A Malay-English dictionary,

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G]iD~IMBAI 1[ 5
-* g6d6mbai or gbdumbai. (Kedah.) The
name of a great magician; (Riau, Johor)
Sang Kelembai. Mulut hang lebeh daripada
gede'mbai: your mouth is more than a wonderworker; you quite outdo even Kelembai if you
are to be believed; Prov.
AjSf' g6dbmi. Ikan gedmii: (Kedah) the suckingfish; (Riau, Johor) ikan gtmi.
ASj g6du. A musical instrument used in a ma'
yong; better geduk-ggduk; v. getduk..L'J g6dubil. Muka gedubil: (Kedah) trying to
look indifferent; affected stoicism; shamelessness; brazening a thing out.
c5.J g6di. (Penang.) Extreme cold; cf. gedik.
\ g6ra. Reminding, drawing one's attention
to anything.
5f gerabang. Gerabang pari: (Kedah) strips of
salted pari fish prepared for preservation as
food.
\r g6rabak. (Kedah). The red squirrel, sciurus
02. bicolor; = (Riau, Johor) keirawak..\. ggrachang. iimas gerachlang: tinsel, Ht. Sh.
Kub. Usually etmas keranchang.
J\ 5 granangan. Perhaps; perchance; possibly;
an idiomatic expression giving a suggestion of
doubt or interrogation to the sentence in which
it occurs. Bagaimanta gerangan mimpi yangdipertuwan: what then, perchance, was Your
Majesty's dream; Cr. Gr., 45. Wah, bulan
pernaman gerangan jatoh daripada langit yang
kemlpat itu: Oh! can it be that the full moon
has fallen from its place in the fourth heaven;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 14.
The primitive form gerang or garang is very
rare..\S g6rangau. To scratch; better gerengau, q. v.
~.\ gfrapak. (Kedah.) Startling; attempting to
frighten. Kapada sehaya jangan gerapak: do
not try to frighten me (I am not to be
bluffed).
BI3uyi mleriyamn di-dalamt kubu,
Gerapak shtaja, bukan pellru:

there is the sound of cannon firing in the fort,
but though they startle they only fire blank
charges; a proverbial reply to empty bluster.
i\ gErapai. Menggerapai: to fumble with the
hands; to feel about. Cf. rapai.
V.<~ g ragas. Meaggeragas: to comb down the
hair over the forehead into a sort of fringe.
Also (Kedah) geregas.

GIRUT.....

]) g g6ragau. A small shrimp. Sungkor geragau:
to sprawl and draw the open hand through
mud so as to find any shell-fish or shrimps
buried in that mud; to sprawl generally.
I \S geraham. A molar tooth. Usually gereham
or gerhatn or (Kedah) geham.
\5 g6rayang. Mlnggerayang: to go about picking up rice abandoned in the field by its
owner as not worth collecting; to snap up illconsidered trifles; to fish about for odds and
ends; to "sponge" or " cadge" for meals or
for anything one can get.
r g6r6bang. Spread out, extended. Pintu
g Q.: double doors, gates; the main gate or
entrance to a palace; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 102;
Ht. Sg. Samnb. Also kcrcjbang.
Mltinggerbang: to open out or spread out,
especially of hair being opened out. Rambutnyza mnheggerebang: her hair was loose, i.e.,
not fastened but allowed to spread over her
shoulders; Ht. Abd., 313, 481.
f g6r6bong. A granary. Also kerubong.
r g6rebak. I. Sprea;ding, to be diffused,'..V of odour.
II A noisy clapper used for keeping
squirrels and other vermin from attacking the
fruit on a tree. It is made of split bamboo
and is worked by pulling, a string.
I co g erat. (Ononi.) A rasping sound. Cf. kerat
| f ugerit, etc.
~ a g6rit. I. (Onom.) A scraping sound;
the sound of a nmouse gnawing; any action
which produces such a sound. Kain mastIli di-dalca bilngkiusau, di-gerit tiktus apa
gunua-nya: you may have the best cloth done
up in a parcel, but if a mouse nibbles at it
will the cloth be of any use; a small injury
may do incalculable harm; Prov.
1. Ikan gjerit-gtrit a small edible freshwater fish (unidentified). Also ikan geglrit.
III. A kar gjrit-g'rit or akar gegerit: a
generic namne for a tnumber of rubber vines
belonging to thie order apocynacece. Also
senggerit.
Giegerit besi: willlghbeia firma. Also. g.
hitanm.
G. merlah: urceola lucida and chonemtorpha
wtacrophylla.
G. nasi: urceola lucida.
G. puteh:: urceola brachysepala.
G. sundek: leuconotis eugenicefolius.
G. temtbaga: urceola elastica.; grut. I. (Onom.) A rasping sound; cf.
gerat and gerit.
I. Ikan gerut-gerult: a lish (unidentified).

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