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sit. (Onom.) A swishing sound. Cf. lWsit.
C-* SUt. I. (Onom.) A sound as of rushing air
or water. Cf. lesut.
II. (Kedah.) The last one, the one at the
"fag-end;" the one who brings up the
extreme rear.
sgta. [Skr. hasta.] The Malay cubit; an
abbreviation of hasta, q. v.
3't sktabal. [Eur. constable?] A sort of quartermaster; Sh. Abd. Mk., 23.
-; sStaka. A state entrance (porch or dais or
steps) to a hall of audience; Ht. Koris (in
four passages); cf. astaka.
)j s6tawar. Herbs, the creeping stems of which
are used in medicine, cf. tawar: costus speciosus, and forrestia spp.
S. gajah, or s. betina: forrestia moltis.
S. jantan: forrestia griffithii.
si setar. A plant (unidentified). Alor s.: the
capital of Kedah.
\, sut6ra or s6tbra. [Skr. sutra.] Silk.
Payong s.: a silk umbrella; Ht. Abd., I20,
23I. Kain s.: a silk sarong; Ht. Sh. Kub.
S. china, s. chang-hai (Shanghai), s. jo-se
(jiai-se) and s. lok-chun or s. lok-chuan:
Chinese silks well known in the Straits.
Kain s. keling, and kain s. tanah hitam: silk
cloths worn by Tamil immigrants.
)J\, sdterawan. [Skr. shastrawant.] One learned
in the Sacred Books; (by extension) an
astrologer, an astrological table. Better
sesterawan, q. v.
_, s6t6rong. Eng. Strong, in the sense of
playing the professional strong man; muscularity.
Tempang pandai handak seterong,
Tiyada sedar kaki-nya kudong:
that cripple is clever at trying to be a Samson,
but he does not realize that his feet are
deformed; absurd ambitions; Prov.

Seteruwan: one's enemies generally; Sh.
Tab. Mimp., ii.
Berseteru: to be at enmity with, to be an
enemy of; Ht. Abd., 315, 412. Daripada
sahdbat dengan orang yang bodoh baik bersgteru
dengan orang yang ber'akal: it is better to
have a wise man for a foe than a fool for a
friend; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 35.
Persetegruwan: enmity. MAembanyakkan perseteruwan: to multiply one's enmities; Ht.
Abd., 97.
In Javanese romances seteru is often used
in the wider sense of all foes. Jayeng seteru:
victorious over one's foes; v. jayeng..S] sbtsriya. [Skr. kshatriya.] A kshatriya, a
member of the warrior or princely caste; Ht.
Sh., Ht. Mas Ed. Para seteriya: the kshatriya
caste generally; all the kshatriyas at court
or in the kingdom; Ht. Mas Ed.
C'-4 sit6riman. Dutch? A petty officer on a
ship; Sh. Abd. Mk., 42.
5 stongkong. Ikan setongkong: a fish (unidentified); Sh. Ik. Trub., 6.
> s6tanggar or s6tinggar. [Port. espingarda.]
An old-fashioned musket; Sh. Peng., I7; Sh.
Sri Ben., 3; Sh. Abd. Mk., 23. Better
istinggar.

s6tanggi.
Sri Ben.,
Meng.

[Skr. astangga.] Incense; Sh.
13; Sh. Sing. Terb., 8; Ht. Ind.

~J^. sitinggi. A reef in a sail. S. layar: id.
g.~ sBtakona. A colloquial variant of astakona,
q. v.
> setal. Eur. Stall, stable.
s6tul. A marine plant, enhalus acoroides.
ci sutli. Coarse thread for sewing canvas.
Cy- s6tambun. A small tree, the wood of which
is used for making sticks, baccaurea parvifolia.
S. bMtina: baccaurea wallichii.
S. Wlin: baccaurea brevipes.:. sStampin. (Selangor.) A plant, mallotus
griffithianus.
\* sFtinja. A colloquial abbreviation of istinj',
q.v.

PJ4 s6t6rup.
Mard.

[Dutch: stroop.] Syrup; Ht. Sh.

)." s6t6ru. A personal enemy; a man against
whom one has a private feud, in contradistinction to a national foe (musoh). Daripada
banyak seteru baik bgrbanyak sahabat: better
many friends than many enemies; Sej. Mal.,
126.

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