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' pitan. Hilang-pintang: altogether lost; an
intensitive of hilang.
'x pontang or puntang. Pontang-panting:
stretched about all over the place.
cP punting. A variant ofputing, q. v.
'm. puntong. A stump; a half burnt log; the fag
end of a cigar or any cylindrical object. Salambak-lambak puntong di-dapor di-tiyup
bernyala juga: however carelessly heaped up
the half-burnt logs may be, you have only to
blow on them and they will flare up; Prov.,
Ht. Gh. Di-bakar melilit puntong: burn it and
it winds round the firewood (so as to put it
out); he is a man who will not take an injury
quietly; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 36. Padam
menyala tarek puntong: when the blaze is
extinguished you can withdraw the log;
when my life leaves me then only will you get
possession of me; Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV., I I.
Tarek puntong padam-lah bara: withdraw the
log, the embers are burnt out; you can do what
you like, the danger is past; Prov.
Harimau puntong perum: a variety of the
black panther.
4;^ pantak. Forcing a stick into a hole, driving
a nail into a wall, forcing a long body of any
sort into a narrow aperture.
Jc$p pantek. I. Striking together two hard substances such as flint and steel. Pe-mantek api:
a flint and steel for kindling a light.
II. (Singapore.) A variant of pantat, q. v.
P. indok: a gross insult;= pantat ibu.
3 pantok. The combing on a Malay halfdecked boat.
J3 pantul. Pantul balek: to rebound, to bound
back.
pintal. To twine, as in the process of making
rope. Rumput dengan kebanyakan di-pintalkannya kaki gajah pun dapat di-jtratkan: even
grass, if twined into rope in sufficient quantity,
may go so far as to trap an elephant by the
leg; Ht. Kal. Dam., 314.
A wan p.: a rope-like pattern carved in
wood; spiral carving.
V puntal. To coil rope round the hand so as to
get a good grip of it; to screw round the end
of a piece of cloth as in wringing.
'>; pantilun. Eng. Pantaloons, trousers.

pantun. A simile, a proverbial saying; (by
extension) a quatrain, the first line of which
rhymes with the third and the second with
the fourth. In Sumatra sa-pantun is used
where saperti would be used in the Peninsula,

and the word sa-pantun occurs in this sense in
Sha"'r Jubili Melaka. In some romances (e.g.,
the Ht. Hg. Tuw., and Ht. Hamz.) the word
pantun is used with the meaning of " proverbial
saying" (umpamaan); in other romances it is
confined in use to the well-known quatrains.
The connection would appear to be in the use
of proverbial sayings meaningless in themselves, but used as the equivalents of intelligible
sayings rhyming with them; e.g., sudah geharu
chendana pula being used for sudah tahu
bertanya pula. The transition from "proverbs "
of this sort (based on sound) to proverbial
rhymes would be simple.
Pantunkan: to render proverbial; to make
a pantun of; Sej. Mal., 82.
Berpantun: to utter a pantun. Berpantunpantun: id. (frequentative); Ht. P. J. P.
P pantau. I. Menantau: to "look up" a
person; to visit.
II. (Kedah.) A sort of rack for sticks, etc.
y;. pintau. The name of a small bird
(unidentified). Also pitau.
P pintu. A door, a gate, an entrance. Di-muka
p.: at the entrance; in front of the door.
Penunggu p.: a porter; Ht. Sg. Samb. Satu
pintu kalau tertutup sa-puloh pintu lagi terbuka:
shut one door and you will find ten others
open; this is a thing which you cannot keep
secret; Prov.
P. ambang: a light framework of wood
covered with cloth used as a door when the
real door is too heavy or clumsy for constant
opening and shutting. It does not cover the
whole doorway. See ambang.
P. ayer: a water gate; a sort of lock.
P. gerebang, or kerebang: a main gate or
entrance; (by metaphor) toothless, of a man.
P. jandela: a long window reaching to the
floor and partly closed by a balustrade.
P. kambi: a light door, like the p. ambang,
but reaching to the floor.
P. lawang: a gate.
P. maling: a backdoor without a staircase
to it; Ht. Sri. Rama, Ht. Mar. Mah.
P. mati: a door permanently nailed up.
P. natang: (Kedah) a form of the p. maling.
P. salah: a window in the centre of the wall
of a palace.
P. scrambi: a door leading from the verandah
to the central room of a Malay house.
fenang p.: the door-posts.
Penebus p.: a sort of fine paid by a bridegroom
to the bride's friends in order to secure
admission to her house.

a4 puntoh. A broad gold bracelet worn on the
upper arm; Ht. Koris; Ht. Sh.; Ht. Bakht.,
io; Ht. Sh. Mard.; Ht. Perb. Jaya.

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