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)dXAW sangsara. [Skr. sangsdra, the misery of life.]
Pain, torture, misery; Ht. Abd., 15, 142;
Sh. Sing. Terb., 22, 49. 'Adzab s.: id.,
intensified; Ht. Gul. Bak., 30. Seksa s.: id.,
Ht. Ind. Meng. Susah s.: id., Sh. Panj. Sg.:-'-*~ sengsat. Fastened up, of a sarong, so as to
give freer play to the limbs.
sengseng or singsing. Turning up or
rolling up the sleeves of a garment; tucking
up; (by metaphor) rolling away the
darkness, of daybreak. Di-sengseng-nya
tangan baju-nya: he rolled up his coatsleeves, Sej. Mal., I39.
Menyengseng: to roll up or tuck up; to roll
up one's sleeves (of an angry warrior
preparing to fight); Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht.
Hg. Tuw., 8I. AMenyengsengkan: id., Ht. Isk.
Dz.; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Fajar menyengseng (poetic) daybreak;
dawn; Sh. Sri Ben., 24; Sh. Sing. Terb.,
35; Sh. A. R. S. J., 4; Ht. Gul. Bak., 105.
The word is pronounced sengseng in the
Riau-Johor dialects and singsing in Kedah.
j_ songsang. Reversal, turning upside down,
topsy-turvy. Bagai aur di-tarek songsang:
like a bamboo pulled the wrong way, i.e., so
that the branches get caught by stumps and
obstacles; difficult through want of tact and
management; see J. S. A. S., XI., 57. Bertapa songsang: to do penance by standing
eternally on one's head ( of ancient Brahman
devotees); Ht. Sg. Samb.
S. kelalak: topsy-turvy, in confusion, with
neither head nor tail.
12i songseng. A native ornament; a piece of
jewellery; K1., v. d. W..A songsong. Dashing against anything. S.
harus: facing or making head against the
tidal current; a name given to a peculiar
shell, murex ternispina. Menyongsong: to
dash against, to oppose oneself to; Sh. Sri
Ben., 40. Bagai lang menyongsong angin:
as the fish-eagle soars against the wind;
swaggering; see Prov., J. S. A. S., XI., 66.
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Lqys sengse. [Chin. sien-sen.] A Chinese doctor.
sgngangkang. A kind of swallow; Kl.
Sgngbngkang, id.; v. d. W.
_9 sOngap. Quiet, to hold one's tongue, of a
child.
~ sangka. I. [Skr. shangkd.] Thinking, sus

pecting, believing, fearing; anxiety, anxious
thought, suspicion. Sangka sadikit di-dalant
hati: slight suspicion; Ht. Perb. Jaya. Keras
sangka dan ketakutan: strong suspicion and
fear; Ht. Abd., 62. Yang di-sangka tidak mnnjadi; yang diyam buleh ka-diya: the expected
does not happen; the man who stirred not
wins the prize; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 4I.

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Sangkakan: to suspect or think (anything);
Ht. Abd., 114, I65, 240; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Menyangkakan: id.; Ht. Abd., 48; Sh.
Sing. Terb., 54. Mlegyangka-nyangkakan: id.,
frequentative; Muj., 38.
Menyangka: to think (intransitive), to
entertain suspicions, to be suspicious;-but
the word is sometimes used transitively;
m-nyangkakan.
Itu-lah orang 'akal-nya korang,
Meinyangka diri-nya pandai sa-orang:
it is a man of low intelligence who fancies
that he alone of men is learned; Sh. Nas., 9.
II. [Skr. shangkha.] A triton-shell, chama
gigas; a sort of conch shell used as a
trumpet.
Sangka-kala: the last trump; the trumpet
with which the Archangel Israfil is expected
to wake the dead on the Day of Judgment.
The form sanggakala is, however, more
common colloquially.
sdngkarut. Bersengkarut: interlaced, intertwined;-of lianas, roots, etc.; Ht. Abd.,
344; heavily involved, of a man in debt;
mixed, of language interspersed with terms of
abuse.
sbngkala. A variant of sengkela, q. v.
s/ngkalan. A flat slab of wood with a grinder
of coco-nut shell. It is used for grinding
up chillies in cookery. Sap'rti setgkalan ta'sudalh: like an unfinished pounding-block,-a
proverbial simile for an ugly face; Sh. Peng.,
9; Sh. Put. Ak., 30.
s6ngkamit. (Kedah.) The name of a tree
(unidentified).
s6ngkayan. A waterspout, resembling the
ordinary waterspout (puting beliyong) but
rather longer in shape and swifter in rotation.
sangkut. Stopping, hindering, obstructing.
Sangkutan di-dalam hati: a thing that sticks
in the mind; a thing not easily forgotten; Ht.
Abd., 459.
Penyangkut: a hat-rack, a row of pegs for
hanging clothes or hats on. P. kain: id.
Tersangkut: attached. Tersangkut-lah hatinya kapada raja Jamshid: he became heartily
attached to King Jamshid; Ht. Isk. Dz.
Pipit hendak telan jagong,
Telan ta'-lepas, mati tersangkut:

the sparrow wanted to swallow the maize,
but he could not get the grain down and died
choked; the man who attempts too much
comes to grief; Prov.
sengkat or singkat. Short to excess; too
short; limited; succinct.

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