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SONGKET

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SUNGKAP

SOGE 8 UGA

Singkat pada badan-nya: short of stature.
Tangan-nya singkat: short in the arm; Ht.
Abd., 337. Singkat pengetahuwan 'ilmu-nya:
limited in knowledge; Ht. Mar. Mah. Usiyanya singkat: short-lived; Ht. Kal. Dam., 36.
Ikan s.: a fresh-water fish (unidentified).
songket or sungkit. I. Kain songket: a
flowered cloth made of silk and gold thread;
a rich fabric worn on special occasions; Ht.
Abd., 419; Ht. Koris; Ht. Ind. Meng; Sh.
Kamp. Boy., IO. Pronounced sungkit in
Kedah, songket in Riau-Johor Malay and in
Javanese.
II. Menyungkit: to wrest open, to wring
open.
sangkar. I. A cage, especially a bird-cage.
Sangkaran: id.; Ht. Abd., 76, 77. Laksana
burong diyam di-sangkar: like a bird in a
cage, a proverbial description of a man tied
down by circumstances. Satu sangkar duwa
burong: two birds in one cage; rival wives of
the same man; Prov. Sangkar ayam: a
hen-coop.
II. A ring or ferrule on a knife; KI., v. d.
W.; a case for a knife, in contradistinction to
a sheath.
III. Diameter, a line drawn down the
centre.
IV. Lari sungkor-sangkar: hasty and precipitate flight; v. sungkor.
sangkor. A bayonet. Mata s.: id. S. sumpitan: a species of blow-pipe with a spearpoint attached to it.
sngkar. A cross-bar connecting the sides
of a boat; J. S. A. S., VIII., I30.
singkir. Putting aside or out of the way; to
tread a hen, of a cock; to provide a substitute.
singkur. Pushing aside, kicking with the
side of the foot.
sungkor. Rooting up earth with its snout,
of a pig; ladling up mud with a sort of spoon;
falling upon the ground so that the face
scrapes the earth.
Sungkor-sangkar: sprawling over and over, a
frequentative of sungkor. Lari sungkorsangkar: the flight of a man who is bundled
precipitately out of a place.
S. geragau: drawing one's hand through the
mud in catching a kind of prawn.
S. sembam: grovelling in the earth; falling
or lying on one's face; Ht. Koris; Ht. Ind.

Meng.
Nyior sungkoran: a young coco-nut before
its top becomes hard; a stage in its growth
at which its contents can be easily scraped or
ladled out.

Metnyungkor: to lower the head to earth, as
a man prostrating himself very low (Sh. Abd.
Mk., 13), or as a bull presenting his horns to
his foe; Ht. Kal. Dam., II7.
Tersungkor: fallen face downwards; Ht.
Abd., 79, 245, 407; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Sh.
Kub.; Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Bur. Pungg., i6.
sangkang. Cross-bar, cross-beam, thwart,
diameter; a short piece of wood used to keep
the thole-pin in position; a stick fixed so as
to keep the mouth of a dead snake or animal
open. S. berbajang: a Maltese cross. S.
pintu: a bolt, a cross-bar; Ht. Abd., 435.
Tersengkang: sticking across, as a fish bone
sticks in the throat.
Pohun dudor di-tanah le'bah,
Sudah bertunas tiyada berchabang;
Bujor lalu, lintang patalh,
Jikalau di-telan tiyada ters9ngkang:
that which goes through lengthways passes
through, that which goes through abeam gets
broken (and pushed through); nothing that
he swallows ever sticks in his throat;-all is
fish that comes to his net; Prov.
sengkang. Inequality of length in the lower
limbs; unevenness of walk.
Tanah rata, tanah yang pamah;
Kalau tinggi jadi permatang;
Sakit anggota baik di-demah,
Kiyat sa-belah jalan mentyengkang:
if your leg is paining you will do well to
foment it; stiffness in one leg will make you
walk like a cripple.

A

songkong.
sokong, q. v.

Propping up; a variant of

ASL

singkap. The opening, lifting or drawing
apart of curtains, mosquito-nets, etc. Disingkap baginda tirai peraduwan: the King
drew aside the curtains of the bed; Sh. Abd.
Mk., 69.
Menyingkap: to open, lift up or draw aside a
curtain; Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht. Koris, Ht. P. J. P.
Menyingkapkan: id., Ht. Sh. Kub.
sungkap. Torn or pulled apart, of objects
that ought to adhere; pulled loose, of things
that ought to be sticking tightly together;
broken, but not completely severed.
Sungkap senjata kena tangan,
Perang menjadi serba salah:
the weapons are struck back so as to hurt the
hands that grasped them, the battle becomes
a mlee in which no one knows what to do.
Kuku tersungkap: a finger-nail or toe-nail
which has got torn from the quick.
Jalan gopoh, kaki tMrtadong,
Kuku tersungkap kena batu:
if you hurry too fast you will bruise your feet
and tear your toe-nails against the stones.

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