A Malay-English dictionary,

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GLUT

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c. g61ut. Penetration. Tiyada elut: it did not
penetrate (of a weapon). Usually lut, q. v.

A\I iltimaf. Arab. Lightness, brightness of
lightning.
\ alti. Clever, smart; Sh. Si. Lem., 23.
)\ alar. Sprawling on the ground in a careless
or disrespectful way; Kl., Pijn.
\ alir. Flowing; a floating crocodile-line, v.
infra. Mbngalir: to flow. Darah pun mnzegalir
saperti ayer sebak: blood flowed like an
inundation.
Mengalirkan: to set flowing; to set to float
on the current. Kalau ttuwan mengalirkan
kapaljangan di-rosakkan muwatan sehaya: if
you, sir, launch this vessel on the stream, do
not injure the cargo I have put into her; Sh.
Peng., 5.
Alir is also used of a rattan line used for
catching crocodiles. This line is not fastened
to the bank, but when the crocodile has taken
the bait the line floats, and the fisherman is
so enabled to trace it. Tali alir is the line
itself; urnpan a., the bait; and kail a., the
hook; the name alir describing the whole
apparatus and process. Buwaya mati di-alir:
a crocodile destroyed in this way.
)\ alor. I. (Riau, Johor, Malacca.) The deep
channel of a stream; the channel where the
river is deepest and the current swiftest;
(Kedah) a hollow; a pool or backwater
scooped out on the bank of a stream, but not
the main channel.
A. bibir: the dimple between the centre of
the upper lip and the nostril; also lorah hidong.
A. tengkok (Riau, Johor) the cavity at the
back of the neck; (Kedah) lobang tengkok.
Lomba-lomba alor: v. lon ba-lomba.
II. Alor-alor: a tree (sualda indica, Pijn.);
a species of fish, Cr.
J\ alas. I. Foundation; basis; framework;
lining; pedestal; the stand, frame or
background upon which anything is set.
A.-alas: a bird (unidentified); J. I. A., Vol.
I., Io8.
A. baju: the lining of a coat.
A. chap: a present made by a chief to the
raja who brings his letter of authority;
C. and S.
A. chawan: a saucer.
A. kaki: a foot-stool.
A. kata: a preface; the premises or introduction to a speech.
A. mnuwatan: the lowest tier of cargo-boxes.
A. pelana: the saddle-cloth.

A. perut: the first mouthful at a meal.
A. rumah: the foundations of a house.

ALANG
Alaskan and ntengalas: to line; to supply a
basis or foundation for anything; Ht. Abd.,
283; Sh. Bid., 6, 64; Ht. Bakht., 48.
Dulang a.: a wooden platter something like
a bread-plate.
Pengalas: (occasionally) an anvil.
II. Jav. Forest; jungle; Sh. Panj. Sg.
= hutan. Si-chleleng alas: a wild boar; sibabi hutan; Ht. Sh. Orang hutan alasan: a
wild man of the jungle; Ht. Sh. Orang kidol
alasan: a man of the southern jungles; Ht.
Perb. Jay.
III. Jav. Pengalasan: the name given to
certain court officials. KI., Pijn.
c\1 alis. Jav. The eyebrow. Alis-nya yang bagai taji di-bentok: her eyebrow, which is curved
like the spur blade of a fighting cock; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 122; Ht. Jay. Asm.
),\ alus. Delicate, refined; better halus, q. v.
)y\ 61is. Eng. List. Also lis.
7 alang. I. Position at right angles to anything; cross; across.
A. balai: the crossbeams over a public
reception hall; Ht. Koris. A. ntahaligai:
id., over a palace; Ht. Ind. Meng. A. rcumah:
id.; over a house.
A. muka: a gangway or space across the
ship in front of the nakhoda's cabin in a native
perahu; J. S. A. S., III., 70.
Alangan: a bank across the mouth of a
river; a river-bar; shallows or obstructions
generally (in nautical language).
Buntut a.: a kind of scimetar with a point
turning out at right angles to the blade.
Mengalang-ngalang: to obstruct; to worry;
to cross; to injure by interference; Ht. Mar.
Mah.
Cf. palang, malang and galang.
II. Of little extent or account; in slight
degree; in small measure. Bijaksana-nya
bukan alang-alang: his wisdom was by no
means to be despised.
Alang-kah: "is it a small thing that; "is
it to a small extent that"-a semi-sarcastic
interrogative which enhances the force of a
statement. Api dengan ayer alang-kah bedanya: between fire and water is there but little
difference? Ht. Kal. Dam., 87. Alang-kah
besar hati-nmu: are you but slightly puffed up

with self-importance?
A. kepalang: an intensitive of alang;=alangalang: contemptible; of little account.
A lang-alang is also used sometimes idiomatically in the sense of "at all." Alang-alang
berdawat baik hitam sakali: if it is to be inked
at all let it be blacked thoroughly-if you do
a thing at all, do it well; Prov., Ht. Koris.

A. surat: a present accompanying a letter.

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