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

GABAL

GAJI

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gabal, Sel. = gabas.
gabas, coarse; roughly done (of
work).
gabok, bulky; short and thick (of
a monitor-lizard).
gabus, easily cut (of wood);
sharp (of a knife), to sharpen.
II. ikan gabus, a fresh-water fish
(ophicephalus, sp). III. covered
with gold, of the cross-piece of a
keris sheath, kIris terapang g.
hula, a creese with sheath entirely covered with gold. IV.
9. kaki, a Malay door-mat.
gada, I. Skr. a club; as obsolete
weapon mentioned in old
romances of Indian origin. II.
gada-gada, pennon.
gadai, bergadai, to pawn; pajak
g., a pawn-shop.
gadi, Hind., Pen., a hand-cart.
gading, ivory; the tusk of an elephant; gading-gading, the ribs
of a boat; aur g. or buloh g., the
large bamboo (bambusa vulgaris); punai g., the pinkheaded pigeon (ptilopus jambu).
gadis, Sum. a maiden = anak
dara.
gadoh, tumult; loud dispute;
berbuat g., to create a disturbance; pergadohan, an altercation; bergadoh, to take part in
a row.
gadong, a climbing plant the
tubers of which yield a narcotic
poison (dioscorea doemonum).
gaeng, a shallow fin-keel of wood.
gagah, strosg, mighty, forceful;
g. perkasa, valiant and strong;
gagahi, to force by menaces, to
threaten; menggagahi, id.
gagak, the Malayan jungle crow
(corvus macrorhynchus).

gagang, the stalk or stem of a
flower or leaf.
gagap, stuttering; orang g., a
stammerer.
gagau, groping about for anything; searching with the hand;
(of an elephant) picking up with
the trunk.
gah, dignity, fame, importance,
distinction, greatness; a sense of
greatness, pride; renowned.
gahara, Skr. of royal birth on
both sides: anak g., raja yang g.,
a prince of fully royal descent.
gahari,- ugahari.
gaharu, Skt., kayu gaharu, agila
wood.
gahir, Ked. lust, covetousness.
galah, the Indian elephant (elephas maximus); a descriptive
epithet meaning "large"; g.
berjuang, a fighting elephant;
g. lalang, a tame elephant; g.
menyusu, a covered way between a Malay house and its
kitchen or outhouses; g. mengkona, a tuskless elephant; g.
meta, a rogue elephant; g. mina
(literally) a "fish-elephant";
(in Javanese design) a monster
with the head of an elephant
and the body of a fish; a name
given to the whale when it is
met with-one specimen locally
obtained is the hump-backed
whale (megaptera boops); badak g., the large rhinoceros (rh.
sondaicus); the bishop in chess;
main g., to play chess.
gall, I. Eur. wages, pay; orang g.,
a paid employee; makan g., to
be in the pay of. II. gagi-gagi,
a saw-usually girgaji.

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