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LUDANG

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LORAH

ludang. Sampan ludaug: a type of Malay
boat; Ki.
03 luding. The name of a variety of the teiggiri
fish.
). lodan or ludan. The whale or leviathan in
0 old romances. Naga Antabogapun brtenm-lah
dengan ikan ludan: the Great Serpent met the
whale; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Maka ikan ludan itupun pulang ka-lobok-nya: the whale returned to
its depths of the ocean; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
ludah. Expectoration, spitting. Ludah kalangit timtpa batang hidong sendiri: spitting at
heaven brings the saliva down on one's own
nose; a dirty action discredits the doer more
than its intended victim; Prov., cf. J. S. A. S.,
II., I36. Ludah mnati pak, telau mati mak: spit
it out and your father dies; swallow it down
anld your mother dies; a choice of misfortunes;
"Hobson's choice;" Prov.
Ludahi: to spit at or on (anything). Diludahi rasuil Allah: he spat at the Apostle of
God; Sej. Mal., 68. Di-ludah-ludahi-nya kapada
patek: he kept spitting at me; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Ludahkan: to spit (anything) out; Sh. Dag., 5.
Berludah: to spit; Sh. Bid., II2. Meludah:
id.; Muj., 9.
o.j lodeh. Cooking (vegetables, etc.) till they
become soft and pulpy.
*0. lodoh. Pulpy and rotten, of verripe fruit.,. Cf. lodeh.
j luwar. Outside; position outside. Di-luwar:
outside. Ka-luwar: outwards. Dari luwar:
from outside. Luwar, berkilat; dalam, bberogga:
glittering outside, and emptiness within;
glittering but not gold; Prov. Tanah 1.:
foreign countries. Orang 1.: a stranger; a
foreigner. Jakitiu yang di-luwar-luwar ini
bukan.nya Jakzun yang asal: these wild-men of
the outskirts are not aboriginal; Ht. Abd., 389.
Keluwaran: outer; strange; foreign; alien;
common. Pcrkara yang k.: common things;
alien matters; matters that affect others but
do not concern us; Pel. Abd., 33. Orang k.:
a stranger; a man outside decent circles; a
plebeian. Chana orang k.: the (bad) behaviour
of a plebeian or stranger; Ht. Mas. Ed. Tiyada
dapat di-pakai orang keluwaran: it (the colour
yellow) was not permitted to be worn by

common people; Sej. Mal., 9I. Bukan budak
ini anak orang keluwaran, kelakuwan-nya akanakan anak raja be-sar juga rlua-nya: this boy
is no son of plebeian parents, his ways seem
to be those of the son of a mighty prince; Ht.
P. J.P.
i Cf. the pantun:
Kachang chemarva di-mnasak lodeh,
Mari masak di-httan buloh; etc.

Ka-luwar, outward, is often used verbally to
signify motion outwards, and is treated as
though a separate word (keluwar). Perkataan
yang keluwar dari mulut-nya: words which came
out of his mouth; Ht. Abd., 36.
Keluwari, tengeluwari, keluzwarkan, and
tinegeluwarkan: to bring out; to cause to
issue; to eject or evict; to produce out of anything. Mlebzgelluwari orang Siyam: to expel the
Siamese (from Malacca); Sej. Mal., II5.
TnztWan R. pun mzengellwarkan chakap: Mr. R.
uttered these words; Ht. Abd., 99.
Terkeluwar: brought out, projecting; Ht.
Abd., 452.
lurut. I. To pass the hand over anything;
to run a rope or chain through the hands
feeling the links; to draw one's hand over an
arm or long body of any sort. Maka Tdju'lmuzluk mnelurutkan diri-nya hendak turun: T.
rubbed himself through (the aperture) with the
intention of descending; Ht. Gul. Bak., 39.
II. A whitlow; a swelling on the fingers.
Also kelurut.
J lurus or loros. Straight; smooth and straight
r as the trunk of certain palms. Sa-batang kayu
yang baik lagi lrus: a tree that is strong and
straight; Ht. Abd., 4. Jalan yang bengkangbengkok hendak di-luruskan the roads that are
zigzag will be straightened; Ht. Abd., 336.
j lorong. I. A lane; a narrow road or street.
Pada tiyap-tiyap lorong dan jalan: in every
lane and road; Ht. Abd., 24. Also Ht. Abd.,
81, I12, i6o.
II. Unsuccessful; unlikely to come to anything; unsound, of an enterprise.
\ lurup. Susup-lurup: helter-skelter, of running;
cL3) Ht. Mar. Mah.
Lh lorek. Delicate markings such asthose on the
skin of a snake.
J luru. Meluru: to dash forward; to leap for7 ward; to charge. Belanda me'luru tiyada
berhenti: the Dutch charged on without intermission; Sh. Pr. Ach., I5. Datang-lah anjing
barang sa-puloh ekor meluru: some twenty dogs
came dashing up; Ht. Abd., 310.
o~ lorah or lurah. I. A groove in a plank into
which the tongue of another plank is fitted.
L. hidong: the dimple or furrow between the
nose and upper lip. Also alor bibir.
II. A district; a minor division of the
country in Javanese tales. Hendak mnsea'lukkan luroh tanah Jawa: to subdue the districts
of the land of Java; Ht. Sh.
Penggawa.: a headman; a minor Javanese
official; ' Ht. Sh.

Sa-lurol: in every district; all over.
i The order in which these officials are given is:Munteri, hulubalang, pEnggawa lurah, pnmbangkal,
kebahi, kMbayan, pancha-negara, ra'iyyat hina-dina;
Ht. Sh.

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