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) T The letter gd; the twenty-sixth letter of the
Malay alphabet; the symbol for the number
600ooo in the Abjad, q. v.
f ga. The name of the letter -
\ gabar. (Penang.) Boasting, boastful; (Kedah)
tPkabar; (Arab.) takabbur.
t,.. gabas. Coarse, rough (of work done).
c.S gabus. I. Kayu gabus:a soft wood used in
' ship building; soft wood generally; also
(Kedah) kayu pegabus. Pisai g.: a knife
used for cutting soft wood; a knife with a very
keen edge; (by extension) sharpening. 1
11. Ikan gabus: a fish, ophicephalus, sp..(S gabok. Unwieldy build or bulk; obesity;
heavy-bodied, of a short thick animal. Biyawak
g., or (Kedah) bewak g.: a short and broad
variety of the monitor-lizard.
\~. gatal. The sensation of itchiness; itching;
(by metaphor) lustful, lascivious. Gigi beta
sangat gatal-nya: there is a very itchy feeling
abolt my teeth; Ht. Mar. Mah. Raja China
pun sakit gatal: the Emperor of China fell ill
of the itch; Sej. Mal., I57. Siapa gatal diyalah garv: whoever is itchy will be the man to
scratch himself; whoever is guilty will take
offence at my remarks; Prov. Sentut gatal nak,grungtgong glunong, sa-bagai-mana duntya ta'-sullyi:
the ants are itching to carry off the mountains,
how comes it that the world is not a desert?
-a proverbial expression ridiculing absurd
presumption.
liiyang g.: extreme itchiness or lascivi(osness: an intensitive of gatal.
\,( gajus. The cashew, anacarditum occidentale.
Also (Kedah) jangguis; (Riau) jambu mouonyet;
(Achin) jamnbu bersin; etc.
4gaS gajah. Skr. The elephant; the bishop (in
the game of chess); a descriptive adjective
meaning "large" when applied to the names
of varieties of plants. Saperti gajah masok
kampong: like an elephant entering a hamlet
(and doing much damage); Prov. Gajal sa-ekor,
gembala duwa: an elephant with two mahouts;
Cf. the pantun:Scmbor ka-luwar berebus-riebs,
Habis nmerchek sa-rata-rata;
Barang tumpul baik di-gabus,
Sunggoh ta'-kilat tajam mata.

a girl with two lovers; Prov. Tebu masok
muitt gajah: sugar cane entering an elephant's
mouth (and not likely to come out again);
rushing to certain destruction; Prov. Gajah
teruml tengah runah: an elephant lying down
in a house; a bed and mosquito-net in a room;
Prov. Gajah nmati tulang sa-timbunl; when an
elephant dies its bones make a heap; when
a house- falls its woodwork forms a heap;
Prov. Tiyada-kah gajah dapat ka-tangan
nanusiya: does not even an elephant fall into
the hands of men; nothing is impossible to
enterprise and daring; Prov. Tudong bangkai
gajah dengan nyiru: to cover the carcase of an
elephant with a sieve (in the hope of hiding it);
a hopeless enterprise; Prov.
G. berjuwang: a fighting elephant.
G. alang a tame elephant.
G. mn2etyusu: a covered way between a house
and its outbuildings.
G. n1eta: a rogue elephant.
G. mina: (literally) a fish elephant; a leviathan; a whale.
Bergajah: mounted on an elephant.
Berjuwangkan g.: to make one's elephant
fight or charge.
Hikmatg.: the magic art of catching elephants.
Also 'i/lmu g.
Main g.: to play chess. Also main gajahgajahan.
gaji I. [Eur.? J Wages, salary; Ht. Abd.,
86, 225, 342; Sh. Jur. Bud., 40. Orang g.:
servant; a paid employe. Makan g.: (Straits
Settlements) to be in the pay of.
II. Gaji-gaji: a saw. More commonly
gergaji, or gaji-gaji.
\ gada. [Skr. gadd.] A club, a mace; an
obsolete weapon mentioned in ancient
romances; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Abd. Mk., 18; etc.
\( gadis. A maiden, a spinster, a young unmarried girl; a Sumatran equivalent for anak
dara. Gadis sudah berlaki: a married maiden;
a girl who has been seduced; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
II., 144. Ahli g.: the relatives of the girl
(bride); Simb. Ch. (Laws of Palembang), I3.
Kayu g.: a medicinal plant, cinnamomum
parthenoxylon.

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