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16sak. (Onom.) Lesok-lesak:to rustle, of stiff
clothes, etc.

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L. punggok: a short-tailed hawk;
(metaphorically) a night-prowler.
L. rajawali: an eagle.
L. sewalh: a large hawk; a kite.
L. sikap: a small variety of land hawk.

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16sok. See lesak.
laskar. A variant of lashkar, q. v.

j- l1su. Weak, tired out,-stronger than leteh.
Leth lesu: id.; Cr. Gr., 80, 8i; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
85. Puchat lesu: pale with weariness, Ht.
Gul. Bak., 73, 78, I45; cf. puchat lesi.
\ 6si. I. Spiritless; despairing unwillingness
to fight, as the result of many defeats.
II. Puchat lesi: extreme pallor, pale as
death. Puteh 1.: white as death; Ht. Ind.
Meng. Apa mola-nya maka engkau puchat lesi
bagai tiyada makan nasi: why are you pale as
though you had had nothing to eat; Ht. Sh.
Kub. Cf. lesu.
(ij lashkar. Pers. A soldier, an infantryman,
a sailor; Ht. Abd., I03; Sej. Mal., IoI, 117;
Ht. Hamz., ii, 34.;.ja latif. Arab. Charitable. 'A bdu' -latif:the
servant of the most charitable;" a proper
name of common occurrence among Malays.
la'al. Arab. A ruby; ruby-red wine.
i; la'anat. Arab. Curse. Iblis 'alaihi la'anat:
Iblis, may a curse rest upon him; Ht. Md.
Hanaf., 13. Kdfir la'anatan: the accursed
infidels; Sh. Rej., 13. La'anatt'llah: the
curse of God. Iblis la'anatu' llah: Iblis, upon
whom may God's curse rest; Ht. Isk. Dz.
a lughat. Arab. Spoken sounds, words. Inilah lughat-nya: these are the words; this is
the exact text or formula; Muj., 53. 'Ilmu. 1:
philology. Kitdb 1.: a dictionary or
vocabulary; Ht. Abd., 9.
8 lang. I. A generic name for birds of prey
such as hawks, kites, falcons, and eagles.
Belalang telah menjadi lang: grasshoppers have
become kites; the mean have become great;
Ht. Abd., 4. Laksana lang makan nenyambar
sa-genappulau: like a hawk which seeks its
prey all over the islands; a proverbial simile
for a predatory vagabond. Lang laut: a seaeagle; another proverbial description of a
wandering thief. Sapgrti lang bermain angin:
like a falcon amusing itself in the wind; a
simile for a defiant swagger; Ht. Ind. Meng.
L. ayamt: a hawk which preys on chickens.
L. borek: a spotted hawk.
L. hantu: a name given to the owl.
L. hindek: a variety of fish-hawk.
L. hangar another variety of sea-hawk.
L. malam: = 1. hantu.

L. suwir: a vampire.
L. tembikar: a hawk (unidentified).
Dadal.: a peculiar hut so called from its
curving roof.
Kuku.: " the claws of a hawk; " a hook the
point of which points away from rather
than towards the shaft of the hook.
Patpat 1.: a game in which the players stand
one behind the other each holding the one in
front.
Sepak 1.: a nickname given to the single tuft
of hair worn by Malay boys.
II. A variant of selang, q. v.
III. A salt-water shell-fish (unidentified);
K1.
8 leng. A measure of capacity;= a chupak.
j long. I. A kind of native coffin (without a
bottom to it). The body is laid in the grave
and the long is placed over it. Papan 1.: a
Chinese coffin. Puteh kuning di-dalam long:
" my fair one in her coffin; " white and yellow
in a case; a riddling description of an egg.
II. (Penang.) To call; = panggil.
III. A curve, a winding. Cf. lok, tlok, etc.
IV. A variant of sulong, q. v.; a familiar
name (timatima timangan) given to the eldest of
a family.
16nga. Minyak lenga: oil made from sesamum
(bijan); Muj., 27, 28.
\ lIngat. Cooking by placing in a receptacle,
the receptacle being placed in boiling water.
^j\ l6ngit. Defeated and demoralized; the
demoralization consequent on a complete
defeat.
Ingar. Pain and dizziness consequent on a
blow on the head. Tombong laku-nya SiKepala Lengar ini: this Mr. Dizzy-head is
altogether too arrogant; Ht. Sh.
Tetlngar: knocked silly; (by metaphor)
bumping its bows continually on the reef, of a
boat that has run aground.

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lingas. Clamminess, greasiness; moisture
such as collects on a sugary surface or on
iron; moisture on a hot human body.
Melengas: to become clammy or moist.

I a langsat. A well-known fruit, lansium
domesticum; Ht. Abd., 241; Ht. Koris; Ht.
P. J.P.
Anjing 1. or anjing bulu 1.: a dog of a whiteyellow colour like the colour of this fruit.

L. merah: a reddish-coloured hawk.

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