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

DAUP
buntut, the short outer pocket
of this screen; d. penjarang, the
long inner pocket over which
the fish first pass; d. cheki,
"chicky" cards; d. teh, tea,
tea-leaves; d. kayu, the leaf of a
tree; nendaun kaya, as the
leaves of the forest in number.
daup, beamy and heavy (of a
boat); heavy and sullen (of a
face).
dawa, Ar. a lawsuit; kcna d., to
be sued.
dawai, wire; d. gelang, very
thick-wire.
dawat, Ar. ink; tempat d., or
bHkas d., an inkstand.
daya, I. resource, stratagem; d.
upaya, resources, means; apakan d., what can one do? mendayakan, to deceive by a stratagem. II. barat d., the southwest.
Dayak, Dyak.
dayang, a damsel, a young girl;
awang dan d., young men and
maidens; dayang-dayang, attendants in a court.
dayong, an oar; the breast fin of
a fish; anak d., an oarsman;
batang d., the shaft of an oar;
daun d., the blade of an oar.
dayu, mnndayu-d., to rumble in
the distance.
dayus, Ar. a despicable coward.
debak (onom.), a smacking
sound.
debap (onom.), a slapping sound.
debar, beating of the heart; bgrdebar-debar-lah rasa hati-nya,
he felt his heart throb violently.
debas (onom.), the hiss of rushing air.
debek (onom.), bleat of goats;
also embek.
debok, = dcbak.
d6bong (onom.), a thumping
sound.

DEK
debop, = debap.
debu, dust; haze-cf. Iebu.
debum (onom.), a thumping
sound.
debur (ononm.), the sound of a
landslip or heavy crumbling fall.
debus, = debas.
deching (onom.), a chinking
sound.
dechit (onom.), a twittering or
squeaky sound.
dedah, terdedah, open of a door,
of the bosom of a dress.
dedai, berdedai-d., in long, straggling, disorderly ' lines - cf.
derai.
dedak, I. bran padi husk: rice
polishings. II. mendedak, to
crowd, to press on.
dedam, berdedam, crowded together.
dedap, a ceneric name given to a
number of trees (erythrina,
spp.) that bear very bright scarlet flowers and that are used to
provide supports for the pepper
plant; ikan pari d., a ray
(eurogymnus asperrimus).
dedar, feverish, out of sorts, of
children.
dedau, mend~dau. to shout, to
cry out in distress.
degam (onom.), a slamming
sound.
degap, berdbgap-d., to heave
quickly (of the breast).
degar, I. chakap berdegar-d.,
boastful talk. II. bunyi berdegar-d., reverberation.
degil, stiff-necked, obstinate.
degum (onom.), a booming sound.
degup (onom.), a duller variant
of degap.
dehaga, see dahaga.
dehagi, see dahagi.
deham, see daham.
dehana, see dahana.
dek, = adek.

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