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x lbang. Lebang piuggang: weakness and pain
following on childbirth; disease or undue
weakness attending a bad recovery after a
confinement.
Patah lebang: spoilt in the process of making,
of any article.
l6bong. (Onom.) The sound of a heavy
body falling into water.
-j 16bap. (Onom.) Lebap-lebupt: a sound such
as that of fruit falling on a sandy soil; a dull
thud.
k.U lbup. See lebap.
1 l6bak. I. (Onom.) A thud rather clearer
than that expressed by lobap and less full than
lebok; a sound such as that of a fruit falling
on hard soil. Lebak-lgbok or lebok-lebak: id.,
frequentative.
II. (Daik.) Family, race. Lebak sianu: of
So-and-so's family.
III. A jungle-plant (unidentified).

j l~bok.

See lebak, I.

lsbam. I. Livid; the colour
Badan-nya pun biru lbam: his
livid blue; Ht. Abd., 158.
II. (Onom.) The sound of a
on a fairly resonant surface.

of a bruise.
body was a
body falling

16beh. More; superior; greater. Yang lebeh:
the most, the more. Korang-korang bubor,
sudu yang lebeh: the less broth the more
spoons; the less work the more fuss; Prov.
Sa-depa atau lebeh: a fathom or more; Ht.
Abd., 28. Lebeh korang: more or less.
Lebehkan: to augment, to increase; Ht. Abd.,
402; Sej. Mal., 130. L. pgrkataan: to boast;
Sh. Kumb. Chumb., I8.
Berlebeh-lebehan: increasing, going on increasing; Ht. Abd., 475. Chakap 1.: boastfulness;
Ht. Abd., 4.
Kelgbehan: increase, superiority; Ht. Abd., 38.
Melebehi: to surpass; Ht. Koris.
Terl!beh: more. Yang terlebeh: the most;
most. Terltbeh-lebeh ma'ailm-lah tuwan yang
mnmbacha hikdyat ini: you, gentle reader of
this story, know more about this than I do;
Ht. Abd., 38.
Lebeh is also used (Kedah) of the shot
furthest from the target; = hlwi.
16boh. A broad street with shops on each
side; a busy thoroughfare where much trade
is transacted but not a regular market-place
(pekan); Ht. Ism. Yat., 94, Ioo, 117.
\ l6bai. A mosque official; Ht. Abd., 416.
The lebai attends to the order of the religious
service. In Penang, the term is applied to
many Indian Muhammadans who have no
duties in the public mosques but who are
attached to private chapels (bandarsah) and
are descendants of the founders of the chapels.
lat. I. Alternation, in time or (Singpore) in
position. Lat sa-hari: every other day. Lat
duwa tiga hari: every two or three days; Ht.
Abd., 98.
II. See helat.
lot or lut. I. Penetration, incision by a
weapon. Kena pinggang-.nya tiyada lut: it
struck him on the waist but did not penetrate;
Ht. Best.
II. Batu lot: a sounding-lead; J. S. A. S.,
XI., 65.
\A l1ta. Mean, low, base, despicable, bad. Satengah baik, sa-tengah leta: half good and half
bad; Sh. Rej., II. Nama leta: a bad name;
Sh. Nas., 6. Hai penchuri, orang yang leta:
oh thief, you despicable man; Ht. Gul. Bak., 50.
J\ lbtas. Litus-letas: (Onom.) A snapping
sound; " snip-snap;" the noise of tearing cloth.. lotus. See letas.

\l tis. (Onom.) Whisking about; the leaping
of fish or prawns on the beach; (by extension)
fidgety; frisky, of a young woman.
iJ ltang. (Onom.) A clanking or banging
noise; the sound of a tambourine (ribana).

1bum. (Onom.) A sound somewhat fuller
f( than that expressed by lebarm, II., q. v.
~^j lban. Kayu leban: a tree, vitex pubescens.
Also haleban.
L. bunga: a tree, vitex vestita.
L. kunyet: vitex, sp.
L. palandok: a tree with white flowers;
evodia latifolia.
~ lbun. Cheating by adulteration; fraud by
imitation; a specious but treacherous
appearance.
\ 16bu. Dust. Lebu duli: id., Sej. Mal., I7;
w Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Sg. Samb.; (by extension)
a royal title; Ht. Mas Ed. Tidor-nya itu dilebu tanah: they slept on the dust of the
earth; Ht. Mar. Mah.
Lebu is also (rarely) used as a humble
pronoun of the first person, "I, the dust under
your feet." Mana sabeda Kang Sinohun-lah pun,
lebu sediya junjong: I obey whatever your
Majesty commands; Ht. Sg. Samb.
16bah. The common honey-bee.
Sarang 1.: a bees' nest; Ht. Abd., 25, i8o.
Kawan 1.: a flying swarm of bees; Ht. Ind.
Meng. L. bergantong: a hanging swarm of
bees; a descriptive name given to a certain
pattern of prow in native ships.