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

S$LINAP
selimuti, to wrap up in a blanket;
sglimutkan, to use as a sheet.
salinap, tearing off the skin of
anything, e.g., of a fowl to avoid
the trouble of plucking the
feathers.
s1!indong, hiding, veiling - cf.
lindong.
s!ling, Jav. glazed earthenware;
china-ware; porcelain.
selira, = selera.
sl1irat, mesh-work; ordered entanglement-cf. sirat.
si!iri, a seat or stool mentioned
in. old romances.
szliseh, to disagree; berseliseh,
(of things), to fail to meet (of
joinery); perselisehan, a dispute.
s5lisek, picking out fleas or lice
from the hair; preening the
feathers (of a bird); mrnyelisek,
to cleanse the hair or feathers.
selisir, walking round the edge
of anything.
selit, I. to thrust in between;
tMrselit, stuck or jammed between two surfaces. II. (Dutch)
end, conclusion.
salitar, all round, = kHliling; s.
alam, all over the world; (by
extension) a ruler or spirit
whose power is felt all over the
earth.
selodok, menyglodok, to worm
one's way through jungle.
selok, to grope after something
hidden, e.g., as a man in his
pocket for a coin; mWnySlok, to
grope about with the hand.
sWloka, Skr. verses; rhyme; ironical or satirical poetry when not
in the form of the pantun.
s#lomor, the slough of a snake.
selompot, Mal. mace.
selongkar, menyelongkar, to:search a man's belongingsy e.g.,

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for stolen property. Cf. bongkar.
seloroh, farcical, droll.
seluang, a fish (unid.).
sluar, Pers. trousers, breeches;
sa-helai s., a pair of trousers;
s. bulat, pyjama trousers; s.
China, Chinese trousers; s.
kotong, short trousers-such as
those worn by 'rikisha coolies;
s. sampak, trousers worn by
Malays in the rice fields.
selubong, veiling, covering; selubongkan diri, to cover oneself
with a veil.
seludang, the sheath or outer
covering of a palm blossom; s.
mayang, id.
seludip, the sheath or outer covering of young palm.
seludu, a fish (arius gagora).
selukat, a musical instrument
forming part of the gamelan or
Javanese orchestra.
seiumar, a tree (musssendopsis
beccariana).
selumbar, long thorns-such as
those of the nibong; splinter.
selumput, touchy; ill-tempered.
selupat, a natural thin filmy
covering, such as the almost
transparent skin under the shell
of an egg —cf. selaput.
selurai, a kind of vermicelli.*
seluroh, see lurah.
selusoh, a generic name for all
drugs, medicines and charms
used for facilitating delivery in
child-birth; s. b~ranak, id.; s.
uri, a drug for getting rid of the
afterbirth.
selusor, Pah. the hand-rail of a
bridge.
salut, mud, slush; clammy as mud.
sema, sema-sema, a cold in the
head; also- selsema.
semah, a propitiatory offering to
evil spirits; a sacrifice; jin yang

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