A Malay-English dictionary,

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AJLA

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ACHU

ajla. Arab. Clear; convincing-as a proof.
ijm&'. Arab. To come together; a gathering
or meeting; Majm. al-Ahk., I2.
ijmMl. Arab. Definition.
Ijmdlkan: to define; to give a definition.

ijma'Ana.
altogether;

[Arab. Plur. of \.I.] All;
Ht. Zaly., 14.,r>\ 6jan. To press out; to squeeze out. Cf.
rdjan. K1.
C>i\ ajun. Widest from the mark; last in the
race; worst in the competition.
c\,,>\ ajnas. [Arab., the plural of jins; varieties,
sorts; v. jenis.] Tuhfatu'l-ajnds: a gift of
various articles; a miscellaneous gift-a
common expression in epistolary languagea survival of the period when gifts invariably
accompanied letters.
>-.\ ajujah -jujat, q. v..>j\ ajuwaf. Arab. Hollow; cavernous.
\ aji. I. Kawi. A king; kingly; royal.
Bapa a. or rama a.: royal father; sovereign;
sire. Kakang sudah menmbe"ri malu rama aji
ibu suri: you, my brother, have brought
shame upon the king, your father, and the
queen, your mother; Ht. Sh.; Ht. Mas. Edan.
Kakang aji: my royal brother-an expression used by the queen to the king; Ht. Sh.
Paku aji: cyca.
Sang aji: the king; the sacred person of
the sovereign. Sang aji Berunai: the ruler
of Brunai; Sej. Mal., 155.
Tuwanku aji mahkota: my lord, the reigning
king; Ht. Koris.
The word aji is used in literary but not in
colloquial Malay.
II. Mengaji: to study-especially in the
sense of religious study; to read; to read
religious books.
Mangaji batang: v. batang.
Pengajiyan: the ability to read; the knowledge acquired by study.
III. Jav. A secret magic formula.
IV. Jav. Price, value.
V. Hind. An interjection used to call or
bespeak the attention of a person with whom
one is familiar...\ ajir. Arab. A coolie; a labourer for daily
wages (ujrat)..\ achara. [Skr. dchdra.] Rule of conduct;
religious observance; regulated manner of
life..\. achat. (Kedah.) A small leech, larger than
a pachat but smaller than a lintah.,z.\ achita. A kind of rice; K1.? achar. I. [Hind. achdr.] Pickles; fruit or
vegetables preserved in vinegar. Cf. jirok and
halwa. Kam. Kech., II; Ht. Abd., 292.
II. (Kedah.) A sink; a gutter; a rubbish
hole; a drain; a puddle; any place into
which slops are emptied or dirt is thrown.
Kain dalam achar; kutib chuchi diya hendak
ka-longkang juga: a garment thrown away
in the sink; you may pick it up and clean
it, but it will always find its way to the drain
in the end; (irreclaimable); Prov.
A charan: id.
\ achang. A messenger; an informer.
IJ\ aohap. I. Deeply immersed or stuck in
anything.
II. Achap-achap: swiftly; speedily; Kl. =
(Kedah) chap-chap.
a\ chum. Stirring up anger by tale-bearing;
repeating to one person what another person
has said about him; Ht. Best., 42.
Achumnan: a cause of such irritation; the
malicious stirring up of enmity; Sh. Bid., xii.
Mengachum: to libel; to excite enmity by
slander. Di-chari bichara mingachum anak-ku:
a pretext was sought to slander my child;
Ht. Best., 56.
achan. I. Interfering with a person's
movements by continually getting in his
way, either intentionally, by way of teasing
him, or unintentionally, as sometimes happens
when two people coming from different direc.
tions meet each other and both move aside
in the same direction. Achan hantu: obstruction in the latter sense.
II. To attract small deer by imitating
certain sounds. Cf. txkut.
\ achu. Menacing, but not carrying out one's
threat; a threatening gesture not followed
by attack; an act such as lifting a stick but
not striking, or shaking one's fist without
further action. Di-genggam-nya tangan.nya
di-achukan-nya di-muka tuwan itu: he closed
his fist and shook it before that gentleman's
face; Ht. Abd., 250.
The word is also used of a blow being actually attempted or a lunge being unsuccessfully
made. Maka tangan-nya tUrktcr-ketar duwa
tiga kali di-achu-nya tiyada dapat di-tikam-nya:

his hand shook, and though he made two or
three lunges he did not succeed in stabbing
him; Ht. Perb. Jay.
Achuwan: a matrix; a mould; a model; Ht.
Abd., 234.

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