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Hanttu g.: a ghost which rolls along the
ground, being unable to walk owing to its
being bound up in its grave-clothes. Also
hantu bungkus.
Sampan g.: (Penang) the common sampan
or Chinese shoe-boat.
Golekkan: to turn a thing over and over.
Tergolek: turned over, rolling over. Rebah
t.: falling and rolling over; Sh. Abd. Mk., 92.
Tertawa tergolek-golek: rolling over and over
with laughter; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Cf. guling, gulong, kolak, golak, kalek, etc.
y) golok. A chopper or bill-hook for clearing
jungle.
G. bangkong: a heavy, slightly curved chopper
with a broad blade.
G. chakok: a chopper the point of which is
turned down.
G. kling: a blunt heavy chopper for rough
work.
G. rembau: a bill-hook.
Habis-lah keris tinggal-lah golok: when his
keris was done with, he still had his bill-hook;
Sh. Dag., i.
Suroh kerja golok kling,
Suroh makan parang puting:
he is the bluntest of choppers when you tell
him to work and the sharpest of cutters when
you bid him eat; Prov.
/S' gulu. I. Gulu mzayar: v. kelemayar.
II. Gulu momor: v. kelemnomor.
\J gulai. Curried food to be eaten with rice.
Ikan di-gulai sudah telompat: the fish in the
curry jumped out (of the pot); incredible bad
luck; Prov. Gulai sedap, nasi m1netah; nasi
s&dap gulai mntah: when the curry is good,
the rice is insufficiently cooked; when the rice
is good, the curry is insufficiently cooked;
nothing is perfect; Prov.
Minggulai: (I) to curry anything; Sh. Raj.
Haji, 182, 183; (2) to prepare curry; Ht. Ind.
Meng. Mtmpergulaikan: to curry (anything);
Ht. Gul. Bak., 62., guwam. A disease (of the nature of sprue?)
attacking young children.

guna. [Skr. gRna.] Use, utility; (in ancient
works especially) magic, wonder-working
philtres. Hairdn-lah pada pikiran-ku apa pula
guna-nya neninulis namta-lama orang chomachomta: I mentally wondered what could
possibly be the use of writing down people's
names without doing anything more; Ht.
Abd., 36. Sisal dahulu pEldapatan, sesal kemudiyan apa guna-tnya: repentance in time is
profit, but of what use is repentance that
comes too late; Prov.
Guna-ganaz: mentally confused; bewilderment.
Gunakan: to make use of; Ht. Abd., 258.
Mteggunakan and pergtnakan: id.; Ht. Abd.,
54, 402.
Berguna: useful. Patut di-pelajarkan behasa
'Arab karena ya-itu berguna kapada igama datlagi dalail akhirat: it is right to learn Arabic
for it is useful for devotional purposes and
it will be useful in the world to come; Ht.
Abd., 48.
Ubat guna: a philtre; Ht. Abd., 154, 390.
Guna pengaseh: a love-potion; a love philtre;
Ht. Koris. Kena guna: to be affected by a
magic philtre; Sh. U1., 31; Sh. Abd. Mk., 32.
Pergzuaan: magical properties; Ht. P. J. P.
Cf. also gunawan.
gunawan. [Skr. gunawant.] Possessed of
magic skill; Sh. Panj. Sg., Ht. Berm. Shahd.;
v. guna.
gunong. Mountain; a lofty mountain in
contradistinction to a hill (bukit). Duwa
buwah gtiuong: two mountains; Ht. Sg. Samb.
CheGmpaka g.: (literally) the mountain
champak; tiliodendron lilifera, Cr.
Gunong is often used as a term of endearment
conveying the idea of a mountain of gems.
G. baiduri: a mountain of opals; id.; Ht. Pg.
Ptg.
Merak mas burong dewata
Mati di-panah dewa di-awan;
Gunaong mas tambak permata
Mana-kah sama dengan bangsawan:
a mountain of gems banked higher with pearls
is not to be compared (in preciousness) with
my beloved. Harap hati nak pelok gunong:
I hoped to embrace a mountain (of gems), i.e.,
a girl of rare charms; Prov., see s. v. biyawak.
gunam. The kneeling of a royal elephant to
permit of a sovereign mounting.
goni or guni. A sack; a "gunny-bag;" Ht.
Sh. Kub.; Ht. Abd., 204, 236, 256; Sh. Pant.
Shl., 7.

goha. A cave, a cavern. Mulut-nya ternganganganga saperti sa-buwah goha: its mouth gaped
wide like a cavern; Ht. Sg. Samb. Aku-lah
masok ka-dalam goha itu: I entered the cave;
Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Also gowa and guwa.

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f gumis. Finished, exhausted;
equivalent of habis.

a (Penang)

I' gomeng. Dwarfed, stunted; a (Kedah)
variant of komeng.
J^, gomol. Bergonol: to struggle as a wrestler;
to be engaged in wrestling; to fight with the
weapons with which nature has provided man;
Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Mar. Mah.; Ht. Ind.
Meng.; Ht. Pg. Ptg.; Ht. Sg. Samb.

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