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

BANTANG
a short horizontal patch of rainbow light.
bantang, bunting-bantang, very
big, of pregnancy.
banteng, the Bali ox (bos sondaicus) when domesticated.
banting, dashing down, beating
together; threshing padi against
the sides of a wooden tub;
menmbanting, to dash against;
saperti ombak membanting dirinya, like waves dashing into
each other.
bantu, aid, assistance; m e m -
bantu, to succour, to help.
bantun, uprooting; pulling up
the foundations.
bantut, frustration; rendering
abortive; nipping in the bud;
bantutkan, nip in the bud, abort.
banyak, much; many; a quantity; b. orang, a number of persons; orang b., the populace;
sa-banyak, the same number as,
as many as, as much as; k -
banyakan, most; the majority;
the common people; common.
banyu, Jav. water.
bapa, father; mak b., or ibu b.,
parents.
bapang, my father-a Javanese
(first person singular possessive) form of bapa.
bara, I. embers; b. a p i, live
coals. II. tolak bara, ballast
(see bahara). III. sara- bara,
higgledy - piggledy. IV. Hind.
big, great, main (in certain
nautical expressions).
barah, abscess tumour.
barai, an edible salt-water shellfish.
baran, N.S. low swampy undergrowth; babi b., wild pig infesting such undergrowth.
barang, things in general; luggage; one's belongings; anything; any; would that in some

BASAL

way; b. a pa, whatever; b.
barang, (1) things, belongings,
luggage; (2) ordinary, common;
b. bila, whenever; b. kali, perhaps; b. siapa, whoever, s abarang, whatever.
baras, Ar. leprosy.
barat, I. west; b. tepat, due west;
orang b., Kelantanese (as described in Pahang). II. s # s a t
barat, very much astray; confused. III. ikan barat - barat
(triacanthus brevirostris).
barau, ikan barau - barau (triacanthus blochii); burong barau - barau, the yellow crowned bulbul (trachycomus ochrocephalus).
barek, mottled, veined, variegated.
Bari, I. Ar. God the Creator. II.
bari-bari, fruit-flies.
baring, lying down at full length;
berbaring, to lie down; baringkan, to place in a recumbent position.
baris, a line, a row; b. sipahi a
line of troops.
baroh, the land lying between a
Malay house and shore or riverbank; low land.
barong, I. a booth, stall. II. a
pass, col.
baru, I. new; = baharu. II. a
sea - shore tree (hibiscus tiliaceus); ikan daun b. (drepane
punctata).
Barus, kapur B., camphor (from
Barus in Sumatra).
barut, a long bandage; a bodice
worn by children; to bandage
or swathe in cloth.
barzakh, alam b., Hades.
basah, wet, moist; b. kuyup,
wringing wet; kain basahan,
clothes used for bathing in; old
clothes; basahkan, to wet.
basal, beri-beri; dropsy.

[ 19 ]