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

StTUA
setua, Skr. an animal; marga s.,
animals generally; s. angkara,
a fabulous wild beast.
setul, a marine plant (enhalus
acoroides).
sewa, hire, hiring, leasing; sewakan, to lease, to let; rumah
se waan, a house held on or
intended for leasehold tenure
menyewa, to hire.
sewah, I. a short curved dagger.
II. a generic name given to a
number of birds of prey; s.
belalang ( Microhierax fringil -
larius); lang s., the large kite
(pernis tweeddalii); s. tekukur,
the Indian koel ( eudynamis
honorata).
sewal, misfortune. Cf. sial.
Shaaban, Ar. the name of a Muhammadan month.
shaer, Ar. poem.
shafaat, Ar. intercession.
shafakat, Ar. kindness.
Shafei, Ar. Shafiite.
shah, Pers. king, sovereign; a
royal title; s. johan, ruler of
the world; s. mardan, king of
men; s. bandar, harbour master.
shahadan, furthermore - a common exordium to a paragraph.
shahadat, Ar. attestation; the
confession of faith.
shahbandar, see shah.
shahid, Ar. mati shahid, dying a
martyr; killed in a holy war.
shahuat, Ar. voluptuous sensation, orgasm.
Shaikh, Ar. a title given to Arabs
who are not descendants of the
Prophet.
Shaitan, Ar. an evil spirit; a
devil; Satan; also Setan.
shalrat, Ar. a tree.
shak, Ar. doubt, suspicion; sh.
hati, suspicious.
shakar, Pers. sugar.
shal, Pers. a shawl.

SIAKAP
-hamsu, Ar. the sun.
shara', Ar. hukum shara', Muhammadan law.
sharat, Ar. article or clause in
a contract.
sharbat, Ar. wine, cooling drink;
also serbat.
shareat, Ar. ritual.
Sharif, Ar. noble; a title of descendants of the Prophet through
Hashim.
Sharifah, Ar. noble; a title given
to women descended from the
Prophet; also Suripah and coll.
Che Pah.
sharikat, Ar. the joint earnings
of husband and wife; a partnership; also serikat.
Shawal, Ar. the name of a Muhammadan month.
shok, Ar. gay, pleasant.
shufaat, = shafaat.
shukur, Ar. thanks; beribu shiikur, thousands of thanks.
shur, Ar. (lit. distilled honey),
advice, counsel, e.g., of the British Adviser. Cf. meshuarat.
shurga, Skr. heaven; also sorga.
si, a prefix (half contemptuous)
to the names of persons and
personified animals or things;
si-anu, so-and-so; si-apa, who,
what person; si-engkau si-aku,
a person with whom you can
take liberties (using familiar
words like aku and engkau).
sia, sia-sia, idle, useless, futile;
dengan sia-sia, uselessly.
siah, bUrsiah, bustling; s. layah,
swaying about.
siak, I. the caretaker of a mosque.
II. akar siak, a slender climber
with white flowers (phjsostelma
Wallichii). III. Siak, a state in
Sumatra; bakul S., a tiffin-basket.
IV. Ked. to pour out.
siakap, a fish (Ldtes sp.).,[ 241 ]