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$j.i belok. To luff, luffing up; (by metaphor) to
turn, to go off in another direction, (sometimes) todesert. Di-belokkan perahu-nya: they
luffed up; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 4. Belokkan kapal
itu ka-kiri: turn the vessel to the left; Ht.
Isk. Dz.
Kalau belayar jangan berbelok,
Kalau berbelok patah tiyang-nya;
Orang muda jangan di-pelok,
Kalau di-pelok patah pinggang-nya:
when you sail do not go luffing up, if you
luff up the mast may give way; if she is young
do not embrace her, if you embrace her her
waist may give way.
Bagaimana tidak ku belok,
Batu berendam sa-balah kii;
Bagaimtana tidak-ku palok,
Sudah-ku dendam sa-lama ini:
how can I avoid luffing when a sunken rock
lies there on my left; how can I help embracing her when I have been pining for her for
so long.
Belok is used of a boat or native perahu luffing; the word in use among lascars is gos.
To give a boat way is turut. To desert is
properly belut, but belok is used in the Sh. Raj.
Haji, the two words being probably connected.
L-. bilak. A tree, cegle marmelos.
A. bilek. A chamber; a room. Bilek duwa
buwah: two rooms; Ht. Mash., 49. Bilek
phraduwan; a bed-room; Ht. Gul. Bak., io6.
Puteri duwa sa-bilek: two princesses in a
room; a descriptive equivalent for tepong
bungkus, a Malay cake.
belen. A wooden roller used in making
pastry. Cf. chanai.
). bilau. Kachau-bilau: topsy-turvy, higgledypiggledy; an intensitive of kachau, q. v. Also
kachau birau.
kL beloh. (Riau.) Stupid; = bodoh.
ALm bilah. A thin strip of bamboo; a large splint;
a descriptive prefix or numeral coefficient of
narrow blade-like objects such as knives,
chisels, 2 swords, 3 daggers, 4 hatchets, 5
needles, 6 teeth, 7 etc.
J bilai. A weal; usually bilor, q. v.
f bima. [Skr. bhima.] Sang-Bima: Bhima,
the name of one of the Pandawas or heroes

of the Mahabharata; the brother of Arjuna
and Darmawangsa; the Sanskrit Hercules; Ht.
Sg. Samb. Bima sakti: the Milky Way; Cr.

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r. bena or bina. [Pers. behina: best.] Membenakan: to care or trouble oneself about anything; to take to heart; =endahkan. See so..
Tiyada betapa bena kapadaku: it is of no importance to me; Ht. Sri Rama. Tiyada iya
perbena kata tuwan puteri: he paid no attention
to the princess's words; Ht. Sri Rama.
Rindu-ku sangat terlalu bena: my longing was
very intense; Sh. Bur. Nuri, I2.
Bunga chmnpaka jembangan china,
Mari di-bungkus dengan kartds;
Sunggoh tuwan bina ta'-bina,
Tuwan di-hati hardim ta'-lepas:
whether you care or whether you do not care,
your image can never leave my heart; Sh.
Pant. Shl., 3.
L b bini. Wife-less respectful than istrri. Anak
bini: children and wife; wife and family;
family.
Berbini: to be possessed of a wife; to be
married-of a man.
Apa guna berbini chantek
Kalau tidak dengan budi-nya:
of what use is it to have a pretty wife if there
is novirtue in her? HIt. Abd., 97. 'A bdu'lkadir
itu ada berbini: Abdulkader was married.
Berbinikan: to be married to. Berbinikan
bidadari: to be married to a nymph of heaven;
Ht. Sg. Samb. Berbinikan anak perdana
muntebri: to marry a daughter of the Prime
Minister; Sh. Abd. Mk., 84.
b beyo. [Batav.] A kind of bird with certain
limited powers of speech; gracula religiosa; Ht.
Ind. Nata. In Peninsular Malay: tiyong.
3y. bewak. (Kedah.) The monitor lizard; =
(Riau, Johor) biyawak, q. v.
j~. biyuku. A species of tortoise; J. S. A. S.,
viii., I20, I30. Mata b.: (by metaphor) longing loving looks, sheep's eyes.
J.Y biyola. [Port. viola.] A viol, a violin, a
fiddle; Ht. Abd., 293, 462.
Apa lauk nasi rendam?
Sayor petola dinihari.
Apa-lah ubat hati yang dendam?
Gesek biyola tarekkan nyanyi:
what is the cure for despairing love? The
music of the viol and the notes of a song;
Prov., Ht. Gh.
Haluwan kepala biyola: fiddle-bows in a ship.
j^dW behaush or bihaush. Pers. Unconscious;
in a swoon.
Ubat b.: a stupefying drug. Usually biyus,
q. v.

benyut. See bengut.
H. benyek. Soft by overboiling, of rice.,4 benyai. See bennyai.

I Ht. Abd., 300, 308; 2 Ht. Mash., 49; 3 Ht. Abd., xo6,
397; 4 Ht. Abd., 396; s Ht. Gul. Bak., 90; 6 Sej. Mal., x9;
7 Sh. Ch. Bir., 4.

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