A Malay-English dictionary,

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ANGIN

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AF'AL. n. -.-~- -.~

Ji\ angin. Wind; breeze; current of air; (by
metaphor) emptiness, windiness, nonsense.
Bgrtiyup-lah angin yang lemah lambut: a gentle
breeze was blowing. Barang dimana di-tiyup
angin di-sana-lah iya chondong: in whatever
direction the wind may be blowing, in that
direction will he bow; Ht. Abd., 262.
Ta'-sebab kerana angin pokok kayu mahu-kah
bergoyang: if there is no wind will the trees
quiver? - there is no smoke without fire;
Prov.
A. angin: a kind of Jew's harp.
A. barat: a westerly wind.
A. bidai: a steady wind.
A. darat: a breeze from the shore.
A. ekor duyong: a variable wind; a wind
that seems to blow from two quarters.
A. gila: a very uncertain wind.
A. gunong-gunongan: a violent squall.
A. haluwan: a head wind.
A. kelanbu mrenunggul: a north wind.
A. kUlambu sa-belah: a N.E. wind.
A. kinchang kelat: a good breeze, steady
and strong. Also called a. chekang kelat and
a. tggang kelat.
A. temnbakat or a. menebing: a gathering
wind.
A. mennimba ruwang: = a. timba ruwang.
A. puting beliyong: a whirlwind.
A. sakal: a contrary breeze.
A. salah: an unfavourable wind.
A. selembubu: an eddying wind which whirls
about the dust.
A. sendalu: a moderate breeze.
A. sorong buritan: a wind right abaft.
A. temberang buritan: a wind on the quarter.
A. temberang haluwan: a wind before the
beam.
A. tenggara iandi: a strong N.E. wind
which blows spray about.
A. tikus: the change of monsoon; the
variable winds at the change of monsoon.
A. timba ruwang: a wind abeam.
A. tumbok kurong: a wind not quite abaft.
Ambil a.: to go for an airing or constitutional.
Chakap a.: empty vapourings; nonsense;
mere talk. Also tahi angin.
Daun balek a.: the name of a plant, nmallotus
cochinchinensis.

Di-atas a.: a geographical expression including all the countries from which trading
ships were borne to Malaya in the South-West
monsoon (i.e., from India, Arabia, Africa and
the Persian Gulf) in the days when ships
sailed in one monsoon and returned with the
next.

Di-bawah a.: the converse of di-atas a.:
Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, the East
coast of the Bay of Bengal and the countries
to the East of Malaya.
Kayu kepiyalu a.: the name of a tree (unidentified),
Kepala a.: a flighty person; flightiness.
Kereta a.: (Straits) a switchback railway.
Makan a.: to catch the breeze; to draw
well-of a sail; (Straits) to go for a walk or
on a pleasure excursion.
Mata a.: the quarter from which the wind
is blowing.
Menjaring a.: waste of time; "fishing and
catching wind."
Perchaya a.: vain expectations or hope.
Penyakit a.: a generic name for diseases
which are hard to diagnose or describe.
Pohon a., pohon a. ribut and pokok a.: a black
squall-bearing cloud; a storm-cloud; a squall.
Anginkan: to air.
Balai perangin or balai peranginan: a
kiosque; a pavilion in a breezy spot. Perangin is also used of a weather-cock.
Tempat perangin or ptranginan: a verandah
or any place for enjoying fresh air (Ht. Ism.
Yat., 30); the organs of respiration.
4\ 6ngah. I. (Onom.) Short sharp breathing;
panting, puffing. Mengengah-engah or mengah: to pant.
Also ngah.
II. Intermediate, half (in certain expressions
only); = ngah, q. v.
-\ fngeh. (Onom.) Short quick breathing;
shorter, quicker and less loud breathing
than that translated by engah; the sound of a
nose being blown.
\.j\ iftit&h. Arab. To begin, to commence.
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\r;,\ iftir&s. Arab. To expand, to spread (intransitive.)
j\ ufti. [Skr. utpatti.] Tribute,-a common
mispronunciation for upeti, q. v.
\afrak. Arab. White (as the colour of a
fighting-cock.)
\ afsir. Eur. Officer, military officer; Ht.
Nap., 24.
e.j\ afsfin. Pers. Sorcery, witchcraft, evil by
sorcery.

l a\ afdlal. Arab. Beautiful. Tarafdlal: superlatively beautiful; Ht. Jah., 4I.
iJ \ af'&l. Arab. Manners, ways, character;
Ht. Ism. Yat., 66; the plural of J q. v.; —