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Ana k d.: a virgin, a maiden. Anak dara
sudah berlaki: a married maiden; a girl
seduced; Prov. Anak dara sunting: a girl
of seven or so. Anak dara sedang: a girl of
eleven or twelve.
Ayam d.: a fowl that has not begun to lay
eggs.
Burong d.: the dove; better known as
mpeati; Ht. Kal. Dam., I84.
Dara dang: a Court damsel, a maid of
honour.
Hilang d.: rupture of the hymen; Sh.
Peng., 6.
Pokok d.: a tree that has not yet borne fruit.
Sunggoh bersubang tidak berdara: adorned
with the ear-studs of maidenhood, but not
with maidenhood; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., 144.:a\. darat. Land; dry land in contradistinction
to water; the interior, as opposed to the
coast. Naik ka-darat: landing.
Daratan: dry land. Maka ayer laut itu-pun
kering-lah mizenjadi daratan: the sea dried up,
leaving dry land in its place; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Mlndarat: to make for the interior, to go
inland; Sej. Mal., 120.
Pendarat: a hawser; Sh. Nasih., I2; Cr.
Gr., 40.
f1\. daru. Pokok daru-daru: [Skr. dewa-daru] a
kind of pine-tree (unidentified). Also dewada r and dedaru.
X darah. Blood. Buwang d: blood-letting.
Buwang ayer d.: dysentery. Mabok d.: giddiness at the sight of blood; excitement on
seeing blood; faintness through loss of blood;
Ht. Abd., 247; Ht. Si Misk., II2. D. puteh:
"white blood;" royal blood, cf. the English
expression "blue blooded."

5\A darai. (Kedah.) Sexual impotence in the
male., dasa. [Skr.?] Ten. Sa-dasa: a groupoften.
r.\A dasar. Material prepared to be put together
for use but not yet actually put together, as
a book-cover before being bound on a book,
or as the parts of a house or boat not yet set
up; the predominant element or ingredient
in the composition of anything; the groundwork of a design. Dasar bichaira: the essence
of an affair or story; Sh. Panj. Sg. Minyak
tangis duyong itu dasar-nya: oil of dugong's
tears was the prevailing ingredient (in a
philtre); Sh. Panj. Sg.
\,I\ dasarata. Skr. A proper name; the name
of the father of the hero Rama.
dasau. A vessel for water. This vessel is
made of coco-nut shell; C. and S.
c*\ dasi. Butang dasi: collar-studs; Bint. Tim.,
22 February, 1895..I\. dangak. Mendangak: to hold the head back;
C. and S. Cf. dongak and dangok.
IP\A dangok. Mendangok, or (Kedah) dudok
tedangok: to sit with the head staring forward;
to have the head thrust forward and the chin
resting on the hand; to be aground,-of a
boat, the bows of which alone are high on
a reef, the stern being in deep water.
}\A dangau. A temporary raised hut, lean-to
or shelter, built in the padi-fields or for camping in the jungle. Sa-buwah d.: one of these
jungle-shelters; Ht. Raj. Don., 8o.
Pergi ka-bendang mlenanching ikan,
Turun hujan, naik ka-dangau;
Enche' terhimpit dalat sakitan,
Hidop segan mati ta'-tnahu:
he went out fishing in the padi-fields; the
rain came on and he climbed up into the
shelter.
\A- dangai. I. A sweetmeat made of rice, sugar
and coco-nut.
II. An expletive or expression of enquiry
at the end of a sentence; C. and S.... dapa. A slave-messenger bearing a proposal
of marriage. This slave would be retained
by the lady's family on the acceptance of the
proposal.

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Daging darah: flesh and blood,
relationship; Ht. Abd., 338.

blood

Muntah kedarah or muntahkan darah: to
vomit blood, to die vomiting blood,-an
imprecation. Better chekek kedadak; v. dadak.
Pechah kedarah: a bruise causing a suffusion
of blood and giving a red appearance to the
skin.
Berdarah: stained with blood; full-blooded;
blood-possessing, as opposed to bloodless or
pale. Meski sampai berdarah: even to the
extent of drawing blood; Ht. Abd., 30. Tiyada berdarah: bloodless, as the face of a
corpse; Ht. Abd., I26..j\ dari. From; see J..

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