered; also jerambai.
jerabun, Ked. = jerembun.
Ieragah, Ked. -= chranggah.
jeragan, =- juragan.
jlirah, plentiful (of a crop); numerous (of cases of illness in
an epidemic).!6rahak, given up (of a work).
4jrahap, falling prostrate (with
limbs outstretched).
ljrait, interlinked as the links of
a chain, or strands of a net or
cobweb.
jeram, I. rapids in a stream. II.
Sel. a fishing-boat.
jeramah, seize with claws and
teeth, of a tiger or any similar
beast; to fight (of a woman).
jeramiah, a platform outside a
Malay house for water-jars, etc.
jMrambai, tattered; also j]rabai.

JaRIAH
jerambang, St. Elmo's light; an
ignis fatuus taken by sea-faring
Malays to be an evil spirit.
jerami, stubble; after - grass;
straw.
Jerang, warming at a fire; jerangkan ka-api, put on the fire.
jerangau, a medicinal plant
(acorns calamus).
jerangkah, = cheranggah.
jerangkang, supine of an animal
with its paws in the air.
ierap, saturated (till drops begin
to fall); thorough steeping (as
a wick is steeped in oil; menjerap, absorb.
jerat, a running noose; a lasso;
a noose-trap.
jerau, deep red.
jeraus, agile, sprightly.
jerawat, pimples on the face.
ljrbak, menjerbak, to pervade;
- menyerbak.
lerbu, laut jerbu, the sea out of
sight of land or when the land is
only a dim haze on the horizon.
jereh, exhausted; done up.
jerehak, = jerahak.
jerelak,: jerjak.
jereket, adhering, e.g., of eye-lids.
j6rl1ok, mangkok jerelok, a deep
bowl or cup-v. jelok.
jeremal, = jermal.
jeremang, = jermang.
jeremba, meeting suddenly and
unexpectedly.
jerembap, menjerembap, to fall
to earth in a sitting posture.
jerembet, interlinked, interwined; = jerait.
Jirembun, heaped up all together.
jerenang, = jernang.
iirengkah, swollen with milk (of
the udders).
Jerepet, interlinked but capable
of independent movement ( as
two links in a chain).
ieriah, = jariah.

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