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4.\ asoh. I. Nursing; attendance on a child or
young girl.
Mengasoh: to nurse.
Pengasoh: a nurse; an attendant. Inangp.:
a lady in waiting on a princess. Penghulu p.:
a duenna; a nurse; the principal lady in
waiting; Ht. Sg. Samb. Maka muntari hulubalang yang ada beranak laki-laki dan perempuwan kesemuwa-nya di-bawa persembahkan anaknya itu kapada baginda akan jadi pengasoh PutMra Jaya Pati: all the civil and military
officers who had sons and daughters entrusted
them to the king to serve as attendants on the
prince Jaya Pati; Ht. P. J. P.
Di-asoh shetan, or di-asoh hantu: spirit possession, causing a person to be unconscious of
his surroundings but not otherwise harming
him; cf. rasok.
II. Asoh-asoh: an edible saltwater fish;
lethrinus nebulosus.
\A\ usaha. [ Skr. utsdha.] Diligence; perseverance; assiduity. Belajar dengan usaha:
diligent study.
Usahakan and mlengusahakan: to do (anything)
diligently. Usahakan diri: to diligently apply
oneself to anything; to set oneself to anything.
Berusaha: industrious; diligent. Also oUl
and ~-..
d,\ asai. A fruit weevil; = kasai, q. v.
-\ usiya. [Skr. dyusha.] The period of life;
the period through which one has lived; the
age of a man. Lima betas tahun usiya-nya: he
was fifteen years of age.
OU\ ishArat. Arab. Sign, signal.
Ishdcratkan and menmbe-ri ishdrat: to signal; to
make a sign. Di-ishdratkan-nya kapada kuching
itu: she made a sign to the cat; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
I9; cf. also Sej. Mal., 8; Ht. Abd., 253.
\\J.\ ishtigh&l. Arab. Occupation, employment,
work.
\ \ ishr&k. Arab. The rising ofthe sun.
4$2\ ishrak. Arab. To take as a partner in
business; Majm. al-Ahk., 31,
)Ax\ isha'Ar. Arab. The marks of a sacrificial
animal; to inform, announce.
f\ ishmim. Arab. Whispering.

\.\ ishahadi. Arab. To pronounce'the Muhammadan confession of faith, the shahadat;
Arabian Nights, 383.
\asah. Arab. Genuine, legitimate.
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I\ asfar. Arab. Yellow, cream-coloured; a
term applied by Arabs to the colour of
Europeans.
In the Ht. Isk. Dz., the word occurs in the
sense of "black;" duwa ratus orang zanggi
asfar yang hitam: two hundred black
Ethiopians. Kuda zanggi asfar: a black
African horse; Ht. Raj. Bdk., 31.,>\ asal. [Arab. asl.] Root; origin; material;
ancestry; the very beginning of anything.
The word is also sometimes used in the sense
of a proviso upon which a statement depends.
Asal-nya iya orang Kedah: he is a Kedah man
by descent. Ada-pun gereja itu asal-nya gereja
Pertugis: the church in question was originally
a Portuguese church. Jtrti-nya perkataan dan
asal-nya: the meaning of words and their
derivations.
Asal kapas menjadi benang;
A sal benang mnenjadi kain:
Sudah lopas jangan di-kenang,
Sudah mWenjadi orang lain:
originally cotton, it is turned into thread;
originally thread, it is turned into cloth: your
lover has left you;-do not regret him, he is
no longer the man that you loved (literally,
he is changed into a different person); Prov.
Raja bi'asal: a sovereign by birth; a prince
by descent-in contradistinction to one by
creation or conquest. Hilang asal dengan
nuliya: the loss of ancestral dignity and
eminence; Ht. Raj. Haji, 182.
Asal usill: the beginning of anything; its
history. A sal usul Penghulu Naning: the
history of the chiefs of Naning.
A sal is also used in the sense: "if," "provided
that." Asal nyawa-nya terlepas: provided his
life is spared. Jikalau hina dan bodoh sakalipun
asal ada berherta neschaya ini-lah pandai dan tertnuliya: be he mean and dull, he will be called
learned and eminent provided he has money.
Biyar lambat asal selamat: be slow if you will,
provided you arrive safely; —i. e., slow and
sure; Prov.
A nak berok di-tepi pantai
Masok ka-bendang makan padi;
Biyar burok kain di-pakai,
Asal pandai mhngamnbil hati:
let him wear worn clothes, if he will, provided
he has skill in winning affection. Usfl menunjok-kan asal: manners show descent; v. ussl.
Asalkan: provided that.

I\ asali. [Arab. aslt.] Well born; = berasal.
f aja asalt: a prince by birth; Sh. Bid., I7;
Sh. Sg. Kanch., 24; Ht. Gul. Bak., 82.
\ asam. Arab. Deaf.

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