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

ULIT
ulit, ulitkan, to sing (a person)
to sleep; mengulitkan, id.;
mengulit, to croon; to sing a
lullaby; pengulit, a lullaby.
ulu, = hulli.
ulun, I. servant; your servant;
I. II. a name given to some
Celebes shells (Conus miles and
Conus lithoglyphus).
uman, umran-uman, long-winded;
a bore; menguman, to drag on
a story monotonously.
umanat, Ar. instructions, esp. of
a dying person; berwasiat u., to
bequeath.
umang, umang-umang, a hermitcrab.
umat, Ar. people; mankind.
umbai, dangling; hanging down
loosely.
umban, umnban tali, a sling.
umbang, I. colossal; naga u., a
great sea-dragon. II. mengumbang, to float, of a boat launched
on the water.
umbas, = humbas.
umbi, the roots of a tree; akar u.,
id.; "to the very roots."
umbut, I. the soft heart of the
upper portion of a palm; the
palm-cabbage. II. ikan umbntumbut, a fish (unid.).
umpama, Skr. likeness; example;
instance; similar case; sa -. u.,
for instance umpamaan, a proverb; umpamakan, to liken to;
to compare.
umpan, bait; food to attract fish
or animals; 1. tokak, an appetiser.
umtpat, abuse; evil- speaking;
cursing; umpati, to revile;
mengumpat, to be abusive.
umpil, mengumpil, to lever up;
pengumpil, a lever.
umum, Ar. obscure, involved,
complicated, difficult.

UNGGAS
umur, Ar. life; sa-umur-ku, as
long as I live.
unoxi, zott, moist and odorous- -
as perfumed oil.
unam, an edible shell-fish (Murex sp.).
unchang, 1. unchang-unchit, by
driblets, by fits and starts. 11.
a cloth slip-knot bag for money.
unchat, lifting and lowering;
moving a thing up and down.
unchit, unchang-unchit, by driblets; by fits and starts; bayar u.,
payment in instalments.
unchui, Ch. a pipe.
undak, menngundak, not to make
headway ( of a ship); laet
p)engundak, a choppy sea
against which it is difficult to
make headway; undak- andek,
vacillating.
undan, I. burong undan, a large
bird (Pelecanus philippensis).
II. berundan, to be protracted;
to drag on.
undang, undang - undang, laws,
statues, ordinances, codified
enactments; Undang, the title
of the chiefs of Sungai Ujong,
Rembau, Jelebu, Johol.
undi, lot; die; buang u., to cast
lots; buah u., die, dice.
undil, a money-box.
undok, I. undok-undok, the seahorse (Hippocam pus sp.). II. andok-andal, in swift succession.
undur, mengundur, retreat, lose
ground, to give way.
ungak, ungak-angek, bobbing up
and down.
ungap, gasping for breath (as. a
dying fish).
ungar, an edible salt-water fish
(Lutianus argentimaculatus).
unggal, = tunggal.
unggang, = ungkang.
unggas, a bird; u. dewata, the
bird of paradise.

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