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

'LtKAR
lekar, a rattan frill for lifting
pots off the fire without burning
the fingers.
lekas, quickly, fast; nanti lekas
rosak mata, your eyesight will
soon be spoilt.
lekat, pasted on; lekatkan, to
stick (a thing) on; melekat, to
adhere to; terlekat, stuck on.
lekeh, low, mean, despicable.
lekir, panan lekir, a disease discolouring the skin; ular sawa
1., a snake with curious white
markings suggesting the disease
(coluber melanurus).
lekoh (onom.), the sound of a
cough.
lekok, a hollow; a puddle.
leku, berteleku, to lean on one's
elbows.
lekum, =- halkum.
lekur, a numeral which when
occuring after the numbers one
to nine signifies that twenty is
added, i.e., sa-lekur, twenty-one;
dua lekur, twenty-two, etc.
lela, I. a swivel-gun. II. Ar. beloved, darling. III. Maharaja
Lela, the title of a chamberlain
at a Malay court; bermaharajalela, to act as though the whole
place belonged to you, e.g., of
persons, of raging fire-as illustrated by a court chamberlain
who (at state ceremonies) orders
about much greater personages
than himself. IV. to brandish;
mnlela, to wave. V. besi melela,
steel; keris melela, an undamascened keris.
lelah, weary, exhausted; penat 1.,
extremely weary; sakit 1., asthmatic.
lelak, to slip down, fall of fruit.
l6laki, = laki-laki.
llakun, = lakun.
lalangun, Jav. a pleasure-garden;
= taman.

LEMBAP
lelap, deep (of sleep).
Ielar, to repeat an action.
Ielas, = relas.
leleh, meleleh, to trickle gently.
leler, careless, slovenly (of
work).
Ielewa, Jav. behaviour, conduct;
tingkah 1., id.; = tingkah laku.
lelong, I. Port. sale by auction.
II. a measure of length and area;
a quarter of an orlong in area.
lemah, weak, soft; lacking firmness or rigidity; I. I m b ut,
gentle; lemahkan, to enfeeble,
to enervate.
lemak, fat, grease, isi 1emak dapat
ka-orang, tulang bulu pulang kakita, others get the flesh and fat,
we get the bones and bristles.
leman, Jav. an elephant.
lemang, I. melemang, to cook in
a bamboo lined with plantain
leaves. II. melemang, to bend
over backwards and pick up a
coin with the lips (as is done
occasionally by Malay dancers).
Iemari, = almari.
lemas, I. suffocated; drowningstifling; I. p i k i r, confused
thought. II. = lemah.
Iemau, weak, sleepy, apathetic.
lemba, a plant (pothomorpha
subpeltata).
lembab, I. damp. II. Ked. slow
at work.
lembaga, I. mould, matrix; embryo; beginnings; primeval
( customs ); 1. bisul, the early
stages of a boil; adat 1., customary laws handed down from
prehistoric times. II. N.S. a
tribal chief.
lembah, low-lying land, meadow;
lnimbahkan, to irrigate (of
rivers).
lembak, inelembak, to boil over.
lembang, soft-spoken; plausible.
lembap, moist, clammy, wet.

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