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PUJA

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PUWAR

s - - L ~ ~ - I - - c l ',9 puta. [Skr. pajd.] Prayer, adoration,-used
of therites performed before the old Hindu
divinities, and of the rites still performed
before spirits, haunted localities (v. puwaka),
etc. The word is also used of prayers uttered
by divinities themselves over an object to
effect its transformation, as in the story of the
creation of Dermadewa and Dermadewi from,
buds of the nagasari flower; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Memuja: to utter these prayers, Ht. Ind.
Meng., Sh. Kub. M. berata: to worship idols.
'. ^ ppujut. To strangle; Kl. A variant of kujut,
q. v.
~J'.9 pujok. Coaxing, wheedling, flattery; v. bujok,
of which it is a variant. Pujokkan: to coax,
to flatter; Sh. Bid., 46. Memujok: id.; Ht.
Gul. Bak., Io1.
Manis sunggoh tebu sa-blrang,
Dari akar samnpai ka-puchok;
Manis sunggoh mulut orang,
Kgna tipu di-dalam pujok:
truly sweet is the sugar-cane of Province
Wellesley, sweet from its root to its highest
point; sweet indeed can the mouth of man be
when we submit to being deceived by flattering
words.?.. puji. Praise, laudation.
Puji-pujiyan: praises; the complimentary
phrases at the commencement of a Malay
letter (Ht. Abd., 124); songs of praise. Kitdb
puji-pujiyan: a hymn book; Ht. Abd., 450.
Pujikan:to utter praise (to God); Ht. Gul.
Bak., 75.
Me-muji: to praise; to declare praiseworthy;
to flatter; to compliment. Tiyada iyanmahu
mnemuji tulisan-ku: he did not wish to praise
my handwriting; Ht. Abd., 39. Menmuji diri:
to praise oneself.
Tgrpuji: praised; complimented; well spoken
of. Supaya terpuji nama-nya kapada Kompeni:
that his name might be in good odour with the
Government; Ht. Abd., 330.
c-. puchat. Pallor. Maka jikalau sehaya
mernnchgriterakan sakaliyan-nya neSschaya puchatlah muka orang yang birbuwat pgrkara yang
demikiyan: were I to relate everything the faces
of those who perpetrate these things would
be pale indeed (with anger and shame);
Pel. Abd., 24. P. leci: bloodless (of pallid
cheeks); Ht. Sh. Kub. Also P. lesu; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 73, 78.
P. manai: pallor caused by inflammation; the
colour of inflamed flesh.

P. perang: pale red; the pallor of a dark skin
in disease; Sh. May., 5.
I:A puchang. The areca palm, K1. (quoting Sh.
t-v - Ken. Tab.). l

vr.9 puchong. I. Burong puchong: the purple
heron, ardea manillensis; Ht. Raj. Sul., 6.
II. (Singapore.) An uncomplimentary nickname given to Chinese who have been
converted to Muhammadanism.
' pochak. A (Kedah) variant of ponchak, q. v.
A..p puchok. I. A young shoot, a sprouting
branch; the highest point of a (growing) tree; a
numeral coefficient, v. infra. Puchok di-chinta
ulam mendatang: to have a craving for young
(bamboo) shoots just as the fruit arrives; to want
something and get more than you hoped for;
Prov., J. S. A. S., II., I48. Sapgrti puchokyang
layu di-siram hujan: (reviving) like a fading
shoot when washed by the rain; Prov., Ht.
Perb. Jaya.
P. api: the shooting points of flame in a fire.
P. rebong: (i) the edible young shoots of the
bamboo; (2) a pattern, chevrons, herring-boning.
Mati p.: sexual impotence in the male.
Tikar p.: a mat made of young mengkuwang
shoots and of very superior quality.
Ular p.: a venomous snake; lachesis sp.?
As a numeral coefficient the word puchok is
used with words signifying firearms (Ht.
Abd., o06) and letters (Ht. Abd., 102, 270;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 36, 75).
II. A medicinal drug imported from China,
the root of a plant of the radish type.
l^ pudat. To stuff away anything carelessly
into a drawer or bag; shoving a thing out of
the way; full (of a dirty-clothes' basket, etc.).
A) pudar. Dim-looking, faded,-of the eyes.
Used to describe the eyes of a sick or dying
man when the brightness has left them.
Puchat p.: pale in cheek and lustreless in eye.
0^^ puding. A common cultivated plant with
variegated leaves; the garden croton, codiceum
variegatnm.
P. hutan: taberncemontana nalaccensis.
A kar p. imba: ampelocissus cinnamomea.,) podak, or (Kedah) pudak. Pandanp.: the
plant, pandanus inermis; Sh. Pant. Shl., 14;
Sh. Raj. Haji.
L5Sj podi, or (Kedah) pudi. Tam. The dust of
gems; very small gems used in large numbers
as a setting or to give a glittering appearance to
a piece of jewellery; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Sh. Abd.
Mk., 27; Sh. Sri Ben., 75. Intan p.: diamond
dust; small diamonds used in quantities.

Paspa-podi: small gems of different kinds set
together; Ht. Sh. Kub. Rempahp.: a mixture
of spices.
A;, puwar. Pokok puwar, or pokok puwar-puwar:
a plant, amomum cardamomum.

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