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DJIMPOK

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DkNDANG)

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3L.2 ddmpok. A fruit like the mangosteen (unidentified).
$L~ dempok. Approach, coming together; proximity..,J) dompak. Coming together in a cluster.
Berdonpak: to be clustered together,-of
houses in the same kampong or within a
common fence.

L.*
L&.~

dampil. Contiguity; touching one another.
Berdalpil-danmpil sa-orang dengan sa-orang:
crowding together one man against another;
Ht. Abd., 383. Cf. damping.
d6mpol. (Riau, Johor.) Tow for caulking
boats.
dbmikiyan. In this way; thus. See demi
and kiyan.
dbmam. A generic name for fevers.

D. berselang, or d. berlat: intermittent fever.
D. gigil: ague; feverish shivering fits.
D. kele1jaran: fever accompanied by bubonic
inflammation.
D. kepiyalt: malarial fever generally; Ht.
Abd., 362, 446. D. k. radang and d. k.
nyaman: varieties of malaria. D. k. ketulangan: rheumatic fever.
D. kura: ordinary remittent fever; Sh. Sri
Ben., 53.
D. rabu kemnbang: fever accompanying
lung disease.
D. sesetza: fever and cold; influenza.
'~. d6mukut. (Kedah.) Broken pieces of husked
rice. Laksana demukut: like broken husked
rice,-only useful to a man in extremities of
hunger; Prov. Also letmukut; (Riau, Johor)
melukut, (Kotaringin) kemukut, etc.
4*. d6mah. The application of a warm dry body
or poultice to a diseased part; warming or
fomenting medicinally. Hot kitchen stones
(batu tungku) and dry poultices of leaves
(gandarusa) or hot ashes are used for these
fomentations.
L-b d6mi. By, with; on, one; a preposition expressive of immediate succession and almost
of coincidence. Sa-orang demi sa-orang: one
by one. Dtmi berbunyi genta itu: on the bell
ringing; when the bell rang; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
IO. Demni aku terpandang bapa-ku itu maka
lari-lah aku: when I saw my father, I used
to run away; Ht. Abd., 44.
Deni is also used in imprecations with the
meaning "by." Demi dewata muliya raya:
by the illustrious and great God; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 27. Dmni Allah: by God; by Allah;
Sh. Sri Ben., 56.

Demikiyan: so, thus, in this way. Di-katakan-nya demikiyan demikiyan: he said such
and such things. Sa-demikiyan: such, so
much. Sa-de-mikiyan baik rasa-nya. so pleasant to the taste. Also written f.
ti danawa. [Skr. dcdnawa.] A giant; a gigantic
evil spirit..,;- danta or ddnta. [Skr. danta.] Ivory. Warna
saperti dantayang sudah terupam: a complexion
like polished ivory; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Mas
Ed. Anakan danta yang sudah terupan: an
image of polished ivory; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Asmara danta: [Skr. suinri-danta?] Shining
white, of the teeth; Ht. Mas Ed.
m d6nting. A variant of deting and leting, q. v.
jfa dentam. (Onom.) A heavy slamming sound;
the sound of a tree falling. Denttam-dentum':
id., but frequentative and expressive of variation in the depth of sound of the reports.
Debntum-dentam, id.
fad dcntum. (Onom.) A deep booming sound;
the boom of a cannon. Berdentum bedil yang
besar, berderap bcdil yang kechil: the heavy
guns boomed out, the small arms rattled
away; Ht. Raj. Don., i6.
Dentum-dentatn, or dentam dentum: see
dentam.
.~ dnnching. (Onom.) The chinking of small
coin.
\J.. d6nda. [Skr. danda.] A fine; punishment
by fine. Kena d.: to incur a fine; Ht. Abd.,
209. Di-denda: fined; Sej. Mal., 9I.
U\l;. d6ndalu. A misletoe; v. dedali, and dalu.
xJ;- dandang. (Riau, Johor.) A large copper
boiler or vessel; also (Kedah) dangdang.
Xi; d6ndang. I. The Malayan crow; Ht. Kal.
Dam., 66; J. S. A. S., III., 87, VIII., 13I.
The word is used in many proverbs as a
variant of gagak, dendang being the commoner
word for crow in Kedah. Bagai dendang
gunggong tlor': like a crow carrying off an
egg; blacker or uglier by contrast,-a proverbial expression descriptive of an ugly
woman in fine clothes. Dendang pulang kanegeri Keling, pergi hitamt balek hitam: the
crow flew back to India, black it went and
black it returned; a fool may travel, and
return as dull as when he started; Prov.
II. Mentimun de'ndang, or pedendang: a
bitter inedible gourd.

Laksana timun dendang: like this gourd,fair outside but bitter inside; apples of
Sodom; Prov.
III. The Spanish fly; an insect used as a
drug by Malays.,.. ~-; — -- --