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SAWANG

The following trees are known by this name:
S. bukit: eugenia papillosa;
S. darat: eugenia pyrifolia;
S. jantan: pyrenaria acuminata;
S. paya: eugenia inophylla;
S. pulut: eugenia subdecussata;
S. sgrai: glochidion nanogynumm;
S. teberau: eugenia lepidocarpa.

saman. Eng. Summons. Kaluwar
take out a summons against a person.
s.: to be summoned. Mata-mata
process-server.

s.: to
Kena
s.: a

\ sawa. The python, of which two large
species are known, python melanurus (rare),
and python reticulatus. Ular s.: id., Ht. Abd.,
387. Pachat sigera hendak menjadi ular sawa:
the leeches want to become pythons at once;
foolish ambition; Prov. Apa lagi sawa iya
berkghendak ayam-lah: what then? does not
the python desire the fowl as a matter of
course?-a proverbial expression ridiculing
the surprise of a man who, for instance,
marries a wife and then wonders at her wanting jewellery.
S. chindai: the reticulate python when very
brightly marked.
S. rtndam: the python, when it frequents
rivers or marshes; the water-python. This
is probably not a distinct species, but it is
believed by Malays to be larger and duller in
colour than the s. chindai.
Enche' ta'-tahu sawa rndart,
Di-rat harintau mati tergulong:
you do not know the water-python; a tiger
even will perish if wrapped in the pressure
of its coils.
S. tikus: a relatively small snake (python
curtus?) found in Trengganu and Kelantan
and said to prey on rats which it kills by
constriction.
Rangkek belang s.: a shell, conus capitaneus.

OcY- samun. I. Robbery; theft with violence;
forcible deprivation; Ht. Abd., 324, 325, 410.
Menyamun: to rob; Ht. Abd., 227, 305, 317.
Phnyamun: a robber; Ht. Abd., 415.
II. Semak-samun: tangled growth on a
path that has been neglected; much overgrown; Ht. Abd., 344; Sh. Bid., 3.
c\ sami. I. [Skr. swaind: lord; through
Siamese?] A Buddhist priest.
Tuwam di-layor di-puchok api,
Hendak tuwam betul pusat;
Bawa beluwam mgnjadi sami,
Pakaiyan kuning masok di-wat:
carry a bread-wallet, make yourself a bonze,
put on the yellow robe and enter a Buddhist
temple.
Hairdn sa-kali di-hati-nya kami,
Melihatkan gandom bertangkai jgrami;
Hilang-lah kuning, pakaiyan-nya sami;
Di-tfndang szmut senget-lah bumi:
it seems a most wonderful thing in my eyes
that I should see wheat with stubble for its
stalk, the royal yellow gone for the robe of
a priest, the world itself askew because an
ant has kicked it,-an ironical quatrain on
the pro-Siamese policy of the Sultan of Kedah
who allowed real encroachments on his
independence for the sake of trifling honours
and dignities.
II. Arab. High, noble, lofty, sublime.
^U. sana. I. Yonder; the further, in contradistinction to the nearer; there. Di-sana: there,
yonder, in that place. Di-sabgrang s.: on the
further bank, on the opposite shore; Ht.
Abd., 228; Ht. Mash., ii. Ka-sana: thither.
Dari-sana: thence.
II. The senna-tree; an abbreviation of
angsana, q. v.,>U sanak. Kindred, blood-relations generally;
the family to which a man belongs; a collective of anak, q. v. Sanak saudara: id.; Sh.
Jub. Mal., 8; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Tiyada mampunyai sanak saudara: without relatives; alone
in the world; Ht. Gul. Bak., 17.

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I,;a\ sawat. I. Pesawat: a machine;
cated machinery of any sort. P.
steam engine. P. bUrjentgra: a
involving the use of many wheels.
Abd., 73; Sej. Mal., 20.

compliasap: a
machine
See Ht.

II. The penis. In Kedah, used when
speaking of animals only, not of men.
III. A kind of selendang or plaid. S.
sandang: this plaid when worn cross-wise
over the breast; Ht. Pg. Ptg., Ht. Sh. Kub.
Selendang sawat sandang: id., Ht. Mar. Mah..\ sawar. A fence, a row of stakes or other
obstruction to drive fish or animals in a
certain direction; a fish-weir; J. S. A. S.,
III., 97. S. pelandok: a fence of small uprights with leaves or brushwood filling the
interstices between them, used for driving
dwarf-deer in the direction of a trap.
The word is also used of a fence put across
a path to stop people from passing; cf. gawar.
Tali s.: a strong rattan rope held tightly at
each end by men and used to drive buffaloes
into a pen.
A sawang. I. (Kedah.) The cobwebs, dirt,
etc., on a Malay ceiling.
II. A plant (unidentified). Its leaf is used
as a remedy for skin-disease (kurap).

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