A Malay-English dictionary,

J~NGO [ ~7 ] JLADA

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JELADAN

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Penawar j.: a kind of vegetable with a hairy
shell used as a medicine. Also zanggi.
II. [Pers. and Hind.] Warlike; warriorlike.
Melihat angkatan pelandok janggi,
Ramai ta'-buleh bfrkata lagi:
to see the army of the warrior mouse-deer,
in number exceeding all description; Sh. Sg.
Kanch., 32.

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jdgong. I. The lockers in the stern of a
boat; a kind of sail-room or store-room in the
stern of a native phrahu.
II. (Johor.) An indentation in a range of
hills; a valley or gorge.
j/gel. Projecting; prominent, of the ball of
the eye.
jaguni. [Hind. jogni.] Spirits governing
periods of good and evil fortune; Sh. Rej.,
4, 5, etc. Also chaguni, and.. It is not,
however, clear whether this word is the Sanskrit yogini, the beneficent Fates, or another
word, the name of a great serpent mentioned
in the Hikdyat Seri Rama, and possibly identical with the great serpent which is believed
by Malays to affect their fortunes.

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j6ngol. The projection above water of anything that is usually hidden under the surface,
as, for instance, the sudden emerging of a
crocodile's snout.

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jengl6a. [Skr. janggdli.]
see jenggala and jenggela.

Wild; untamed;

jap. United-of many items necessary to
make up a whole; come together; collected
together. Sudah jap: it has come together;
==sudah jadi, when applied to a meeting
where a large attendance of people is necessary.
Sa-jap-jap: everywhere; in every direction
or in every place..) L. jupara. A port of Java.
j. 6pit. Menjepit: to nip, to catch between
pincers; better ne'nyepit from sepit, q. v.
i-L> jput. The grip between the finger and
thumb; better jenput, q. v.
A.i j~.pang. Sea-weed jelly; the jelly made from
agar-agar or janggitt duyong.
Biy j6pun. [Chin. jit-pZin.] Japan.
~L. jaksa. [Skr. adiaksa.] A local headman in
certain districts of South-East Sumatra; Sh.
Lamp., 32; a minor dignitary in the train of
a Javanese prince-in Panji romances, e. g.,
Sh. Panj. Sg. The form rijaksa also occurs in
MSS., but is obsolete colloquially.
dS> jika. If; also., and, in old MSS., jaka..\,a jikalau. If; a compound of jika, if, and the
Arabic lau, which also means "if." Often
contracted to kalau.
'S>. jak6ni. See j.,; juga. See 1.
~,~ j6gat. (Kedah.) Terjegat: bolt upright, stiffly
erect. Also (Riau, Johor) chggat.

~. jel. Eng. Gaol; prison.
Xi jalla. Arab. Great; illustrious.
Nk jla. I. A plant (unidentified), J. S. A. S.,
III., 69.
II. Always going out; "gadding about";
an expression used of a woman of easy
morals.
c.A j.labat. Main jelanat: a kind of single-stick;
Sh. Panj. Sg.
J.> jelabas. ( Kedah. ) Mulut jelabas: foolish
talkativeness; silly mouth-an expression
applied to a chatterer who is always asking
silly questions and making foolish remarks.
9a. jblata. Menjglata: to creep; better melata,
from lata, q. v.
y. jlatang. The tree nettle, laportica crenulata;
Ht. Ind. Meng.; Muj., 94.
J. ayam: a common little nettle in waste
ground, fliurya! interrupta.
J. badak: a stinging climber, cuesmone
javanica. Also j. rusa.

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jdlatek. The Java sparrow; Sh. Ungg.
Bers., 5. Also jdlantek, balatek and gelatek.. jallftd. Arab. An executioner; Ht. Hamz.,
98.
i.c.5. j6lad6ri. [Skr. jaladri.] Sea, ocean.,S.. jdladan. A bird (unidentified).
Jlatek, burong jgladan,
Tekukor tdrbang tinggi;
Sama chantek, sama padan,
Mali di-ukor, sama tinggi:
the Java sparrow, the jeladan bird; the
ringdove flies aloft; their beauty is equal,
their position is equal, and (come and measure it) equal is their height; an appropriate
union; Prov.

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