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

PtTAI
petai, a tree yielding a pod which
is very offensive in smell (parkia biglandulosa, p. Roxburghii); p. belalang (pithecolo -
bium microcarpum); p. laut
(desmodium umbellatum).
petak, a square compartment; a
division of a padi field; a locker
in a boat; the hold in a ship.
petaka, - pestaka.
petala, Skr. a fold; layer; a
stratum.
petaling, a tree yielding a good
timber (ochanostachys amentacea).;petam, a frontlet or browband
worn by a bride.
petang, evening, afternoon; p.
hari, late in the day.
petar, taking a true aim; training a gun on to anything.
petaram, a small knife..petarang, pukat petarang, a deepsea net used on the east coast of
the Peninsula.
petas, I. Hind. crackers, noisy
fireworks. II. beras petas, all
kinds of rice; stores generally.
petek, memetek, to pluck, to pick,
to play on a stringed instrument,
to bleed surgically.
petenah, Ar. calumny, slander;
also fitnah.
peterah, = fitrah.
ptterana, Skr. a seat near the
throne (used by princes of the
blood); the seat of the bride
and bridegroom at a Malay wedding.
peteras, Tam. tunjok peteras, to
"put on side," behave in a conceited way.
peterum, ubat peterum, powder
in packages or cartridges for use
with artillery.
peti, Tam. a box, a case, a chest.
p/ting, jerk with the thumb and
finger.

PICHEK
petir, a clap of thunder; thunder;
bunyi p., the sound of thunder.
petola, Skr. a generic name given
to a class of pumpkins; also
ketola; p. hutan (luffa acutangula); p. manis (luffa cylindrica); p. ular (trichosanthes
anguina).
petua, Ar. a precept; a traditional rule; an authoritative ruling;
advice by one who knows.
petur, Port. a factor, a minor
official.
petutu, a tree (hibiscus floccosus).
pi, main pi, to gamble on credit,
an account being kept for settlement.
piah, a very small coin.
piak, a quid of betel-leaf; a fold;
a strip.
pial, the wattles on the comb of
a cock.
piala, Pers. a cup or goblet; a
phial.
pialang, buying on credit.
pialing, a bird (unid.).
piama, Ked. the rainy season.
piang, I. mother (in Boyanese).
II. a preparation of pulut rice.
pianggang, a green bug destructive to the crops.
pianggu, a tree yielding a red
fruit (clerodendron nutans).
piantan, opportune of time for
planting, for one's fortunes.
piara, pelihara.
piarit, a fish-spear with a double
barb.
pias, I. a strip (of a sail). II. a
fish (Chatoessus spp.).
piat, I. twisted, oblique, out of
line. II. a remote descendant.
piatu, desolate; having no relatives; anak p., an orphan.
pichek, narrow, confined, limited
in means or money; kepichekan,
straitened circumstances.

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