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

LIDAL
a name given to an aroid (pothus latifolius); 1. berchabang,
a forked tongue; duplicity of
speech; 1. biawak, a monitor's
(forked) tongue; - 1. berchabang; 1. buaya, crocodile's tongue, a name given to the aloe
(aloe ferox) [the crocodile itself
is believed to have no tongue];
1. gajah, the elephant's tongue, a
name given a plant (aglaonema
oblongifolium); 1. ji n, the
"spirit's tongue," a plant (hedyotis congesta); akar lidah jin
(hedyotis capitellata); 1. kerb a u, buffalo- tongue, a plant
(clerodendrum deflexus); 1. kuching, the cat's tongue, a plant
(turneria ulmifolia); i. lembu,
the ox-tongue, a plant (aneilema
nudiflorum) I. manis, sweettongued; smooth - spoken; 1.
panjang, loquacious; 1. rusa,
deer's - tongue, a small tree
(fagroea racemosa); anak I.,
the uvula; anak 1. timbanyan,
the tongue of a balance; tatuang
di - anak I., to support on the
uvula (to take the greatest care
of a beloved person); ikan 1. or
ikan 1.-., a generic name for flat
fish, e.g., 1. 1. baji (synaptura
orientalis); 1. 1. barang (cynoglossus elongatus); 1. 1. lurmpur
(sunaptura commersomana).
Iidal, Port. a thimble.
lidas, smarting of the taste in the
mouth after smoking or eating
pine-apples.
lidi, the veins of a palm - leaf,
tooth-pick; ular 1., a small snake
(dendrophis pictus).
ligan, (coll. and common in familiar or childish talk) to drive
out, to expel, e.g., a wife.
ligas, a canter or gallop.
llgat, whirling round, as a top.

LIMBAI
lihat, Ar. seeing; to see; lihati,
to inspect, to look over; mltihati, id.; melihat, to see; kelihatan, visible; peliat, the sense
or power of sight; penglihatan,
vision, view; t~rlihat, striking
the eye, came into sight.
likas, a small wheel on which the
skein is wound when weaving.
likat, sticky, adhesive, syrupycf. 1; kat.
liku, I. Jav. royal title. II. Ked.
lonely of a place.
lilang, = lilin.
lilau, melilau, to totter (of a
stricken man).
Ilin, wax; a taper; 1. lebah, bee'swax; kain 1., waxed sarongs;
burong 1., the small pied bornbill (anthracoceros albirostris).
lilir, = leler.
lilit, lilit - nya, circumference;
melilit, to coil round.
lima, I. five (originally, the hand
of five fingers); buku 1., the
knuckles; kelima, all five; yang
kelima, the fifth; penglima, a
leader in war. II. a generic
name for a number of plants
(xanthophyllim spp.).
liman, = leman.
limar, a rich cloth mentioned in
romances.
limas, pyramidal; atap I., a pyramidal roof; kuang 1. = buang
anchak, q.v.
limau, a generic name for oranges, limes, lemons, etc.; 1. kapas,
the common lime (citrus acida);
also 1. kesturi and 1. nipis; 1.
m a n i s, the orange (citrus
aurantium); berlimau, to use
lime-juce in washing.
limbah, a cess-pool, a drain; limbahan or pelimbah, id.
limbai, melimbai, to wave about
an object; to sway the arm; to

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