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SIPAT

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SEKAKA

SIPA- [ 4 1 SEKAK

C-tirC sipat. [Arab. i,] A ruled or marked line;
attributes, qualities, charms. Tali s.: a line
made by a carpenter to guide him in his work.
A nak etggang di-atas kota,
Batang perapat tumboh chtndawan;
Tiyada tertanggong hati berchinta
Menentang sipat 'drif bangsawan:
the love in my heart becomes uncontrollable
in view of the charms of my learned and
noble (lover); Ht. Koris.
sepet or sipit. Half closed, of the eyes;
small eyes with lids kept very close together.
Buta s.: blindness when the eyelids are kept
closed.

sipu. Shamefacedness. Kesipu-sipuwan: id.;
Sh. Bid., i8. Ttrsipu-sipu:blushingforshame,
put to the blush; Ht. Gul. Bak., 87, 152; Ht.
Sh. Kub.; Ht. Si Misk., 65. Tersipu-sipuwan:
id.; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 8.
/\ sipuwa. [Chin. sn'g-pod 1.] An abacus.
4i.r sepah. Littering about; dissipation over
space. Tersepah: scattered or littered about.
Jr sipai. [Pers. and Hind. sipdhi.] A sepoy, a
soldier. Also supai and sipahi, q. v.
sipi. Position off the centre; wide of the
mark; hitting the edge or side instead of the
centre; a side or portion of a piece of work
when all is not finished.,J siyak. I. The caretaker of a mosque; the
man who sweeps out the mosque and keeps
it clean generally. To' siak: id. S. ayer: to
pour out water.

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siput. A generic name for shells and shellfish; the lines or markings on the hand.
Many shells have also special names of their
own, e. g., ragkhek; those given here are names
of shells which are known simply as siput with
a descriptive attribute:

S. bawang: bulla amnpulla.
S. belang chechak: terebra mascaria.
S. bulan: helix ovtum.
S. bulan puteh: natica lmamilla.
S. panjang: terebra maculata.
S. subaug: solarium trochleare.
S. tudong: trochus p)ramis.
Mlugamlbil sip)ut: to collect shells, to pick up
shell-fish; Sej. Mal, 45.
In the sense of the lines of the hand, the sillput
or markings are used in divination. Siput
retak sa-ribu: the lines on the fingers. Puntkor s.: the core of a whorl.
jtr seper or sipir. [Dutch: cifier.] A (cyphler,
cyphering; notation and numerationl.
jtr sepak. Kicking with the side of the foot;
knocking (ott of the way with the foot. Kena s.:
to be ignominiously kicked aside or discarded. Bunga di-sunting, perdu di-sepak buIEwanT: the flower is worn; the stalk is kicked
aside; the daughter is cherished for her beauty,
the mother cast aside; a proverbial description of the conduct of a bad son-in-law.
S. lang: a patch of hair left after shaving a
boy's head.
S. raga: the Malay football; a game of
skill consisting a keeping a sort of rough
ball of basket work in the air as long as possible, kicking it up again as it falls. See raga.
S. sila: kicking up with the inner side of
the foot.
S. singkor: kicking aside with the outer side
of the foot.
Kfmudi s.: a paddle-rudder (sometimes a
double-rudder) of the native type in contradistinction to a hinged rudder of the European
type (kemudi chawat).

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II. A well-known Sumatran State.
III. A kar siyak: a slender climber with
white flowers, physostelnia walliclii.
Siyak-siyak jantan: dianella ensifolia.
Siyak-siyak ritba: mapania huntilis.
sikat. A comb, a harrow; the process of
harrowing or combing. Di-sikat uleh permaisuiri indera ul/ kakanda: the queen combed
the head of her spouse; Ht. Koris.
Pinang sa-sikat, suis sa-belanga,
Tanda sa-pakat, makan sama-sama:
a bunch of bananas, a pot of milk,-friendship is shown in sharing them; the fare may
be humble, but to share it proves a kindly
heart; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 37.
Bersikat: combed, combing. Bersikat bermtinyak: combed and oiled, of a dandy;
Sh. Nas., 12. Ada yang tengah bersikat tidor
dEngan sikat-nya: some who were combing
themselves fell asleep comb in hand; Ht.
Ind. Menfg.
sikap. I. Pose, attitude, bearing. Sikapnya tiyada berlawan saperti Sang Drmnadewa
tatkala tirun dari keyangan: his bearing was
peerless, he was like the hero Darmadewa
descending from Indra's heaven; Cr. Gr., 78.
Sikap-nya saperti mambang: his pose was like
a fairy's; Ht. Pg. Ptg.
The form sigap is more common.
II. Bajt sikap: a coat (baju) with tight
sleeves; Ht. Abd., 419; Sh. Put. Ak., 14.
Also baju sekak.
III. Lang sikap: a small hawk.

sekak. See sikap, II.
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