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

LARAK
larak, close together (as the seeds
of a durian which has very little
pulp).
larang, prohibited; larangan, a
thing prohibited; hutan larangan, a forest reserve; larangkan,
to forbid, to prohibit.
larap, I. readily saleable;=laris.
II. multiplicity, i.e., mnlarapkan
tali, to separate the strands of a
rope.
laras, smooth and cylindrical;
the stem of a tree; the barrel
of a gun; senapang dua 1., a
double - barrelled gun; yu 1., a
fish (mustelus manazo).
larat, I. dragging on slowly;
lengthy; tahun - tahun larat ia
mengatur dia, he spent long
years in arranging them. II.
tiada larat, unable to, lacking
power to; ta' larat, id.
larau, annoyance; melarau, to
worry, as a child; membalas 1.,
to pay out a man for disturbing
you.
larek, turning (with a lathe )
polishing and rounding; gading
di-larek, polished ivory.
lari, running (not of liquids running); fleeing; 1. mengaji, to
play truant; larikan, to run
from; to escape; melarikan, id.;
bgrlari, to run; Pah. lelari, the
platform between a Malay house
and its kitchen or its balai.
laris, in demand; selling well (of
goods); pilaris, a charm to
secure good business.
larong, a coffin.
larut, to drag (of an anchor).
las, batu las, a hard mineral substance used as emery stone.
lasa, numbed; anggota yang lasa
menjadi lagi rasa, the numbed
limbs regained the power of
sensation.
lasah, striking, switching.

LAUT
lasak, industrious, "on the go";
pakaian pglasak, every- day
wear; working clothes.
Lasam, a place in Java celebrated for its painted cottons batek
Lasam.
lashkar, Per. soldiery.
lasu, stale, musty of food but not
spoilt.
lat, alternate; = selang; lat sapintu, every alternate door; the
next door but one; lat sa-hari,
every other day.
lata, crawling; melata, to creep.
latah, a nervous paroxysmal disease aroused by suggestion and
often taking the form of hysterical mimicry.
latam, pressing or stamping
down; rolling earth to harden
its surface; to prepare rice-fields
by making buffaloes trample
them.
latch, coherence, order; melateh
mul a u t, to speak coherently;
latehkan, to train; latehan,
training.
latok, I. parang latok, a chopper
the tip of which turns ddwnwards. II. mnlatok, to quiver,
to chatter of teeth. Cf. gelatok.
lau, I. Ar. if; wa - lau, and if;
although; jika-lau, if. II. Ked.
a fowl-house.
lauk, materials cooked for consumption with rice; 1. pauk, all
kinds of food (other than rice).
laun, protracted, dragging on;
jangan berlaun, do not spin it
out.
laung, a loud cry; berlaung or
m~laung, to cr out loudly;
laungkan, to call loudly to (a
person).
laut, sea; 1. madu, a sea of honey;
1. api, hell; barat I., the northwest; utara barat 1., N.N.W.;
timor 1., N.E.; ikan kuda-kuda

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