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

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memp~nling, a generic name for
several trees (qiu~rclis spp.).
mempoyan, a plant (rhodamnia
trinervia).
mena, I. calculation; kira;
sa-mn na-me~na, about, approximately; tidak bWrsam~na or
tiada tMpgrmn~ai, incalculable.
1I. see s~ingna.
menalu, =_ be'ndalu.
m~nang, to win; to prevail; to
be successful; mnuhangkan, to
give victory to, to support.
menantu, son-in-law, daughterin-law.
menara, Ar. a minaret.
m~nasabah, fitting, suitable.
menat, coveting.
menatu, Tam. a laundryman.
me'nchak,, fencing (in a sort of
sword-dance);= main penchak.
m~nching, at full slretch, fully
distended.
mendam, = mnandam.
m~nde-leka, a tree yielding a
kind of bread-fruit.
me~ndera, I, we; your servant.
m~ndC-rong, a sedge used in mnatmaking (scirpus grossuls).
m~ndikali, a water-melon.
mendong, Jay. gloomy; overcast
(of the weather).
ml-ndora, a theatrical perf ormance of Siamese or Buddhist
origin.
mendusta, false, sham (of a
chignon, etc.); see dusta.
m~nera, = rn~dera.
nx6nerong, min~d~rong.
mengah.-panting: puffing; sakit
in., asthma.
me'ngeh, panting, after exercise.
mC-ngC-rna, gay with colour;
petty ---cf. warna.
m~ngka1, half - ripe (of fruit)
just beginning to soften..mclngkalal, b_ ngkalai.
m'ngkarong, = Hngkarong.

mengkawan, =b~ngkawan.
mi~ngk,61an, tirme'ngk~ian, stuck
in the throat (of f ood).
mengkis, defiant; also ingkis.
mengkona, Sk. tuskless, of elephants.
mengkong, ch~ngkong-m~ngkong,
very hollow and emaciated (of~
the face).
mengkoyan, = nz~mpoyan.
mengkuang, the common screwpine (pandanus atrocarpus), and
other species of pandanns.
mengkudu, a generic name for a
number of plants used in dyeing
(especially miorinda tinctoria).
mengkunang, Pah. a napoh,
mouse-deer.
mengkunyit, = merkanyit.
mengsu, bulnnm~ngsu, the fine
hairs round the forehead.
mengut, ill1-fitting, unsuitable, inharmonious.
meniaga, -_berniaga.
menjak, see se-m~njak.
menjana, see shne'rijana.
menjangn the barking -deer
(cervullus muntjac); usually kijung.
menong, t jin ~n o ng, sunk in
thought.
menora, -nmIndora.
mensiang, a triangular rush in
rice-fields.
m~ntah, raw, uncooked; inasak
in., food cooked and uncooked.
mentang, see se'm~ntang.
menangur= bintanguir.
mn~ntega, Port. butter.
m~nt~Iah, see s~minnt~lah.
m~nt~ri,, Skr. minister, vizier;
p~rdana in., prime minister.
m~ntibang, N.-S. milflipede.
m~ntigi, a plant (thibaudia sp.)?
me'ntimum, a generic name for

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