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sukat. I. The measurement of substance;
the calculation of area or capacity. Orang
sukat tanah: a land-surveyor. Sukatan dan
timbangan: measures and weight; Ht. Abd.,
484.
Bhrsukat darah: to measure the exact amount
of a person's blood; to kill. Bersukat darahlah beharu ku beri: you must spill my blood
to the very last drop before I give it.
Kalau bagini hati nia'-inang,
Bersukat darah-lah beharu ku senang:
if such are your feelings, my duenna, I shall
never feel at ease till the last drop of your
blood has been spilt; Ht. Koris.
II. Provided that, supposing that, if. Maka
sukat orang yang bertuwah-lah maka buleh
mendapat behagya itu: if he is fortunate he
may obtain that blessing; Ht. Abd., 486.
Maka sukat patek ambil suwami-.ya inaka puwas
rasa hati patek: if I could deprive her of her
husband I should feel satisfied; Ht. Koris.
Lipat kain, lipat baju,
Mari ku lipat di-dalam puwan;
Sukat ayer manjadi batu
Beharu sehaya lupakan tuwan:
when water turns to stone, then only shall
I forget you.
sukar. Difficult; hard to obtain or effect;
arduous. Mahal di-beli sukar di-chari; dear
to buy and troublesome to obtain; Ht. Abd.,
132. Sukar-lah beruleh diya: it is difficult to
get; Ht. Gli. Bak., 5. Penyakit terlalu sukar:
a very troublesome illness; a disease which it
is very difficult to cure; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Kesukaran; difficulty, arduous character;
obstinate character (of illness); financial
straits; Muj., 39; Ht. Gul. Bak., 6.
sukor or sukur. [Arab. shukur.] Thanks;
the expression of gratitude; see.

Applied to the colour of a dog, the word
means clouded white or clouded yellow.
This term is applied, as a sort of descriptive
name, to the dogs of the Phantom Hunter of
the Malay jungles; J. I. A., I., 307.
The word is also used of a sort of muzzle or
forked stick used to prevent young buffaloes
from taking suck.
Cs;- sukun. The bread fruit, artocarpus incisa:
Sh. K. G. T., 4.
r 8suku. A leg or limb; a quarter, a section, a
tribe. Orang mpat suku: heads of the four
tribes; Ht. Abd., 395. Orang laut suku-nya
Gelam't: an Orang Laut of the " Glam" tribe;
Ht. Abd., 201. Kita sakaliyan suku laki-laki:
we all who belong to the male sex (or male
section of the people); Ht. Mar. Mah. Sasuku jam: a quarter of an hour. Riyal dan
suku: dollars and quarter-dollars; Sh. Dag.,
2; but see riyal.
Bersuku-suku: in tribes, according to tribes,
tribe by tribe; Sh. Ik. Trub., 9; Sh. May.,
14; Sh. Sri Ben., 24.
(-&^ soga or suga. A tree with white flowers;
ormosia venosa.
/., sugar. I. Manyugar: to pass the fingers
through the hair.
II. [Pers. shakar, possibly confused with
Eng. sugar.] Sugar. Saperti susu dengau
sugar: like milk and sugar; admirably
harmonizing; Prov., Ht. Sh.
sogang. Palissades, fencing.
j., sogok. Mbnyogok: to sign to any one to do
anything; to give a significant nod, wink, or
look.
Jr sugun. Forcing a person down by pulling
his or her hair; forcing down with violence.
Sugun hantu: disorderly, of hair which is too
stif to dress properly.
oyr sogeh. I. Bungling, trying to do work to
which one is not accustomed.
II. (Kedah.) Rubbing the teeth with
tobacco. Cf. sugi.
a- sugi. Rubbing the point of a stick against
something else; putting out a torch by
rubbing its flaming end against a hard
surface; scouring the teeth; scraping the

tongue. Kayu s.: a stick used for scouring
the teeth; Ht. Ism. Yat., 32; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Damar di-sugi di-atas papan: the torch is
extinguished by being rubbed upon the plank;
Ht. Koris. Urat s.: a name for the gandarusa
(justicia gandarusa).

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sokong. i. Propping up, buttressing;
sustaining, supporting. Sokong membawa
rebah: the prop brings about the fall of the
house; the trusted one is the one who often
betrays; Prov. Yang tggat di-sokong, yang
ribah di-tindeh: what is firm is propped up,
what is fallen is pressed down; money begets
money; to him that hath, to him shall be
given; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 41.
Layar s.; a stay-sail.
II. Smearing or blackening the face.
Better sukutm.
sokom or sukum. Smearing the face with
paint or colouring. 'Sukumkan ka-muka mayat
klduwa: to smear over the faces of the two
dead bodies; Sh. Panj. Sg.

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