A Malay-English dictionary,

LII[66]LYN

LIDI

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LIYONG

Do'd pematah 1.: a spell to strike a man dumb
when about to give evidence against you;
J. I. A., I., 3I4.
kan 1.: a flat-fish; a sole.
Membetulkan 1.: to correct the pronunciation;
Ht. Abd., I47.. lidi. The side veins of a palm leaf; very long
and thin, as such veins. L. nyior: a palmleaf vein; Ht. Ind. Meng. L. keapa: id.
Penyapu 1.: a broom made of these veins.
Ular I.: a very thin snake; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
415; Ht. Ind. Jaya. This snake is a proverbial
simile for the insignificant, as compared with
the dragon (naga) or elephant, the types of
the mighty. Gajah di-telan ular lidi: an
elephant swallowed by the meanest of snakes;
the great falling a victim to the mean; Prov.
Cf. Ht. Abd., 409; J. S. A. S., XI., 74. Naga
di-telan ular lidi: a dragon swallowed by the
meanest of snakes; id. Naga mbnjadi ular lidi:
a dragon becoming the meanest of snakes; a
fall from a high estate to a mean one; Prov.
liyar. Wild (in the sense of "shy, untamed
uncivilized," but not necessarily "ferocious").
Binatang yang liyar: wild (as opposed to
domestic) animals. Orang I.: wild men;
aboriginal tribesmen; cf. Ht. Abd., 383, 389.
Burong yang liyar jangan di-lepaskan;
Khabar yang mustahil jangan di-dengarkan:
do not let loose an untamed bird; do not listen
to impossible stories; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 25.
1 liyor. Ayer liyor: saliva; Ht. Sh., Muj., 76;
2' Sh. Tab. Mimp., 8. Ayer liyor basi: the dirt
in the mouth on awaking in the morning.
lera. The body; the organs of bodily feeling;
an abbreviation of selera, q. v.
leret. Slipping away; slipping down; dragging. on. Cf. lurut.
i lerang. A strip or slip; the strips in a canvas
sail. Kain sa-lerang: a sarong made in one
piece, in contradistinction to one made by
sewing together two strips (kain berkanmpoh).
lereng or (Kedah) liring. The contour of
tf3 anything; the raised edge of anything like a
plate, tray or dish; the rollers under a piece of
furniture; a wheel when under the vehicle.
Kereta 1.: a bicycle.
lerap. A native (Balinese?) coin. Main 1.: a
way of playing at "heads or tails" by twirling
a coin rapidly between the fingers and bringing
down the hand on it before it ceases spinning.., lerek. Boring through. Melerek: to bore a
hole into or through anything.. liru. Terkeliru: dazed or muddled; confused;
v. kfliru.

0.rJ, liyas. Invulnerability by causing the enemy's
weapons to miss their mark; cf. kebal. Bdb
ini 'aziiat pengeliyasan segala perbuwatan
orang: a charm to futilize all that others may
do against us; Muj., 76. Sa-bagai lagi kebal
dan pengeliyas senjata orang tiyada sanmpai
kapada kila jika saipai tiyada luka: further
there are the charms kebal and pengeliyas which
cause the weapons of others to miss us or if
they reach us not to hurt us. I
lesut or lisut. I. Shrunk up, of fruit; folded
up into a small space, of a cloth or garment.
II. Leteh lisut: tired and weary; Ht. Sg.
Samb.; I= lteh lesu or leteh /isu.,....J leset. (Onom.) A swishing or whistling sound
cf. lisit.
- 1 leser. Meleser: to trail along the ground, of a
long garment.
A lisu. A variant of lisut, I. and II., q. v.
4*. lisah. Restless motion; the fidgets. Mebngelisah or mntggelisah: to move restlessly.
< leseh. Puteh teleseh: extreme pallor. Cf. lesi.

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liyang. I. Aperture; orifice; hollow; hole;
cutting; an open grave.
L. chinchin: the hole in the centre of a ring;
Ht. Hamz., 32.
L. hidong: the nostril; Ht. Hamz., 90; Ht.
Sg. Samb.
L. lahad: the cavity in which a body is laid;
a part of a Malay grave.
L. luka: the orifice of a wound.
L. mata: the eye-socket.
L. romna: the pores of the skin. Segala liyang
roma-nya pun titek-lah peloh: all his pores
dropped perspiration; Ht. Hamz., 86. Bulu
liyang roma: the thin hairs that rise from
pores in the skin; Ht. Sh. Kub.
L. semut: an ant-hole; Ht. Mash., 26.
Pintu 1.: the side of an open grave.
Jenazah terletak di-pintu liyang,
Imndi dan khdtib berdiri sembahyang:
the bier is laid by the side of the grave; the
priests and readers stand and pray.
II. Liyang-liyok or liyang-liyut: swaying
from side to side when walking as a drunken
man; the rolling gait of a tiger.
liyong. I. Tali liyong: a sort of waist belt
for carrying a kWris.
II. Liyong-liyong: a salt-water fish (unidentified).
I Taken from a MS. treatise on medicine and sorcery.