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

PITA
pita, Port. tape, ribbon.
pitah, eloquent, soft-spoken, gracious.
pitam, a rush of blood to the
head causing dizziness.
pitis, a very small denomination
of coin something like a Chinese
cash.
pitu, seven; a rare equivalent of
tujoh.
piut, a descendant in the fourth
or fifth generations.
piutang, credit, assets.
po, Ch. a sort of die-box used by
Chinese gamblers; main po, to
gamble by guessing at the position of the hidden die.
podak, pandan podak, the plant
pandanus inermis.
podi, Tam. the dust of gems; very
small gems mounted in large
numbers to make a glittering
show.
pohon, I. a tree; p. kayu, id.;
p. kelapa, a coconut tree. II.
pulang pohon, the first anniversary of a death, dua kali pulang
pohon, the second do. III. pohonkan or memohonkan, to apply for (anything); bermohon,
to ask leave to depart-cf.
mohon.
pokah, to become bent; to give
way; orang p., a broken-down
wastrel.
pokeri, Telegu (Penang) a blackguard.
pokok, a tree, a bush, a plant; the
nucleus of a storm; the capital
for working an undertaking;
the butt of a counterfoil book;
p. kelapa, a coconut tree; p.
angin, a gathering cloud presaging wind; p. ribut, a stormcloud.
polan, Ar. si-polan, so-and-so.
polls, Eng. a police court.

PUADAI
polok, to swallow a large mouthful.
polong, a familiar spirit.
pompa, (Dutch) a pump, spout,
or hose; = bomba.
pompang, an anchored purse-net;
also called gombang China.
pondok, a shed; a lean to; a
temporary shelter; kepala p.,
(Singapore) a Boyanese headman.
pondong, I. carry in the folds of
a scarf slung over the back. II.
N.S. = pondok.
ponen, Tam. (Penang) impotent.
pong, buloh p., a toy, the paper
membrane of which bursts with
a bang under air-pressure.
pongkis, a shallow rubbish-basket.
pongsu, a hillock or mound; an
anthill-cf. busut; merak p., the
peacock-pheasant (polyplectrum
bicalcaratum).
ponok, Pah. a hump on cattle.
pontang, pontang-panting, topsyturvy; helter-skelter; scattered
about.
pontoh, Jav. armlet = puntoh.
pontianak, = puntianak.
porak, porak - parek, helter-skelter; in confusion; p. peranda,
id.
porok, a game resembling quoits.
poros, the vertex of a cone; the
top of a mast; the point of a
spear.
pos, buah p., Riau, the testes.
po'ta, matchless; excellent.
potong, cut off; a piece cut off;
sa-potong tanah, a piece of land;
memotong, to cut off.
poyang, a Sumatran word sometimes meaning "ancestor"-(cf.
moyang)7; and sometimes a magician ( = pawang).
puadai, Tam. cloth laid down for
a procession to pass over.

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