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j9!.3 parap. I. The act of striking a blow hammer-wise with the side of the closed fist.
MAnarap: to strike a blow in this way. Diparap-nya biram Koris Mengindra: he struck
heavily at the elephant of Koris Mengindra;
Ht. Koris.
Pnmarap: the lower part of the fist.
II. [Vulgar.] To guzzle, to gorge.,). parak. [Arab. p: space between.] Separating; placing a barrier between; drawing a
line between;-used especially of the separation of the sexes at wedding and other
festivities.
\ parek I. Memarek: to stoke up a fire; KI.,
Pijn.
II. Porak-parek: helter-skelter, as the flight
of a defeated army; Ht. Ism. Yat., 75; in
confusion or disorder, of a house; Ht. Abd.,
448.
\; parok. (Kedah.) A coco-nut rasp; =parut,
II., q. v.
p i\ param. Pnra-paran: a medicinal powder
or ointment rubbed on a woman's body after
confinement. Also called peparam, or bjdak
panas.
\) parau. Harshness or hoarseness of the voice,
as after much talking. Dan inyawa-ku jangan
tmeragam, menjadi parau suwara yang melrdu:
do not speak (sorrowfully), my soul; do not
let your sweet voice become harsh with
utterance; Ht. Sh. Kub. Cf. also Sh. Bid., 33.
\)S paro. Sa-paro: a half. Also sa-paroh; v. paroh.
)U paru. I. Paru-paru: the lungs; (also) the
gills of a fish. Also peparu.
II. Paru-paru: sweet fritters sold by pedlars
in the Singapore streets.,o parah. Severe or deadly, of a wound. Luka
yang parah: a grievous wound; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 85.
o)\) pareh. The dealing of cards, the throwing of
dice; the casting of lots. Also (Selangor)
paris.
0)\O paroh. I. The beak of a bird. MAenyenbah
pulad dengant paroh-nya dan kaki-nya: it made
its salutation with its beak and talons (i.e.
covering its beak with its talons); Ht. Mar.
Mah.
Pokok paroh: a plant, elceocarpus parvifolius.
Pokok paroh enggcang: elceocarpus stipularis.

II. Sa-paroh: one half; a portion approximately equal to one half. Hati-ku pun berbelah,
sa-paroh hekndak jadi baik dan sa-paroh takut:
my heart was split in two, half of it desiring
a cure and the other half fearing (the remedy);
Ht. Abd., 298.

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pari. I. Ikan pari (or simply pari ): the skate
or ray. Menikam p.: to spear the skate; Ht.
Sh. Kub. Kikir p.: a skate-skin grater; a
type of a skin-flint; see J. S. A. S., II., I50.
Sengat p.: the sting of the ray, marked by the
existence of three barb-like points (sonak).
Lenbing setgat p.: a spear with three barbs
arranged one below the other. Buloh sengatp.:
a Malacca cane with a ridge somewhat
resembling the tail of the ray. Siyang jadi yu,
mnalarn jadi pari: a shark by day, a skate by
night; a sleeping-mat which is rolled up by
day and spread out by night.
Bintang p.: the Southern Cross.
Panggang p.: (I) the cooking of the pari; (2)
to sail before the wind with two triangular
sails on the mast instead of one,-each sail
being on a different side of the mast, the wind
permitting it; (3) "under full sail," a description of a man or woman "sailing" down the
street in gorgeous clothing.
Teempat bernaung p.: "the place where the
Great Ray takes shelter;" Sh. I. M. P., I3.
The Malays believe in the existence of a
leviathan ray which answers in many respects
to our sea-serpent. It is believed to dwell
under a gigantic sea-mushroom (chendawan).
The principal varieties of the ray or skate
recognized by Malays are: p. beting, p. bilis,
p. dedap, p. lang, p. lumut, p. pnaksa, p. pauh, and
p. rimau..Or pasar.
place.

[Pers. )j,.] A bazaar; a market-,.A, pasir. Sand; "sands," in the sense of banks
of sand. P. panjang: a long stretch of sandy
beach.
Gula p.: sugar in minute grains, in contradistinction to lump sugar; IIt. Abd., 308.
Ikan p.: a kind of whiting.
Ibu p.: coarse-grained sand; Ht. Abd., I66.
Mas p.: gold dust; better mas urai.
Rumput p.: a common weed; adenostemma
viscosum.
Pasiran: the sands; the sandy portion of
any place; Sh. Abd. Mk., io8.
pasang. I. A pair, a couple. Ada-pun iya
sa-pasang; sa-ekor jantan, sa-ekor betina: they
formed a pair; one male and one female; Ht.
Abd., 90. Kasut sa-pasang: a pair of boots;
Ht. Abd., 33.
II. Ayer pasang: the tidal flow; flood tide;
Ht. Abd., 225.
P. anak: neap tide.
P. bah: unusual tidal flood causing
inundation.
P. besar: spring tide.
P. kechil: neap tide. Also p. anak.
P. keling: an exceptionally high spring tide.
P. pernama: tides at the full moon.
Bunga p.: the first of the flood.
PInoh p.: full tide; the full rush of the tide.

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