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S.
r;. jAir. Arab. Tyrannical, lawless.
S.,rf. jWiz. Arab. Legal, proper.
7t. jayeng. [Jav. jaya-ing: the victor.] Jayeng
s ttru: ability to conquer enemies; Cr. Gr.,
47; Sh. Panj. Sg. Mentchoba jayeng sete-ru: to
test one's conquering skill; Ht. Sh. Menunjokkan jayeng seteru: to display one's conquering skill; Ht. Sh.
Gagah perawira jayeng stetru,
Tiyada makan perambut senjata;
Sa-lurah tanah Jawa, sa-dairah tanah
Melayu,
Musoh ta'-berani bertentang mata:
valiant, heroic, superior to all foes, no weapon
can wound his charmed body; throughout
the divisions of Java, through all the territories of Malaya, no enemy dares meet him
face to face.
Jayeng seterz is also used as the name of an
ornament or ornamental pattern; Ht. Mas
Ed.
jib. Eng. The jib; the foresail. Jib-bum:
the jib-boom. Palan-jib: the flying-jib; Pel.
Abd., 105. Jib tap-sil: a jib in the air above
the jib proper. Jib gosi: the foresail in a
schooner; Pel. Abd., 48. Palan-jib-bum: the
flying jib-boom.
\- jabb&r. Arab. Mighty; omnipotent; alm' ighty. Mdliku'l-jabbdr: the Almighty King;
the King of Kings; Sh. Dag., 7. Khdliku'ljabbdr: the Almighty Creator; Sh. Pant.
Shl.,.
_: j6bat. [Pers. and Arab. zabad or zubdd:
civet.] The perfume known as civet; Ht.
Sh. Kub.; Ht. Jay. Lengg. Musang jebat:
the civet-cat. Anak anjing itu buleh-kah jadi
anak musang jebat: can a puppy become a
young civet-cat; can a leopard change his
spots; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 89.
Ikan j.: (Kedah) a fish (unidentified).
p,?- jabr. Arab. Al-jabra wa'l-lmkabala: algebra.
>4.- jabrs'il. Arab. The Archangel Gabriel.
jibang. A long oblong-shaped shield, the
frame of which is of wood covered with a
surface of leather; Sej. Mal., I58.. j6bong. An edible salt-water fish, balistes, sp.;.< jibak. A snare for birds.
Budak-budak tahan jebak,
Dapat sa-ekotr merebah jambul:
the boys set a snare and caught a tufted
merebah bird.

J.. jabal. Arab. A mountain. Jabal Kdf: Mount
Qaf; Ht. Raj. Kh., 52.
4j jibillah. Arab. Character, nature, disposition.
4. jibah. I. Broad and full of the countenance.
II. Anak jebah: a name sometimes given
to the small vessels (pekapor) for sireh-lime
kept in a sireh-box..>. jFboh. A kind of fish, like a tanmban, but
without scales.
4- jubbah. Arab. A kind of long outer vest,
something like a shirt, worn by male Hajis;
Sh. UL., 27; Sh. Pr. Ach., 5. Sudah berjanggut tiyada beijubbah: he has the beard but
not the robe (of a pious man); he is not all
that he professes to be; Prov..lS jijamang. A gold or silver frontlet; Ht.
Mas Ed.; usually jamang, q. v..\y, j6jamu. A plant, aporosa microcalyx; also
janmu-amu.
cs jgj6awi. Pohun jejawi: a large fig-tree, ficus
- '* rhododendrifolia. Also jawi-jawi.
cj\5 jajahan or jejahan. District, outlying
territories; v. jajah..s?. jejas. Abrasion; grazing; scratching; the
lightest form of wound or actual injury; cf.
chachat, which refers to similar flaws in appearance only. Jangankan terbelah jejas-pun
tidak: so far from being split, it was not even
scratched (of a tree-trunk); Ht. Ind. Meng.
Also jajas.
j6jak. Step, tread. Better jijak, q. v.
E jSjal. The closing of an interstice; the filling
up of a crack by the insertion of a knife-blade
or any similar temporary measure.
Menjejal: to close a crack; to force food into
a child's mouth by way of punishment when
the child will not finish the food set before it.. jjintek. (Kedah.) The larvae of the mosquito; (Riau, Johor) jintek-jintek.
' -. j6jenang. (Kedah.) A petty officer subordinate to the batin; see jenang.

jahad. Arab. Denying, recanting (religion),
breaking one's word.
^- jahim. Arab. Fiercely-burning lire; hell
fire. Nurakajahlim: the Lowest Hell; Mith.
Sar., 63.

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