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SINTOK [ 412 ] SNJOLONG

SENTOK

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SA.NJOLONG, sentok or sintok. A tree (cinnamomunt
sentu?) Out of its fibre is made a kind of
soap used at the berlimnau festival, and which
is often mentioned in literature; Ht. Mar.
Mah. Menyentok: to use this fibrous stuff in
the bath; Ht. Gh., Ht. Koris, Ht. Pg. Ptg.
Bersentok: id., Ht. Pg. Ptg. Menyentokkan:
id.; Ht. Mar. Mah.
'* sontok or suntok. Limitation of time, insufficiency of time. Sa-malam s.: all night,
but that was not sufficient; Sh. Put. Ak., 23;
Sh. Dag., 3. Hendak mengaji, sudah-lah
sontok: I would like to learn, but have no
time (or the time is past); Sh. Ungg. Bers., 4.
Waktu nan sontok, hardnz tiyada: the time is
up and nothing is left us; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 49.
Orang tuwa s.: an old man who apes young
ways.
sSntal. Meny-ntal: to rub anything roughly
and hard, with the side of the hand or with a
piece of hdsk or with anything of a similar
character.
o sfintil. Sticking anything in an opening so
that it is partly inside and partly outside;
sticking it in as far as it will go;-used especially of a quid of tobacco. Cf. sampal.
sdntul. A well-known fruit-tree, sandoricum
indicum; Pel. Abd., 78.

.Ov- ".-Y

sintal. Pot-bellied, obese.
sintul. Short and thick; Pijn.

Ado sOntolar. To plait or twist a cord to make
it thicker; to add a lash to a whip.
^ s6ntoh. Forcible contact, collision. Senjata
yang tersgntoh sama-nya se'njata: weapons that
came into contact with others (in fencing);
Ht. Ind. Nata. Jangankan di-makan ikan kailnya, di-sentoh-nya pun tiyada: so far from the
fish taking his hook, they did not even knock
up against it; Ht. Bakht., 53.
4'., sunteh. MWnyunteh: to chip, to cut off a
small piece at a blow.
sunti. Belimbing fruit (averrhoa bilimbi) preserved in salt as a sort of pickle.
Anak dara s.: a girl of seven or eight years
of age; (by extension) virgo intacta. Perawan
s.: id.; used in the sense of virgo intacta; Sh.
Peng., 3.
>j. suntiyabu. (Kedah.) A three-sided weapon;
Ht. Mar. Mah. Also (Riau, Johor) setiyabu.
NL-' son6tiyasa or s6ntiyasa. Always; eternally; from Skr. nityasha; see netiyasa or
nentiyasa.
snja. [Skr. sanjd.i] Evenfall. Senja-kala:
id.; Ht. Abd., 244. Waktu senja: id., Ht.
Koris. Hampir s.: close on evenfall; Sh.
Ik. Trub., I6. Awal s.: the early part of the
evening; Sh. Sri Ben., 4.
A,\. s6njata. [Skr. sadjata?] Instrument of
warfare, weapon. Senjata-nya pada sa-orang
sa-pasang pistul: each man was armed with
a pair of pistols; Ht. Abd., io6. Alat s.:
equipment for warfare, armament.
'am s6njing. A metal tray or rest for a glass.
a sdnjong. The scales; the bar of the scales
in contradistinction to the pans.
s6injak. Since; a variant of sejak. See also
semtenjak.
" s6njakala. Evenfall; evening; v. senja;
from Skr. sanjd-kala.
sunjam. Head downwards. Tersunjam:
held up by the heels, or fallen head foremost;
Ht. Sh. Kub.
Jangan-lah kamu banyak gurindam;
Sa-kali ini mati trsunjam:
do not be over-humourous, for you are just
about to die hung up by the heels (ignominiously); Sh. Sg. Kanch., 22.

s Wjolong. With a long projecting snout,a escriptive name given to the gavial (tomistoma schlegeli), to some small sword-fish or
saw-fish, and to a boat with a long, figurehead. Better jenjolong, or jolong-jolong.

04-W, santan. The milk of the coco-nut; Sh.
Peng., 2; J. S. A. S., II., i6I. Saperti santan:
like coco-nut milk; a symbol for sweetness.
Kepala s.: the best of the milk; the cream;
(by metaphor) virginity. Sebab tulut santan
binasa: for the pulut-rice, the coco-nut milk
was spoilt, a rhyming equivalent for setbab
mulut badan binasa: because of the mouth the
body comes to grief; Prov.'
cF.< santun. Slow, sedate, dignified, imposing of
manner. Bermnadah sangat-lah s.: to utter
sayings impressively; Sh. Bur. Nuri, 24.
Laku-nya sangat-lah s.: very imposing in
manner; Sh. A. R. S. J., T9. Sopan s.:
modest and dignified; sedate; Ht. Mar. Mah.;
Ht. P.J.P.; Ht. Isk. Dz.; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 48.
-. s$ntosa. [Skr. santosa.] Rest, peace, tranL " quillity. Mendapat sentosa dan klesenangan
dudok di-bawah bandera Inggeris: obtaining
peace and comfort under the English flag;
Ht. Abd., 460. See also Ht. Abd., 68, 134,
367, 414; Cr. Gr., 46. Knsentosaan: id.; Sh.
Jub. Mal., I3.
I For these last expressions, cf. the pantun:
Kalau tuwan pergi ks-taut,
Posan sehaya ketam jantan;
Kalau tuwan m'njadi pulut,
S~haya mnjadi khpala santan.

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