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

PAHALA
p., the upper portion of the
thigh.
pahala, Skr. profit, gain, advantage.
paham, Ar. well-versed in, knowing well; salah p., misunderstanding.
pahar, a large salver of metal
resting on a stand or on legs.
pahat, a chisel; carving with a
chisel; p. jantan, a chisel with a
narrow deep blade; p. kuku, a
gouge; p. lebar, a chisel with a
flat broad and shallow blade.
pahit, bitter.
pahlawan, Pers. leader in war;
johan p., world-champion.
pai, belum pai, not yet, - belum
sampai.
pals, fish cooked in banana
leaves.
palak, (Dutch) farm, monopoly;
p. chandu, the opium farm; p.
gadai, the pawnbroking farm;
a pawnshop.
pajar, = fajar.
pajoh, gluttonous, guzzling,
pak, father; = pa'.
pakai, using or wearing anything; assuming, adopting, employing; memakai, to wear, to
use; pakaian, clothes, garments.
pakak, ulun pakak, a name given
to a class of shells imported
from Celebes (conus spp.).
pakal, caulking.
pakan, I. the woof; tirai yang
berpakankan mas, curtains shot
with gold. II. invulnerability
caused by magical drugs.
pakat, Ar. arrangement by conference; agreement; settlement;
berpakat, to agree; to conspire
to. Corrupted from muafakat.
pakau, a cross-piece in a bucket
or well.
pakir, Ar. _ poor man; a mendicant; also fakir.

PALKAj
paksa, I. compulsion, force; memaksa, to compel. II. auspicious, lucky.
paksi, I. Skr. a bird (expressed
poetically). II. = paksa, II.
paksina, Jav. the north; d a r i
daksina datang ka - paksina,
from the south to the north.
paku, I. a spike, a nail; terpaku,
nailed; firmly affixed to. II. a
generic name for the fern filex,
and for plants resembling it.
pal, I. a tack (in sailing); berpal,
to beat about, to tack. II.
(Dutch) the Dutch "pole" as a
measure of length.
pala, I. Skr. buah pala, the nutmeg (mngristica fragrans); halwa p., nutmegs in syrup. II.
pala-pala, genuinely, properly;
sa-pala-pala, as thoroughly as
possible.
palam, to plug up, e.g., the mouth
of a bottle, or the lower
orifices of the body (abaimana)
before burial.
palang, position across or athwart; kayu p., the cross-bar on
a buffalo's horns-cf. alang.
palar, grasping (as a prince who
expects rich presents).
'palas, a generic name for the
fan - palms known as licualas
(the leaves of which are used by
Malays as cigarette-wrappers).
palat, tahi palat, smegma.
palau, a cicatrix or other mark
facilitating identification.
paldu, Hind. side-awning of ship.
paling, bUrpaling, to look asidecf. palis.
palis, turning away the head, e.g.,
as a modest girl when compliments are paid her-cf. paling.
palit, memalit, to smudge or
smear.
palita, = pelita.
palkah, Hind. the hatch of a ship.

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