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GARI [ 559 1 GALANG

GARI

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GALANG

Garu-garu: an itchy feeling; Muj., 27.
Mbnggaru: to scratch; Sh. A. R. S. J., 5;
Ht. Best.; Ht. Kal. Dam., 298. Menggarugarii: to keep scratching; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
Ti6.
PtInggaru: a harrow, a scraper; Cr. Gr., 41.
II. A variant of gcharu, q. v.
gari. I. Handcuffs.
11. Malau gari: (Kedah) sealing-wax; v.
alkari.
gasang. Incontinence; lustful excitement;
impetuosity.
O gasing. A spinning-top; Ht. Ind. Meng.;
Ht. Hamz., 47; Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Put.
Ak., 22. Also (colloquially) gegasing... gasak. Striking; a blow. G. lari: (slang) to
take oneself off, to " clear out; " Bint. Tim.,
23 cb. land 4 April, 1895.
\ \S gasal. (Kedah.) Odd, uneven, -of numbers;
= (Rila, Johor) ganjil. Emtpat gasal, lima
gCnap: four is odd and five even; white is
black; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., 151.
J\ gapil. iMeggapil: to carry off something
unintentionally or uinconisciously; (colloquially)
to give unnecessary but well-meant advice,
to interfere with other people's work in a
well-meant but indiscreet way.
4\( gapah. Gopoh-gapah: very great haste; hurry
scurry; an intensitive of gopoh, q. v.; Sh.
Ka;lmnl. 1Boy., 2.
' gagang. The stalk or stem of a flower or
leaf. Sirch pulang ka-gagang: a sireh leaf
restored to its stem; a scoundrel sent back to
his i prper surroundings after temporary disrtinction; Prov., J. S. A. S., XI., 63..l* 'gagap. Stammering, stuttering; an impediment in speech. Orang, g.: a stammerer.
jLO gagak. The Malayan crow; Sej. Mal., 15I;
lit. Ioris; Ht. Sh. Kub. Burong gagak itu
jikalan di-lmandikan dingan ayer ttwar tiyada
akiln itnjadi pilteh bitl-n1ya: you may wash a
crow with rosewater but its feathers will never
become white; Prov., Ht. Abd., 132. Burong
gagak pulang ka-bcnuw'a: a crowr that has
returned to his own country (as black as
when he left it); a man to whom travel brings
no wkisdom; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., 139.

j 5gagau. Groping or feeling about for something unseen; searching for anything by
means of the sense of touch and not of the
sense of vision; Sh. Abd. Mk., 71.
Gagan is also a word of command given to
an elephant to order him to pick up anything
fallen on the ground.

\05 gagah. Valour, pluck, firmness, courage;
force, compulsion. Pahlawan yang gagal: a
valiant warrior; Sej. Mal., 7. Gagah perkasa:
valiant and strong. 'Ilitngagah: the magic
art of courage; acquaintance with courageinspiring talismans; Ht. Abd., 154.
Orang TEnau imudek bcrgalah,
Tukar chuka denganl padi;
Orang ta'-mahu, jangan gagah;
Sanma sllka beharu jadi:
when one is unwilling use no compulsion,
both must be willing before it can take
place.
Gagahi: to bring pressure to bear; to force
by menaces; Ht. Abd., 416; Sej. Mal., 76.
Mnggalgahi: id.; Ht. Abd., 410; Sh. Abd.
Mk., 71. Biebrapa pun di-gagahi-nya diri-nya
ittu hendak lari iya tiyada juga beruleh lari lagi
however much he tried to force himself to run
he could not manage to run; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Gagah is sometimes used as a simple future,
= hendak. Pre~nmpuwan yang gagat beanak: a
woman about to be confined; Muj., 60.
" gala. I. Tiyada brgala: unlimited, unbounded, unqualified; utterly. Suka-nya hati tiyada
bergala: his pleasure was unbounded; Sh.
Kumb. Chumb., 14. Luloh lantak segala
tliang-nya tiyada bergala lagi: his bones were
crushed, they were utterly crushed; Ht.
Hamz., 15.
II. Gala-gala: a mixture of resin and pitch
used for caulking boats. Also gecala.
)\ galir. I. Flowing or running rapidly but
unevenly; running loosely as a wheel which
is not exactly at right angles to its axle.
Perkataan yang galir: fluent but foolish
speech. Cf. alir.
II. Kain galir: the curtain used in a
puppet-show (wayang kulit).
)\~ galor. Furrow; channel; the path followed
by the current of a stream. Cf. alor.
Ombak g.: waves bounding back from a cliff;
waves thrown back in the direction from
whicl they came.
Sutsor g.: investigation of the source of anything; historical or antiquarian research.
\~ t galas. Carrying on the back when a sash or
support is used; carrying a child in a cloth or
sarong slung on the back; a sort of basket of
open work used for carrying things on the
back. 'iyada beban batu di-galas: having no
burden, he carries a stone on his shoulder;
making unnecessary work; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
I. 95.
MAcfggalas: to carry in a sling or sack over the
shoulder; Sh. Raj. Haji, I86.

galang. A cross-bar or beam; the bars of a
door or window; the rollers on which a boat
rests when hauled up on shore, Ht. Mar.
Mah.; a bar interposed as a protection against
a descending blow or against pressure from
above.

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