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

kusi, rumput kusi, a grass (poa
cynosuroides)?
kusta, sakit kusta, leprosy.
kusu, a small group; berkusukusu, in knots, in clusters. II.
kusu-kusu, the vetiver or cuscus
grass (andropogon muricatus).
kusut, matted, confused; hati k.,
perplexed; rambut k., tangled
hair.
kut, (Penang) perhaps, possibly.
kutaha, (Ht. Pasai) an obsolete
interrogative particle.
kutai, = kotai.
kutang, Jav. a thin bodice, =
choli.
kutat, Mal. pimply.
kutdri, Hind. a cabin in an Arab
vessel.
kuti, I. kuti-kuti, nagging, petty
annoyance. II. kutikan, to "send
to Coventry."
kutil, I. a wart. II. to pick or
break off a small piece of anything.

LABU
kutip, mengutip, picking up
something that is below you;
gathering, collecting.
kutok, a curse; accursed; s i -
kutok; a wretch, a scoundrel;
kutoki or mengutoki, to curse.
kutu, I. a louse; k. anjing, a flea;
k. bidok, the beetles infesting
dirty lockers in boats; k. busok,
a bug; k. lSmbu, a tick; tindas
k., to kill lice (on the thumbnail). II. Tam. an association;
sa-kutu, a federation; persakutuan, id.; bgrsa-kutu, federated;
Nggeri Melayu yang bersa-kutu,
the Federated Malay States.
kutum, - kuntum.
kuyu, I. melancholy, rueful looking, out of sorts or ill. II. Pk.
a side - bet, esp. at billiards;
b~rkuyu, making a side - bet;
makan k. accepting a side-bet.
kuyup, I. basah kuyup, sopping
wet. II. = kuyu, I.
kuyut, -= kuyu.
kiaf, = kiai.

L

la, Ar. not, no.
laal, Ar. a ruby; ruby-red wine.
Iaanat, Ar. curse; 1. Allah, the
curse of God; laanatan, accursed.
laba, I. Hind. from Skr. profits,
rich returns; beroleh 1., to profit
greatly. II. laba-laba, a spider;
1.-1. berok, the large venomous
bird-spiders; l.-I. lotong, a large
black well-spider.
labah, = laba, II.
laberang, stays at right angles to
the mast of a native ship.
Jabi, labi-labi, a name given to
small soft-shelled turtles (trionyx cartilagineus and pelochelys
cantoris); siput labi - labi, a

large shell-fish with a peculiar
yellow-spotted body.
laboh, lowering by means of a
rope, string or cable; letting
down blinds or curtains; labohan, an anchorage; labohkan, to
lower; berlaboh, to moor, to
anchor.
labu, Skt. a generic name for
gourds, pumpkins; a calabash;
a pipkin; 1. ayer, a pumpkin
(cucurbita pepo); 1. batu, an
earthenware pipkin; 1. jantong,
the bottle-gourd (legenaria vulgaris); l.-labu, an earthenware
water calabash modelled on the
gourd; l. manis = 1. ayer; 1.
merah, a gourd ( cucurbita

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