A Malay-English dictionary,

GERENDENG

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GtRIGEK

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fr gbrendeng. Snappish, irritable.
X9 O g6rondong. I. Siput girondong: a shell
(unidentified).
II. A goitre-like swelling on the neck. Also
geronggong and gondong.

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g6rindam. I. [Tamil kirandam; Skr. grantha.]
A smart saying or apposite quotation; a tag of
proverbial poetry; a clever but not original
remark; Cr. Gr., 82; Ht. Gul. Bak., 4, 8, I52.
Bergbrindam: to quote a proverbial saying.
II. Batu g~rindam: (Kedah) a whetstone, a
stone for filing the teeth. Also batu gerinda.

SJ g6r6nnyeng. To show the teeth; to snarl
(of a dog); to grin (of a monkey)..4j' gdrdnnyau. Over-talkativeness (in a young
-T' girl or in anyone to whom silence is befitting).
XJ g6rau. A cook in a palace.
I geru. Menggeru: to trumpet, of an elephant;
Ht. Ind. Nata..,J gbrubong. Minggerubong: to gnaw (of a
squirrel or rat); = kerebok..C grobok. I. Jav. A chest or
^Y storing crockery.

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II. Menggerobok: to give out a bubbling
noise; to bubble up or boil up, of water. Also
mnemtbobok.
i, g6ruwit. MAnggeruwit: to wriggle, to twist
about,-as a worm coming out of its hole.
Also menguwit...t< g6rutup. (Onom.) A noise such as the roll
of artillery fire.

iJ g6runing. A species of lizard (unidentified).
)r g6ronyot. A thrill, a twinge of pain for
which no external cause can be seen.
Hb g6rah. A variant of kerah, q. v.; Sh. Sri. Ben.,
33; Ht. Jay. Lengg.; Ht. Gul. Bak., 7, 55.
WCA g6roh. I. Inherent misfortune; persistent
ill-luck dogging a person, in contradistinction to occasional or apparently fortuitous
misfortune.
II. (Onom.?) Menggeroh: to trumpet, of an
elephant; to cry out in mental agony; Sh.
Panj. Sg. Cf. geru.
Oy,5 g6rhana. [Skr. grahdna.] Eclipse. G. matahari dan bulan: eclipses of the sun and of the
moon; Ht. Abd., 356, 380. Mlngapa-lah
puchat tuwan laksana gerhana: why are you pale
as (the moon) in eclipse; Ht. Gul. Bak., I52.
Kena gerhana: (by metaphor) to incur misfortune (when speaking of a great man). Dalam
kena gerhana: in his sorrows or troubles.
AC g&,r6hak. To cough up phlegm; coughing to
get something out of the throat.
A gr6ham or garham. A molar tooth. Gigi
g.: id. G. bongsu: a wisdom tooth. Also
gaham and geraham.
( g6rai. A sleeping dais or platform. The
'5Y word is used especially of the bridal-bed and
of the platform on which a newly-confined
woman is laid.
LS$ geri. A slight, almost unconscious movement;
shrugging the shoulders instinctively.
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(9 g~reja. [Port. igreja.] Church; Ht. Abd.,
( 2 59, 43I. Burong g.: the common housesparrow; Cr.
< g6richau. Menggerichau: to talk in sharp
fY shrill tones; to utter sharp notes (of a bird).
Also mtrichaiu.
<.f gErising. A variant of kerising, q. v.
4^,% g6resah. (Kedah.) Longing, pining. Geriyang-geresah: intense longing; = rindu dendam.
x. fg6riyang. I. A large water-lizard; J. S.
A. S., VIII., 120.
II. Geriyang-geresah: intense longing; v.
gtresah.
3,( g6riyak. Spitting up from the throat, hawking. Cf. gerehak.

YJf g6rigis. Jagged, as the edge of a rusty knife.
Cf. gigi and girigi.,( g6rigek. A fish (unidentified).

Aif g6rutu.

Rough, coarse; also kerutu, q. v..1~ g/roda. The eagle of Vishnu; v. gerda.. ~< g6rodak. (Onom.) A continuous clatter
5 such as is made by beating about a stick
against the sides of a box.
C< g6rodi or g6rudi. Tam. An auger, Ht. Ind.
'gvr Nata. Also gurdi.
4~K gfropoh. Minggeropoh: to splash.
f Y? gbrugul. I. A sort of marquee or pavilion.
II. Hantu gerugul: an evil spirit haunting
secondary jungle and believed by Malays to
be endowed with the power of striking
intruders dumb.
4Yg gdrogoh or g6ruguh. (Kedah.) A trap for
shrimps, prawns, etc.