A Malay-English dictionary,

PILEH

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4.X pileh. Choice, selection, discrimination.
Pileh pileh ruwas, terpileh pada buku: in discriminating between pieces (of sugar-cane
between the joint) you may get left with the
(inedible) joint itself; to be too particular
often leads to one getting nothing; Prov.
Hamba. ini salah pNmileh: I have made a bad
choice; Sh. Ungg. Bers., 8.
Pilehanh: selection. Orangp.: picked men.
4 pili. [Tamil? ] Pili ayer: a water-tap.
O^ pena. Eur. A pen.
i tpina. Pina-pina: an edible plant, plukenetia
corniculata. Siput pina-pina: a shell, the outer
side of which is covered with spikes.
pinis. Eng. A pinnace.
" pinang. The areca-nut, areca catechu. Bagai
L pinang di-belah duwa: like a betel-nut cut in
two (the two parts exactly fitting each other);
a proverbial simile for a suitable combination.
Bagai pinang muda di-belah duwa: like a young
betel-nut cut in two; id., Ht. Mas Ed. By
an extension of meaning to the person who
brings young people of opposite sexes together,
the expression pinang mnuda has an objectionable signification attached to it; Pel. Abd., 8i;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 55.
In compounds pinang may either refer to the
various trees resembling the pinang palm, or to
the various conditions of the nut and ways of
preparing it for consumption. The following
belong to the former category.
P. boreng: pinanga malayana. P. boreng padi:
pinanga disticha.
P. kaki pelandok p: inanga polymorpha.
P. loyar: a cudgel; it is obtained from a small
tree, the root of which serves as a knob and
the stem of which serves as a handle for the
cudgel.
P. raja: the red stemmed palm, cyrtostachys
lacca.
Rumnput p.: a grass, mariscus umbellatus.

KASID
The following words have reference to the
fruit of the areca-nut palm:
P. awa: betel-nut prepared for consumption
by having the top sliced off and the rest divided
into four parts and dried.
P. jerekat: (Riau, Johor) unripe betel-nut;
also ( Kedah) p. kachat.

P. kutai: dried betel-nut.
P. lechak: betel-nut when fresh and juicy.
P. ukup: betel-nut perfumed by incensesmoke.
Bekas p.: a betel-nut box.
The use of the areca-nut as a ceremonial gift
on the occasion of a formal proposal of
marriage has led to the word pinang being
used with the meaning " to ask in marriage."
MIminang: id. Bagai kapak masok mSminang:
like an axe undertaking marriage negotiations,
-a rough instrument being used for exceptionally delicate work; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
III., 24. Tebuwan me;ninang anak lelaba:
the hornet asking for the spider's daughter
in marriage,-a ridiculously inappropriate
request; Prov. Pipit nak meminang anak
enuggang: the sparrow wishes to ask the
horn-bill's daughter in marriage;-a similar
proverb. Peminangan: a formal proposal of
marriage; Ht. Mar. Mah.
_. pinak. A nak Pinak: descendants, family.
-9 piyutang. See hutang.:A piyah. A small coin, = i mayaam. Cf. piyak.
piyoh. I. Terpiyoh: knotted or twisted, of
roots; involved, of a cause of dissension.
II. Buwah piyoh: a fruit (unidentified);
Pel. Abd., 78.
i pehak. Side. P. kepala: the side of the head.

Tuwan-hamba jamu hamba dan saudara hamba
pada pehak igama: you, Sir, are my guest
and my brother on the side of our common
religion; Ht. Kal. Dam., 234.
p@ny6ngat. A wasp; from sengat, q. v..

p6nyu.

The green turtle, chelone mydas; see

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The letter kdf; the twenty-fourth letter of
the Malay alphabet; the equivalent of the
number ioo in the abjad, q. v..\ k&f. I. The name of the letter 3'
II. Arab. The name of a gigantic mountain
which, according to Muhammadan belief,
keeps the earth in position.

kUrfdn. Arab. Korah; according to the
Muhammadans, a man famous for his wealth.
This wealth being supposed to be buried in
the earth is much sought after by the help of
wizards.
kUsid. Arab. A messenger; a delegate.
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