A Malay-English dictionary,

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dalil. Arab. The elucidation of the Koran;
the commentaries on the text; Sh. Ibl., 9;
Sh. I. M. P., 3. Brdalil: to explain the
Koran; Sh. UI., 26.
dMlima or dalima. [Skr. dalima.] A generic
name for pomegranate trees.
D. merekah: a pomegranate bursting with
maturity and showing its ruby-like interior,a common metaphor for red lines (e. g. of
blood) on a light ground; Ht. Gul. Bak., 83,
87, 147.
D. yang agong: the great pomegranate,a simile for the breast; Sh. Peng., 2.
Batu d.: the ruby. Chinchin d.: a ruby ring.
Warna d.: ruby-red in colour; Sh. Bid., 86.
Brrkain d.: of ruby-red cloth; Ht. Ind.
Nata.

dam. I. (Onom.) A sound such as that of
a drum being beaten. Dum-dam: id.
II. [Dutch: dam.] Draughts; the gameof
draughts; Ht. Abd., 355. Dam-dam: (Riau,
Johor) chequered, of a pattern.
III. [Arab. damm?] A penalty, a punishment. Kena d.: to be punished-used especially of Hajis being refused permission to
reside in Mecca.
IV. A whiff, when smoking Indian hemp.
A dum. I. (Onom.) Dumn-dam: the sound of
a drum being beaten.
II. A tree (the date tree?); Pel. Abd., I50.
d6mi. See r.
-.A ddamba. Fondness for; longing for or desire
for (in a good sense); a wish to possess a thing
not yet obtained; laudable desire or ambition.
Cf. tama', to covet (in a bad sense).

du d6mang. A district headman, a chief. This
title is not in common use in the Peninsula
but is common in Muntok, Palembang, Banjermasin and Kotaringin. In literature it
occurs as the title of the ruler of Palembang
before royalty was introduced; Sej. Mal., 37;
and it is also common in Javanese tales in its
Javanese sense of a petty chieftain; Ht. Mas
Ed.; Ht. Sh.; Sh. Lamp., 35. In Malacca it
is used of a chief penghulu or senior mukln
headman; but its use in this sense is artificial,
the word having been imported by the government to mark a distinction between senior
and inferior headmen.
The word is derived from the Indonesian
ama, father; and is connected with ramna, q. v.
d.A dbmap. Gluttonous, gluttony.,C=L- dimpat. Opposite to, over against; C. and S..jt~ dempet. Squeezed tightly together; v.demnpek.
c.-A dompat. Berdompat: clustering together;
Kl.; v. dompak.,j,. dampar. Stranding; being aground, being
cast prostrate ashore. Tdrdampar: stranded.
Terdampar-lah kapada suwatu pulau: he was
cast ashore on an island; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Apa
sebab-nya terdampar di-sini: how came you to
be washed ashore here; Sh. Sri Ben., 22.
Terdampar ka-darat: cast ashore; Ht. Kal.
Dam., 369.
This word is also used of a crocodile lying
on a mud-bank.
A, dempir. (Riau, Johor.) Cracked-sounding,
like a broken gong. Also (Kedah) depir.. damping. Juxtaposition; close proximity,
contiguity, contact. Damping hamba kapada
raja Singa itu: to attach oneself to the King
of Beasts, the Lion; Ht. Kal. Dam., 38.
Patut sa-kali di-buwat damping,
Di-belakang tuwanku jadi pengiring:
it is right indeed that you should attach him
to yourself and let him follow in Your Highness's train; Sh. Bid., 21.
Berdamping: to be close by, to be next to
one; Sh. Pant. Shl., 8; to sing in succession,
to take up the previously-sung pantun and
reply to it,-of singers in rotation.. ddmpang. I. Hollow-sounding, resonant.
Chakap bUrdempang-dempang: loud but empty
talk, boasting; Sh. Nas., ii.

II. Going across to, touching at-of a ship.
Sa-talah dgmpang bahtura kapada pulau: when
the ship stopped at the island; Ht. Hamz.,
81. Cf. ampang and dampar.
d.U dempak. Broad in proportion to its length or
height; rather beamy, of a boat..,. domba.

[Pers. dunbah.] A sheep.

Li-' d.mbai. (Selangor.) Berjalan bgrdembaidombai: to walk in a loose slouching or careless manner,-used by angry parents to
reprove a child for slovenly ways.. d6mit. Small child, young. Daripada demit
sampai agong: from childhood to maturity;
Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), 43.
This word is commonly used by a pawang or
other medicine man when speaking of the
patient in his incantations.
j,&~. damdam. I. Spite, grudge; hostile remembrance.
II. (Riau, Johor.) Chequered-of a pattern. See dam.

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