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BANG)SAWIAN

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BtNGHALAI

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Berbangsa: well born. Orang yang berbangsa;
a member of a good family; Marsd. Gr., 2IO.
Also bangsawan.
Membangsakan: to classify with regard to
nationality; Majm. al-Ahk., o19.
O)C. bangsawan. [Skr., the adjective of wansa;
v. bangsa.] Of good birth; of noble descent
(Sej. Mal., 36); a term of endearment (Ht.
Ind. Meng.); a kind of native comic opera;
a theatrical performance by natives on the
lines of a European opera; descended from
(Sej. Mal., 57).
bangsat. The position of a rogue or vagabond; a tramp, a pauper; without visible
means of sustenance.
A nak raja berjalan sesat,
Mati ikan di-atas karang;
Sehaya miskyn lagi pun bangsat
Tidak layak kapada orang:
I am poor and a vagabond; I am no fit
companion for others.
S bangsong. Pointed excrescences from the
roots of certain trees, such as the bertembang or
perepat. Also basong.
. bangsal. A shed; an easily erected and
easily removable structure of wood or atap,
intended for use as a shop or as a stable, or
as a residence for a gang of coolies, or for any
similar purpose; Ht. Abd., 311.
J bungsil. A very young coco-nut used as a
plaything for small children.
^. bongsu. Youngest born; the youngest member of a family whether male (Ht. Abd., 14)
or female (Sej. Mal., 99). Hujan b.: a very
local shower. Gerham b.: a wisdom tooth.
Pak b.; and mak b.: (youngest uncle and
aunt respectively) are usually contracted to
pak su, and mak su.
Bongsu, as a name given to the youngest
member of a family, is often transformed to
busu.
Jt bangsai. Much decayed; barely holding
together-of wood, as in the case of an old
fallen tree trunk in the forest or of a stranded
and abandoned hulk on a reef.
Padi b.: padi of which the husk is not
entirely removed.

^. bangsi. The name of a Malay musical instrument; a kind of flute or flageolet of bamboo;
Sej. Mal., 144; Ht. Ind. Meng.; Ht. Raja
Sul., 6; Sh. Sri Bun., 3, 74; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 5; Sh. Abd. Mk., 86; Sh. May., 14;
etc.

t b.ngang. I. (Onom.) Singing or humming
noises in the ear. Cf. bUngal and bangap.
II. Too small, too tight, of clothes which
have been outgrown.
) bdngong. Confused; absence of mind; loss
of presence of mind under excitement. B.
alang: id.
~~. bbngap. Artificial and temporary dullness
of hearing, as when a piece of cotton-wool is
put in the ear; dull, of the ring of a coin
when the metal is bad.
3A? b6ngek. A catch in one's breath; a constant
break in respiration as the result of illness or
weakness but not of physical exertion; asthma..j bfngok. I. Ttrbengok: with head bent and
shoulders contracted, as a man in extreme
mental depression; dejected in mien.
II. Goitre, swollen neck; an equivalent of
begok, C. and S.
<i, bingka. Kuweh b.: a Malay cake made of
flour, coconut milk, eggs and palm sugar.
B. kukus, b. pulut, and lemping b.: varieties of
this cake.,j b6ngkara. Hudang bengkara: a large species
* of prawn. Also hudang mengkara and hudang
kara.,\~i. bbngkarak. I. A skeleton; cf. rangka.
II. Left unfinished; abandoned while still
unfinished; a vulgar variant of bengkalai.
9 bbngkarong. A generic name for skinks;
the common skink, mabuia multifasciata. Also
mntngkarong.
Patahan b.: cramp; an attack of cramp.
a. b6ngkasa. A kind of fish; KI., Pijn., C.
and S. [ mengkasar? ]
II. A trap; Kl., Pijn., C. and S. [je'rat
bingkas?]
yJa. bbngkalis. An edible freshwater fish.
Also mengkalis.
3~. bbngkalai. The abandonment of a work
while it is still unfinished. Tinggal b.: to
remain unfinished; Ht. Koris.
Sa-berang Pe'rai tanah yang rata,
Buleh berjalan sa-kelendak kaki;
Bengkalai tertinggal janggal di-mata

Pantang tukang pesudahkan bahagi:
it has remained unfinished, offending the eye,
the maker being forbidden to complete and
deliver it.

Buloh b..: id.; Ht. Raj. Don., 8.

Also miengtkalai.

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