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0& pabeyan. [Jav., from beya, q. v.] A customhouse, a wharf; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 14.
\ p6ta. I. [Skr. patta.] A sketch-plan; a
design; a drawing; a portrait or pictured
representation; to draw, delineate, or design.
Gambar itu beharu di-peta: that picture is newly
drawn; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Petakan: to make a picture or sketch-plan
of anything. Di-dalam hati sudah di-petakan:
pictured in the heart; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 33.
I I. Pita ra'na: see peterana.
1 pbtaramn. A small keris or knife; also peteranm,
q.v.
5; ptaka. [ Skr. pdtaka. ] Misfortune, calamity.
Usually pestaka, q. v.
J\A' p6tala. [Skr. pdtdla.] A fold; a layer; a
stratum;-used of the seven folds of heaven
(tujoh petala langit) and of the seven folds of I
the earth (tuijoh petala bumi). An account of
these folds is found in the Bustdnu's-sdlatzit,
Book I.
1*> ptaling. A tree yielding a good timber,
ochanostachys amentacea.
P. ayer: a tree, tachynocarpus wallichii.
P. tandok: a shrub, aporosa praineana.
cjA p6tani. The name of a state on the East
- coast of the Malay Peninsula; "Patani.",j. petir. A clap of thunder; thunder; Sej. Mal.,
152; Ht. Abd., 363, 370. Bunyi p.: the sound
of thunder.
Batu p.: fossil stone weapons. Also batu
lintar.
V^ putera, or (Kedah) p6t6ra. [Skr. putra: a
son.] A child of a royal house, a prince; a
son (of a prince). Putera bendahara: the son
of the Bendahara; Pel. Abd., I7. Cf. puteri.
Berputera: to be delivered of a son or daughter (of a queen); to be possessed of a son.
Empat b.: with three sons; Sh. A. R. S. J.,
B. ginpat: to have four sons. Berputerakan:
to give birth to a son or daughter (of a queen);
Ht. Gul. Bak., 58.
Keputeraan: the position of a prince.
Pakaiyan k.: princely attire; Ht. Perb. Jaya.
xL.Ao' p6terabang. An ornament mentioned in old
romances.
\f. p6tmrana. [Skr. prastarana: a cushioned
seat.] A seat near the throne; a bench used
by princes of the blood; the bench on which
the bride and bridegroom sit in state at a

wedding; Ht. Ind. Meng.
P. lawangan: the forehatch in a Malay ship.
This word is pronounced peta ra'na in Kedah
and is sometimes written petara'na (Ht. Ind.
Meng.) or petaratena (Ht. Sh. Kub.).

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ptras. (Kedah.) Boasting,pride, arrogance;
from tras? Tunjok p.: to brag.
pataranggas. (Kedah.) An evil spirit believed by Malays to take the form of a woman.
It is believed to be generated by the flow
(ayer tentuban) at childbirth, and not to be the
actual spirit of a woman who dies in or before
childbirth (langsuwir). Cf. tuntiyanak.

p6t6ram. A dagger used by women in Java;
'' Ht. Sh. Also petaram.
J10,t ptrum. Ubat petrum: powder in cartridge
f' for use with artillery; Ht. Raj. Don., I7;
cartridges generally.
U \ * putarwali. A kar jutarwali: a medicinal plant
~.~ (lepidagathis longifolia?); also called akar
seruntum.
LVI pat6ri. Solder; v. dJ'
L.- puteri or (Kedah) p6teri. [Skr. putri: a
daughter.] The daughter of a prince, a princess,
a fairy. Tuwan.: a princess. P. gunong
ledang: the fairy of Mt. Ophir.
P. inalu: the "modest princess;" a name
given to the sensitive plant.
Bunga p.: a flower (grammatophyllum speciosum?)
Buroqg sepah p.: a bird (unidentified); Ht.
Ind. Meng.
Daun p.: a plant (mussoenda frondosa?)
Puting p.: a cockle-shell.
ptas. I. A disturbance in water caused by
little bubbles coming to the surface.
II. [Onom.? or Eng. petards?] Crackers,
noisy fireworks. Memasangp.: to fire crackers;
Ht. Abd., 292, 293.
III. Beras-petas: (Riau, Johor) all kinds of
rice, rice generally; (Kedah) beras keretas.
IV. Onom. A sound such as that of a man
cracking his whip.
_; pFtang. Afternoon, evening. P. hari: late in
Le the day. Kepetangan: overtaken by evenfall;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 101. Petang-petang: evening
after evening; every evening; Ht. Abd., 36., p6iting. I. A jerk with the thumb and finger
or with the tips of the fingers; jerking away
(a small object).
II. Tepeting-peting: (Kedah) showing oneself off in public; self-display; swagger.
patpat. Patpat lang: a children's game in
which the players stand one behind the other,
each child holding the one in front by the
waist. In Kedah the word is pronounced
pa'pa'-lang.,. p6tek. Plucking, picking, gathering; drawing
away anything held between finger and thumb;
touching the strings of a musical instrument

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