A Malay-English dictionary,

LATEH [ 588 ] LARAT

Latah is often used metaphorically of the
madness of love. L. wilangan: id.; Ht. Mas.
Ed., Ht. Perb. Jaya. L. wilanann ktsmaran:
id., Ht. Perb. Jaya. Hanya-lah tuwan hamnba
latahkan: I am mad with love for you alone;
Sh. Lail. Mejn., 33. Latah menyebut nas
tempawan: madly repeating "mas tempawan"
(a term of endearment); Sh. Panj. Sg.
a lateh. Orderly, methodical, accurate and
consecutive. Melateh mulut: to speak coherently and logically. Di-latehkan mnibgaji:
to be kept systematically at work.
lati. Lati-lati: soft, pulpy.
8 lajor. (Riau, Johor.) A band or furrow; a
broad line drawn across anything; (Menangkabau) jalor. Cf. alor and jalor.,~J laju. Speed, swiftness, rapidity of motion.
Kapal terlalu laju: a very swift ship; Ht.
Abd., 112. Terlalu sangat laju lari-nya
kijang itu: the chevrotin ran extremely
swiftly; Ht. Ind. Nata.
LA>v I llajuwardi. [Pers. lazuward.] Lapis lazuli.
J.l lachak. Common, abundant. Melachak or
belachak: to be abundant. Melachak yak: id..P ladang. A plantation on dry ground; the
cultivation of high in contradistinction to that
of swampy ground. L. padi: "hill" padiplanting. L. gambir: a gambier plantation;
Ht. Abd., 3o. L. lada: a pepper plantation;
J. I. A., II., I82. Ladang dan sawah: "dry "
and "wet" plantations; plantations on dry
ground and in swamps; Ht. Abd., 367.
Berladang: to plant on dry soil. Peladang:
a planter, a cultivator; Ht. Gul. Bak., I32..j lading. Parang lading: a long chopper or
cutter the blade of which tapers towards the
handle and not vice versa. Perahu lading: a
heavy cargo-boat; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 3..dJ ladong. Stagnation, standing still (especially
of drops of water clinging to anything).
Batu 1.: a plummet or weight to keep a fishing
line steady. L. kail: id.
Chaupandan anak Bubanya
Hendak mSnye-rangkan Melaka;
A da chinchin berisi bunga,
Bunga beladong si-ayer mata:
Chaupandan, the son of Bubanya, set out to
attack Malacca; there is a ring set round a
posy of flowers, but the flowers are bedewed
with tears; Sej. Mal., II7.
)&J ladan. Minyak ladan: a strong oily preparation used in caulking native boats. Setanggi
ladan: joss-sticks.
yS ladu. I. A variant of dadu, q. v.
II. Kuweh ladu: small round cakes..j lachi. [Dutch laadje.] A drawer; a chest of. s drawers.
3J lada. A generic name applied to pepper; a
name given to many plants used as food and
having an aromatic or biting taste. Berisi
lada: full of pepper; Ht. Abd., 387. Berkebun
lada: to have a pepper plantation; Ht. Abd.,
309. Burong trbang di-pipis lada: to grind
pepper for (cooking) a bird on the wing; to
count one's chickens before they are hatched;
Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 92.
L. antan: a wild climbing pepper; piper
lonchites.
L. berekor: cubebs; piper cubeba.
L. burong: a shrub; greenia jackii.
L. china: a pepper, piper chaba; Ht. Abd.,
26, 30, 385.
L. hantu: a wild jungle pepper; piper caninm.
L. hitam: black pepper; piper nigrum.
L. lada: a plant; alsodeia echinocarpa.
L. merah: red pepper; capsicum; capsicum
annuum.
L. mutiya: small rolls of flour and sugar
resembling grains of pepper.
L. rimba: a large wild climbing pepper;
piper ribesioides.
A kar lada-lada: a climbing shrub, strychous sp.

V.:j

ladeh. Curds; coagulated milk. Also dadeh.
lara. Disquietude, sorrow, care; the solicitude
of love. Penglipor lara: a soother of cares; a
comforter; a name given to professional storytellers. Taman pelnglipor lara: a garden in
which all care is forgotten; Ht. Gul. Bak., 82.
Berhati lara: sorrowful; Sh. Kumb. Chumb.,
17. Orang yang lara: sorrowful people; Sh.
Lamp., 43. Membalas lara: to return sorrow
for sorrow; Ht. Perb. Jaya.

Ddj larat. I. Dragging on slowly; long-winded;
lengthy; difficult. Jangan sha'ir di-perlaratlarat: do not let the poem be too longwinded; Sh. Dag., 17. Jadi-lah tahun-tahun
larat iya mengatur diya: he spent long years
in arranging them; Ht. Abd., 170. Berchinta
berlarat-laratan: loving on for years; pining
endlessly; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 7.
Takutkan perkataan kelak m1larat,
Lagi pun banyak yang tiyada teringat:
fearing that my story may go on to wearisome
length; besides which there is much which I
cannot recall; Sh. Sing. Terb., 25.
Awan larat: a pattern (unidentified).
II. Tiyada-larat: inability; also (colloquially) ta'-larat. Tiyada-lah hamba larat berjalan:
I cannot manage to walk; Ht. Kal. Dam., 402.
III. [Arab. madlarat.] A term of abuse or
reprobation; Ht. Koris.