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BOLU

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BULOH

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B. gelap: the period when the moon is not
visible; Ht. Abd., 248.
B. parnama: the full moon; Ht. Abd., 222.
B. sa-belah kendor: half moon.

B. timbul: the new moon; Ht. Ind. Jaya;
Ht. Ind. Meng.
Bintang kapit 6.: a bright star when nearly
occulted by the moon.
Emrpat belas hari b.: the moon at its full; a
simile for a beautiful face; the I4th day of the
month; Ht. Abd., 222.
'Gerhana b.: an eclipse of the moon; also
bulan di-makan rahu.
Nyior di-makan b.: a coco-nut without or
with little flesh and water.
Sa-hari bulan: the first day of the month;
the one-day old moon, a simile for a beautiful
eyebrow; Ht. Gul. Bak.
Siput b.: a shell, natica petiveriana, or helix
ovum.
The following names are colloquially used in
connection with the months, the cumbrous
Arabic names being practically confined to
writings:B. mgpat sa-nama: the four months rabi'i'lawwal, rabi'i'l-akhir, junmddi'l-awwal and
jumddi'1-akhir.
B. thari raya besar: the month dzu'l-hijjah.
B. hari raya kechil: the month shawwal.
B. maulud: properly the month rabii'l.awwal, but often a name given to all the four
months " bulan enpat sa-nama."

B. kechong: (Riau, Johor) neck feathers
on a fighting cock, rather above the neck
feathers known as bulu suwa; see infra.
B. kening: the eyebrows; Sej. Mal., II4.
B. landak: the quills on a porcupine.
B. lawi: (Riau, Johor) the long tail feathers
of a cock; the coarser feathers in a duck's tail;
= (Kedah) b. lela.
B. lela: ( Kedah) the long tail feathers; =
(Riau, Johor) b. lawi.
B. liyang roma: the fine hairs on the body;
Ht. Sh. Kub.
B. mata: the eyelashes; Sej. Mal., II4.
B. pahat: the down on a boy's face precedent
to the growth of the beard.
B. pelipis: the thin hair on the right and left
of the neck.
B. rambai: the feathers on the right and left
of a cock's tail; the finer feathers on the tail
of a duck or fowl.
B. ronta: the delicate hairs on the skin of
the human body; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Also b.
liyang ronta.
B. sembong: (Kedah) neck feathers; = (Riau,
Johor) b. suwa.
B. suwa: (Riau, Johor) the feathers on a
fighting cock's neck; the feathers which seem
to stand on end when a cock gets excited;
(Kedah) b. se'mbong.
B. tengkok: the mane.
B. ulat: a small hairy herb; sonerila sp.
Ayam bulu balek: a fowl, the feathers of which
are turned the wrong way and give a woolly
look to the bird.
Chapiyu berbulu: a plumed hat or helmet;
Ht. Abd., 223.
Hati berbulu: rising wrath.
Kachang b.: a bean; tephrosia hookeriana.
Kerang b.: a kind of shell.
Ulat b.: a hairy caterpillar known to cause
ulcers wherever it touches the human body.
buleh. To have anything in one's power; to
be able; can, may.

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B. me'erat: the month rajab.
B. nahas: the month safar.
B. puwasa: the fasting month ramadldn.
B. ruwah (arwdh): the month sha'ban.
B. sura: the month muharram; also called
pencheraiyan tahun.
B. terapit: the month dzu'l-kaidah.
j..bolu. [ Port. bolo. ] A kind of cake; spongecake. B. koja (or kemoja); b. lapis; b. rendang; and b. peretnggi: varieties of this cake.
Also buwah ulu, and baulu.
>. bulu. Hair; plumage; the hairy, woolly, or
feathery tegument of animals; the hair on the
human body, but not that on the head. Isi
lemah dapat ka-orang, tulang bulu pulang ka-kita:
the flesh and fat (of the fowl) go to others,
the bones and feathers come to us; we get the
kicks and others the half-pence; Prov. Bulu
ekor sa-lai pun tiyada terchabut: not one hair of
his tail was pulled out; Ht. Sg. Samb.
B. ayant: the feathers of a fowl; Ht. Abd.,
272. Ikan bulu ayam: a fish, coilia dussumieri.
Layar bulu ayam: a sail intermediate between
a lug-sail and a latteen-sail.
B. ayer laut: blue feathers on a fowl.
Bulu bulu: a plant; diospyros argentea.

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Sa-buleh-buleh-nya: to the best of his ability.
sa-buleh-bulehan: id.; Ht. Abd., I38.
Cf. beruleh; v. uleh.
buloh. The generic name for the bamboo;
bambusa.
B. balai: bambusa tuldoides.
B. batu: dendrocalamus strictus.
B. bersumpitan: bambusa lorayi.
B. berang: dendrocalamus strictus.
B. betong: dendrocalamus flagellifer.
B. china: bambusa nana.
B. duri: bambusa blumeana.
B. kasap: ochlandra ridleyi.
B. mata rusa: gigantochloa kurzii.

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