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OBOR

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OTAR

jT\ obor. Jav. A torch.

i.\

yf\ ubar. Becoming loose spontaneously-as
when a roll of cloth slightly opens out on the
retaining pressure being removed; looseness,
laxity in coils or folds.
Berubar hai: to open one's heart; to speak
from the heart; Arabian Nights, 330..)\ ubor. A descriptive epithet given to objects
with a hanging fringe round the edge. Uborubor: a large jelly-fish with a domed head and
a short fringe (of feelers?) round the side of
this dome-shaped head. Baju ubor: a Malay
bajuor jacket with a sort of collar or neckpiece hanging over it from the neck aperture;
Ht. Ind. Meng. Payong ubor-ubor: a state
umbrella with a short hanging fringe of tassels all round it; Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht. Gh., Ht.
Bakht., 14.
Burong tiyong, bulu bertabor,
Hitggap di juntai kenuning berldahan;
Tuwan egmpama payong ubor-ubor
Belfrumbai-ruiibai irain kekuningan:
you, sir, are like a state umbrella, (gorgeous)
with its fringe of yellow tassels.
\ubang. Mengubang: to cut a rough curved
groove in a log at a point where another log is
to lie across it, the cutting being intended to
allow the two logs to be fitted together. If
the cutting is angular, it is called takok; cf.
also kuku bajang.,\ ubong. Union, conjunction; more usually
nhubong, q. v.
3,.\ obel. Meat stewed so long that the liquid
is lost by evaporation.
\ uban. Grey-of the hair of the head; the
loss of colour in the hair through age. Rambut-nya suda peh pth leh uban: his hair was
white with years; Ht. Si Misk., 84. U. tahi
hairnau: the colour of the hair when there
is a large preponderance of either white or
black. Menahankan u.: to prevent the hair
turning grey; Muj., 50. Pipit u. or chiyak u.:
the white-headed munia, amadina iaja.
Beruban: grey; old and grey-applied to a
man. Dari muda sampai berban: from youth
to grey hairs; from youth to age; Ht. Ind.
Nata. Sampai bgruban, serta bongkok: till one
is grey and bent with years; Sh. Ungg.
Bers., 4.
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\ ubin. I. Batu u.: a floor-tile; also (in the i
Straits) hard granitic stone used in metalling
roads. Cf. jubin and rubin.
II. A screw-driver, K1.

ubun. Ubun-ubun: the crown of the head;
the fontanel. Datang-lah membawa ayer mawar dan narawastu ka-pada ubun-ubun Indera
Lana keduwa laki isteri: they came bringing
rosewater and spikenard to anoint the heads
of Indra Lana and his queen; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Ada suwatu 'alMat ka-pada ubun-ubun-nya
saperti kandll yang tegpasang: there was a mark
on the crown of his head resembling a lighted
torch; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
ubah. Change by alteration rather than by
substitution; modification; cf. tukar. Tiyada-lah di-ubah-ubah lagi zleh tuwan F., akan 'ddat
dan undang-undang: Mr. F. made no further
alterations in the Common or in the Statute
Law.
Berzbah: (intransitive) to change; to alter.
Tiyada berllbaI warena-nya: its colour did not
alter. Hati berubah: change of feeling.
Keubahan and prubahan: change; alteration.
Miengubah and mengnbahkan: (transitive) to
change; to alter.
ubi. A generic name for yams and tuberous
roots.
U. benggala: the common potato, solanum
tuberosum.
U. karni: tapioca, manihot utilissima.
U. keladi: v. keladi.
U. keledek: v. keledek.
U. nasi: the commonest yam, dioscorea
alata.
U. pasir: dioscorea pentaphylla.
'A kal u.: a potato-like intelligence; an
intelligence which developes unremarked;
feelings that grow profounder with years.
Ada ubi ada batas: where yams are grown,
banks will be made; a metaphorical equivalent
for ada hari buleh balas, a day will come when
you can pay him out.
awat. (Kedah, Penang and P. W.) A common colloquial interrogative; why, wherefore,
how.
uwet. The use of a paddle as a lever to bring
a boat's head round; to turn a boat by pressing the blade of the paddle outwards; cf.
kabir. Uwet is also used of a shield being used
to push aside a blow.

auta.

[ Hind.? ] False, lying.

otar or utar. Otar-otar or utar-utar: a round
buckler of wood or of wickerwork covered with
buffalo-hide. It differs from a perisai in that
it is hung with bells. It is often mentioned
in literature; Ht. Mar. Mah., Ht. Isk. Dz.,
Ht. Si Misk., I2, etc.

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