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

BtNYAI
of the deer cervus unicolor;
also (Kedah) genuang. Kerbau
bHnuang, a variety of buffalo.
benyai, insipid (of badly cooked
rice).
benyek, soft, through over-boiling (of rice).
benyut, twisted, awry.
beo, the name given (in Java) to
the tiong, or mynah.
bera, flushed, crimsoned, inflamed (of brown faces), dull-brown
as weather-worn roof-tiles; a
face-ache, neuralgia.
beragan, see agan and akan.
berahi, Sk. love, lustful; berahikan, to be in love with.
Berahman, and Berahmana, Skr.
a Brahmin.
berai, cherai - berai, scattered,
broken up (as a defeated army).
berak, flushed-a variant of bera,
q.v.
berak, to ease oneself, defecate.
berakah, self - important, stuck
up.
beraksa, I. kuda beraksa or
burong bEraksa, a legendary
Pegasus. II. pokok beraksa
(cassia fistula); buah b., Pk.
bullock's heart fruit.
btram, a generic name for liquors made of fermented ricespirit. Cf. peram.
beramin, bakul beramin, a basket of the " loop " pattern.
b~randa, Port. verandah.
berang, berang-berang, the otter
(lutra sumatrana).
berang, I. angry, wrath; hati
Yang b., angry feelings, passion.
II. ular berang, a venomous sea
snake.
berangai, perahu berangai, a
Malay piratical craft furnished
with a boarding gangway and
grappling irons.
berangan, I. realgar; = waran

BtRGOK
gan; b. puteh, white arsenical
oxide. II. a generic name for
oaks and chestnuts.
beranggil, badly set, of broken
bones.
berangsang, exciting, rousing to
courage.
berangta, Jav. love, passion.
berangti, = berangta, q.v.
berani, courage, brave; batu b.
or besi b., magnetic iron.
beranta, see anta.
berapa, how much? See apa.
beras, rice (without the husk,
but uncooked); cf. p adi and
nasi.
berat, heavy, weighty; beratnya, weight; kepala, b., heavy,
dull-witted; keberatan, pregnancy; burden; memberatkan,
to hinder, to handicap.
berata, an idol; nmemuja b., to
worship idols.
berdus, corpulent, obese.
berek-berek, burong berek - berek, the bay-backed bee-eater
(merops sumatranus).
beremban, I. Pk. a padi barn.
II. the cross-bars ia a fence.
berembang, pokok berembang, a
seaside tree (sonneratia acida).
b/remi, the native water-cress
(herpestes monniera).
berenang, to swim; see renang.
bereng, bgreng - bereng, a small
Chinese gong.
berenga, larvae of insects, e.g.,
as visible on decayed animal
matter.
berengau, a musical instrument
(only mentioned in ancient
literature).
berenggil, serrated, of a mountain range.
beret, cheret - beret, continually
flowing.
bergok, Ar. a veil worn by female hajis.

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