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BANTAH

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BANTA [- oI

4A; bantah. Altercation; the interchange of
quarrelsome language; angry words.
Bantahan: quarrelsome. Bantahan sangat
engkau ini: you are exceptionally quarrelsome; Ht. Bakht., 85.
Bantahi: to raise objections; to find fault;
Ht. Abd., I50, i8i.
Berbantah-bantah: engaged in disputes, constantly arguing; Ht. Abd., 257, 440.
Perbantahan: an altercation; Ht. Abd., I51,
i6i, 182. Apa-tah pirbantahan tadi dengan
naga itu: what were you quarrelling about just
now with the dragon? Ht. Pg. Ptg.
4; benteh. Tripping up an opponent in wrestling; locking shins. Also bentes.
Berbenteh: to lock shins.
Pembentehan: the lower portion of the leg;
the part of the leg just above the ankle.
bante. Lying; resting; at rest-as a man
outstretched on a couch, or as a boat drawn
up on the beach.,J bantai. The cutting up or quartering of an
- animal after it has been slaughtered. Bantai
goreng: a dish; a preparation of beef and
spices.
Menmbantai: to cut up a slaughtered animal.
Pembantai: a butcher.

BUNCHIT, benjil. Bumpy, of the forehead; covered with
small inflamed bruises and bumps.
Cf. benjol bujal, binchul, blngkak, tonjol, and
jojol.. benjol. A single slight swelling on the forehead, more severe than binchul, but not as
serious as tonjol or jojol.
Cf. also bUngkak, bujal, and benjil.. bonjol. Projection outward. Cf. benjol, bujal,
etc.. banji. [Chin. ban-ji.] A kind of lattice-work
- or balustrading of porcelain on windows,
doors, balconies, etc.
Also banggi.
jt binjai. A common fruit-tree; mangifera ccesa..)\. b6nchana. [Skr. wanchana.] Mischiefmaking, trouble,-especially in the sense of
trouble caused by tale-bearing or slander; Ht.
Abd., 6, 36, 78, etc. Diya-lah puncha benchana
ini: he is the fag end of this trouble; he it is
who has got us into this mess; Bint. Tim.,
22 Feb., I895.
Sayang numi, burong nuri,
Mati di-panah raja dewana;
Kita bermain sama sendiri,
Orang yang mana bawa benchana:
we were jesting one with another; who then,
has spread this slander about us?
Membenchanakan: to slander; to get (a person) into trouble; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Pembenchanaan: trouble created by slander;
Ht. Ind. Nata.. binti. I.
- servant;
woman).

[Hind. beti.] Female slave; female
your servant; I (when used by a
Better beti, q. v.

II. [ Arab. A...]

Daughter of; v. c,.

J banjar. A row, a rank, a file. Also banjir.
Berbanjar: in a row or rank; in file, as
soldiers. Sa-puloh berbanjar: ten deep; Ht.
Sg. Samb. Sa-ribu berbanjar: a thousand
deep; Ht. Ind. Meng. Gunong yang berbanjar: a range of mountains.
Sa-banjar: in a row, in a line; Sh. Put. Ak.,
32.
Banjarkan: to arrange in rows. Kamu banjarkan snmpat lima banjar: do you arrange them
in rows, say four or five rows; Ht. Isk. Dz.
Taman banjaran sari: a Javanese garden of
the Hesperides; the abode of nymphs, and
pleasure house of Batara Guru; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 14.

banchut. I. (Batav.) Futilizing, rendering abortive; = bantut, q. v.
II. Hind. An Indian term of abuse [known
in Singapore].
III. (Penang.) Projecting, caused to project, gouged out, pulled out.
Terbanchut mata: with his eye stuck out (of a
lizard on a wall).
C.- binchut. A slight swelling on the face as the
' result of a blow; = binchul, and benjol.
i bunchit. Swollen, blown out, distended,"' of the stomach. Perut bunchit lama-lama menjadi busong: a swollen stomach which will
ultimately become a dropsical one; a little
neglect which will ultimately lead to serious
results: Prov.
Laksana buntal kmnbong
Ptrut bunchit dalam-nya kosong:
like the blown out buntal fish, with a distended stomach but nothing inside; Dead Sea
fruit; fair promise but little performance;
empty show; Prov... banjir. I. Jav.
Banjir masin.

A flood; cf. the name

II. A row, a line; an equivalent of banjar,
q. v.
bdnjor. Smooth and straight; also k~njor
and ggnjar.,....