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BILIYAN [ 115 ] B 1MBAM

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biliyan. I. The " Billian" tree; the wellknown Borneo iron wood; eusideroxylon schwageri.
B. wangi: a tree; dichopsis obovata.
II. The name given to a class of women
who exorcise evil spirits by dancing and
incantations; female shamans.

Hantu b.; (or simply beliyan): the spirits
exorcised by these females, especially the
"tiger-spirit." These spirits are probably
Sakai spirits.
III. A brilliant; also berliyan, q. v.;. bliyau. An appellation given to persons
whom one does not wish to name for fear of
the name attracting attention to what is being
said,-e.g. when one is speaking of a tiger in
the jungle or of a prince in his own dominions.. b6lewar. A tree (unidentified); also belebar.
4J, baliyah. Arab. Proof, trial, hardship.
bam. I. Arab. Bass; a bass voice; the
deeper sounding side of a drum. Also ebam.
II. Cross-tree; the cross-beam of a rudder
or of some oars; a "knee" used in ship
building; the bar of a bullock-cart; the thwart
which supports the masts; the hole through
that thwart.
Patah kemnudi de-ngan bam-nya: the rudder is
gone and so is its cross-piece; the game is
up; Prov., Ht. Ism. Yat., 79.
III. To sleep-in the language of the
nursery. Pergi barn: go to bed-said to a
child.. bem. To puff out the cheeks.
bum. Eng. A boom (of a vessel).
Jib bumn: the jib boom. Pelanjib bunt: the
flying jib boom.
The boom at the base of the mainsail of a
cutter or sailing boat is properly pekaki layar.
i1- bomba. Port. A pump; the hose of a fireengine; a fire-engine; Ht. Abd., 459.
Juru bomnba kain: a laundry man; a
"dhoby;" Muj., 46.
\... bgmbaran. A kind of litter or sedan; Kl.
^\> b6mbayang. Buntar bembayang: rounded;
* roundish with quivering or wavy edge; Ht.
Raj. Don., 22; better buntar bayang-bayang.
bc bembet, or bimbit. The act of carrying,
with the hand and arm hanging down, as one
carries a hand bag; carrying a bag; carrying
a pig by the tail; Sh. Jub. Mal., 9.

A bambang. Flat and broad as a mirror, or as
the full moon appears to be; cf. ambang.
Ikan bambangan: a fish (unidentified); Pel.
Abd., I27.. bembeng. The act of lifting a bowl on one
hand; lifting any large globular object, using
one hand, not two.. bimbang. I. Anxiety; solicitude; the cares
and troubles of love. MAenaroh b.: to be
troubled with love; Marsd. Gr., 208. Berhati
b.: anxious; Sej. Mal., 97.
Kalau tuwan pergi Pelembang,
Langsong nmasok ka-dalam kota;
Tuwan jangan berhati bimbang,
Adinda tiyada be'rubah kata:
my lord, do not be anxious about me, your
love will never be false to her word.
Bimbangan: a liaison; Cr., C. and S., (s. v.
bembangan); K1. (s. v. bambang).
Bimbangkan: to have a liking for any one;
Sh. Bur. Nuri, II; Sh. Ul., I2.
Meimbimnbang: to cause solicitude or anxiety;
Muj., 36.
II. (Singapore.) To marry; = kahwin.
&. bombong and burnbong. Swelling up;
rising in conical mass; a roof, the ridge of a
roof; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 3, 5, 13; J. S. A. S.,
II., I47.
Dinding ada bumtbong tidak: walled but not
roofed; coated but hatless.
Bumbongan: a roof; Ht. Abd., 251; Ht. Hg.
Tuw., 79; Sej. Mal., 33; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 5.
Tulang bumbong: the ridge pole. Tulang
bumbongan: id. Ayer di-tulang bumbongan kamaua turun kalau tidak di-chuchoran atap:
where is the water on the ridge of a roof to
descend to, if it does not run to the eaves;
natural laws and tendencies are naturally
followed; Prov. J. S. A. S., XI., 73.
Bbrbunbong and mnmbumnbong: to rise in
swelling mass; to swell up. Ayer-nya naik
nremnbumlbong-bumtbong: the water kept swelling up; Ht. Raj. Don., 71.
Cf. jerumbong and nmumbong.
II. A water vessel made from a joint of
bamboo; Cr., cf. tabong.

brmbam. I. The process of roasting in hot
ashes. Di-bembam bukan throng: not a brinjal
which you can roast in ashes; you cannot do
anything; powerless; Prov.
II. A tree; mangifera taipan, C. and S.

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III. A freshwater fish; = pSnaram, C. and S.

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