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

BODOK bodok, Eng. a gaff; a boat-hook. bodong, I. a squall. II. a lean-to. boga, I. Skr. sempana per.gam boga, a kind of pleasure boat. II. Skr. anta-boga, a great serpent. bogam, I. pieces of gold or silver leaf on a head ornament (tajok). II. great -a rare equivalent of btsar. bogang, tglanjang bogang, stark naked. bogi, Eng. k~reta bogi, a buggy, a hooded vehicle. bogil, I. Sel.=bogi. II. stark= bogang. bogok, a large black caterpillar. bogot, horrid, ugly-in the expression, hitam bogot, horridly black, (of Papuans). bohok, Pen. a puddle. bohong, lie; lying; false; bohong sa - mata - mata, altogether untrue; pembohong, a liar. bojot, very much entangled. bok, I. Jay. mother;= mbok. II. Ked., a mattress = tilam. bokcha, Turk. bag wallet. bokong, worn the wrong way; front and back interchanged. bokop, closed by inflammation (of the eyes); = bakup. bokor, a metal bowl (like a soupplate) with a flat rim, used as a stand for water-vessels. bokot, veiling, wrapping up. bol, see bul. bola, Port. a ball; a cricket ball, football billiard or tennis ball. bolak, bolak - balek, there and back; backwards and for - wards; bolak chakap, going back on one's word, prevarication. boleh, able to, can; power to; sa-boleh-boleh-nya, the best of his ability; mana b.? how can this be so? impossible; a p a BONGKAR boleh buat? what is to be done? there is an end of it. bolong, black; blue black; tarring. bolos, I. fallen off of a coiled string falling off a top; leafless; stripped of houses, furniture, clothes, feathers, hair; deprived, e.g., of a bargain. II. terbolos stumbling, e.g., into a hole. bolot, roughly or hastily wrapping up a parcel-cf. balut. bolu, Port. sponge-cake. bom, Eur. the shafts of a carriage; the boom of a ship. ~omantara, Skr. the firmament; the vault of heaven. bomba, Port. a pump; the hose of a fire-engine; a fire-engine; jura bomba kain, a dhoby. Bombai, Bombay; iembuang kaneg~ri B., to (penally) transport. bomoh, a native doctor. bonchol, a knob - like protuberance. bonda, mother (in respectful language) = ibu'nda; ayah b., parents. boneka, Port. a puppet, a doll. bonggol, a dome-shaped protuberance; a hump on camel's back; a knoll; also bongkol. bongkah, a piece, a block. bongkak, proud; arrogant. bongkal, a measure of weight for precious articles; 1 oz. approximately. bongkam, azimat penmbongkam, a drug or talisman to silence a hostile witness. bongkang, bongkang - bangking spread out to its full length (of a dead body) in contradistinction to being huddled up. bongkar, heaving up, turning up the soil, weighing anchor; b., kota, to blow up a fort; mem 32

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