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PANTAI [ 472 ] PNJURIT

PANTAI

[ 472 ]

PbNJURIT

A.;o^ pantai. A beach; the sea-shore. Di-tgpi p.:
by the edge of the beach. Orang p.: coast
dwellers, as opposed to orang darat, dwellers
in the interior. Lobok jadi pantai, pantai jadi
lobok: the ocean hollows become beaches and
beaches become hollows; a reversal of all
things; Prov.
Berpantaikan: having a beach of. Lautan
madu berpantaikan sagar: an ocean of honey
with a beach of sugar (a world of sweetness);
Ht. Koris.
Pantai is also used metaphorically of the
edge of a forest (pantai suwata hutan); Ht. Gul.
Bak., 82.
punti. I. Ikanpunti-punti: a fish (unidenti-l> fied).
II. B wahpunti; a fruit (unidentified).
III. Ularpunti: a snake; bungarus fasciatus?I,;t pontiyanak or puntiyanak. An evil spirit
believed to be created by the blood shed in
child-birth if that blood is not carefully
removed and buried. This spirit is believed to
assume the form of a small child. The evil
spirits known as bajang, pataranggas, and
pontiyanak, though created by child-birth,
are not the ghosts of either mother or child
(who may both survive); the langsuwir, however,
pre-supposes the death of the woman and is
a ghost proper.
panja. The name given to a large image of a
human hand, the hand of Hasan (grandson
of Muhammad). This iscarried about Penang
at the Muharram to excite people.. p6njagap. A Malay fighting vessel with
~ * peculiarly adorned bows. P. kepala kakatuwa,
and p. pagar tenggalong: varieties of this kind
of ship.
9\ p6njara. [ Skr. panjdra. ] A prison. Terpenjara: imprisoned. Pinjarakan: to imprison;
Ht. Abd., 2I4. Mempenjarakan: id.; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 73.:.? panjut. I. Tipped with white, marked with
a white spot (believed to be lucky). The
word is used of dogs and buffaloes the tails
of which are tipped with white, of a keris with
a lucky white mark on it, etc.; Ht. Sr. Rama
(Maxw.), II.
II. Seluwar panjang-panjut: trousers tight
at the ankles and wide above..i panjat. To climb (trees, trunks, ropes,
masts, etc.). This word is not used of
climbing hills or ladders (naik), or scaling
walls (ragang), or of passing from branch to
branch of a tree (mbniti). Panjatkan: id.
Memanjat: id.; Ht. Abd., 28; Ht. Gul.

Bak., 89.
I Ular punti badan-nya muntoh,
Rupa-nya hitam bPlang kuning;
Malam bNrjalan siyang mengantok
Jangan mudah di-achan main.

ponjot or punjut. To tie up the corners
of a handkerchief or the loose ends of a piece
of cloth so as to constitute a little sack; to
fold up.
panjar. Earnest-money; = chngkieram.
panjang. Length; long; tall, of people.
'Umur p.: long life. Berapa panjang-nya: how
long is it? Sa-panjang jalan: all along the
road; Ht. Abd., 4. Sa-panjang-panjangjalan:
id.; Ht. Abd., 269. Menarek nafas panjang:
to draw a long breath; Ht. Abd., 364.
Rumah p.: ( Singapore) a brothel,-from
the name of the locality in which the
prostitutes were originally located.
Siput p.: a shell (unidentified).
Tinkap p.: the window running along the
verandah (serambi jatoh) of a Malay house.
Panjangkan: to lengthen. Metmanjangkan:
id. Tiyada-lah hamba mnemanjangkan cheritera:
I will not lengthen out the story; Sh. Put.
Ak., 2I.
Berpanjangan: for a lengthy period; at great
length. Hati-ku rosak berpanjangan: my heart
is broken for ages to come; Ht. Koris; cf. also
Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 7.
Panjang is also used as a familiar name
(timang-timangan); v. anjang. It is given to
the fourth or fifth child in a family.
punjong. An arch of lattice work for trailing
plants to form an arbour.
panjak. The man who plays the drum at a
ma'yong; a drummer; a gamelan player, Ht.
Mas. Ed., Sh. Panj. Sg. (gamelan di-palu uleh
panjak-nya).
pinjul. (Kedah.) To throw in one over and
above the proper number; to give or count
one too many.
pinjam. Loan, lending. Pinjaman: a loan;
Ht. Abd., 231. Negeri dunya ini negeri
pinjaman: the kingdoms of this world are only
lent us for a time (they are not eternal like
the kingdom of God); Ht. Hamz., 25. Minta
pinjam: borrowing. B~ri pinjam: giving in
loan. Meminjam: to have in loan, i.e. to lend
out (one's own money) or borrow (that of
others) according to the context. Meminjam
perkataan behasa lain-lain: to borrow words
from other languages; Ht. Abd., 344.

-. p6njam. To close the eyes; a variant
r 0 pejam, q. v. Di-penjarmkan matanya:
closed his eyes; Ht. Ind. Meng.

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panju. (Penang.) A handkerchief, towel or
napkin.
ponjurit. A warrior, a plunderer, a thief.
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