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

BINGKIS
spring); rising to attention; resuming a proper position.
bingkis, 1. a complimentary gift
accompanying a letter; surat
bingkisan, id. II. bungkus -
bingkis, all kinds of parcels
and packages.
bingong, mazed, disconcerted;
dull, muddle-headed.
bini, wife (less courteous than
isteri); anak b., family; berbini, to be married; berbinikan,
to marry, to take to wife.
binlai, the name of a common
fruit-tree (mangifera coesa).
bint, Ar. daughter; bintu'l-bahar,
mermaid-cf. binti.
bintang, a star; a heavenly body; a decoration; b. berasap or
b. berekur, a comet; b. beridar,
a planet; b. kebesaran, the star
of an order of knighthood; berbintang - bintang, full of small
holes (through which light penetrates: of a roof).
bintangur, see bentangur.
bintat, spots of a rash or caused
by bite of insect.
bintek, berbintek-bintek, covered
with small spots of prickly heat.
binti, Ar. daughter of; Baidah
binti Hasan, Baidah, daughter of
Hasan-cf. bin and bint.
bintil, a stye in the eye.
bintit, a small swelling (such as
that caused by the bite of a
mosquito).
biola, Port. a violin.
biong, Pk., curved-of the cutting edge of areca-nut scissors.
birah, a name given to a number
of aroids (chiefly wild); b. keladi (colocasia antiquorum).
biram, 1. a poetic word for an
elephant; b. berjuang a warelephant. II. a mythical snake
with a head at both ends chinchin patah biram a puzzle-ring

BODOH
joining at the heads of this
snake.
biras, the relationship between
two men who have married
sisters or two women who have
married brothers.
birat, a scar on the mouth.
birau, kachau-birau, in extreme
confusion).
bireh, a fence; a parapet; the
gunwale of a ship-in literature
only.
biri, 1. kambing biri-biri, a sheep.
II. sakit biri-biri, beri-beri.
biring, light red or yellow (of a
fighting cock).
biru, I. blue. II. haru-biru, uproar.
bisa, I. venom; blood - poison;
ular b., a venomous snake. II.
(Batavia) skill; can, able to;
boleh.
bisai, dandified, dainty.
bisat, (Penang) tiada bisat, not
to care; = tiada endah.
bisek, berbisek, to speak in whispers.
bisi, Skr. fast, unchaste; brbisikan, to accuse of immodesty.
bising, loquacious, chatter.
bismi, Ar. in the name of.
Bisnu, Skr. Vishnu.
bisu, dumb mute.
bisul, a boil, a superficial abscess.
biuku, a Callagur picta tortoise.
bius, Pers. ubat bius, a stupefying drug; an anaesthetic.
biut, biang-biul, zigzag.
bobos, leaky through one big
hole; suffering from diarrhoea.
bochok, awning over a cradle.
bochong, an earthenware vessel
shaped like an hour-glass.
bochor, leaky (not as strong as
bobos).
bodi, see budi II.
bodoh, stupid, dull, dense; orang
b., a fool; kebodohan, stupidity.

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