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Ph LAPAH

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PALIPISAN,...

4ij pplapah. A flooring or partition of split
bamboos.
Pisau p.: (Kedah) a knife used for scraping
and cleaning hides.
A3G p6laga or pulaga. Bwahp.: the cardamom,
amomumn cardamomnum; Pel. Abd., I31; Sh.
Pant. Shl., 9.
Ikan p.: a smallfresh-water fish (unidentified).
$ p6lamin. A sleeping platform or large couch,
Ht. P. J. P. Also pelaminan, Ht. Sh. Kub.,5 p6lana. Pers. A saddle; Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht.
Ind. Nata; Ht. Hamz., 24; Ht. Abd., io6.
Berpelana: saddled; e. g., berpelana mas: with
a golden saddle, Ht. Sh. Berpelanakan: id.,
Ht. Sh. Kub.
Alas p.: a saddle-cloth; a numnah.
)L % pblawas. A kar plawas: a plant, calycopteris
floribunda.. N) p(lawan. A generic name given to a number
of trees yielding a hard and good timber;
tristania spp.
3'95~ pilawai. (Selangor.) A large tree, termenalia
- fcetidissima.!0 p6lahang. Gaping wide open.
_J.a. p6lahap. A gluttonous eater; gluttonous.
By pSl.bagai. Varied; of different kinds; all
sorts of. Cf. bagai.
5L.U ple'baya. (Kedah.) An executioner;= (Riau,
' Johor) pertanda.
c,., plat. [Dutch plaat.] A sort of thimble or
finger-plate used by sailmakers.
Jarump.: (Kedah) a pin;= (Riau, Johor)
jarum peniti.
-J^ p8lit. (Kedah.) A hanging fringe with a
saw-edged border; a long single tuft ending in
a point.
I: p61gting. I. A piece of bamboo on which: the thread is rolled up when weaving.
II. (Kedah.) Theft, stealing; to steal.
paltu. Auxiliary, assistant. P. shah bandar:
a Deputy Master Attendant.

# p6ltu. To draw upon a common fund or
joint account,-used of one partner drawing
from funds belonging to all.
p pl16chus. (Kedah.) To go somewhat wide
of a target, to miss. Tepelechus: missed.

)j p6ler. The male organs of generation.
Batang p.: the penis. Buwah p.: the testes.
P. itek: a screw.
P. kambing: the fruit of the plant heritiera
littoralis.
P. musang: a shrub, fagrcea auriculata.
J p$Ilas. I. To fasten together (in nautical
language); to tie; = hubong.
II. KIna mnmpenlas: (Kedah) to be stripped
of one's property as a woman married to a
husband who spends her money and divorces
her when it is exhausted, or as a partner in
business when his fellow partner spends the
common funds and dissolves the partnership.
From mstmpelas?
~L.5 pelasari or pulasari. A medicinal shrub,
alyxia sp. Also merpelas hari.
pbl.sat. To fly off, as a ball struck at an angle
by a stick,-a term used in playing buwah keras.
cJ., p616sit. Belalang pelesit: a small cricket or
grasshopper which enters houses at night and
is believed to be the visible form of a powerful
evil spirit. The spirit itself is said to be the
creation of sorcerers who send it into houses to
work their will..A palsu. [Port.falso.] False, forged, counterfeit,-of money, bank-notes, etc. The word
is also used (laki-laki palsu) of a woman in the
garb of a man; Sh. Panj. Sg.
pelang. Colouring when arranged in stripes.
Bandera berpelang tiga: a tricolour. Cf. pElangi
(a rainbow).
j p6langkeng. A "palanquin"; a covered
carriage. Kurong p.: one form of the cabin in
a native trading vessel.
a p6lenggas. A shelf where padi is stored.,j p.lenggap. A sleeping platform.
(T phlnggam. Marble or stone, the veining of
which offers a contrast of colour with the rest.
'4 pPlpah. The branch-leaf of trees of the palm
kind; the midrib of a palm-leaf. Pelepah bawah
luroh, pelcpah atas jangan geak: when the lower
palm-leaf falls let not the upper palm-leaves
laugh; when a man dies let not the survivors
be amused, their turn will come; Prov. Saperti
puchok dengan pelepah: like the shoot and the
leaf of the palm (which provide mutual
support); a useful alliance; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XI., 64.

v- p1lipisan. The temples (of the forehead).
P. kening: id., Ht. Mar. Mah.
i P1las tali pFmati buku,
Jangan behagi puncha terombak;
Belas hati bgrasa pilu,
7'rang chuwacha muram bUrtagak.

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