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~J lilit. Winding round; coiling round. Di-lilit
akar: with a liana coiled round one; in the
coils of a climbing plant; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 38;
Ht. Ind. Meng. Di-tindeh yang berat, di-lilit
yangpanjang: borne down by the heavy and
enfolded in the coils of the long;-the fate
of the humble who can do nothing to resist
the great; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 35.
Melilit: to wind round; to coil round. Maka
ular lidi itu-pun keluwar-lah datang melilit kaki
Langlang Samudera: the long thin snake came
out and coiled itself about the feet of Langlang
Samudra; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Melilit panji-panji:
to wind pennons round their staves; Ht. Koris.
Panjang rambut Siti Juwita,
Panjang melilit ibu kaki;
Intan, zanmrid, cheremin mata,
Tuwan sa-orang mahkota hati:
long are the darling lady's tresses, long enough
to entwine themselves round her ankles.. leler or (Kedah) lilir. I. Flowing slowly;
trickling down. Ayer liyor-nya pun berleleran:
with saliva trickling down from the mouth;
Ht. Sh. Mard.
II. Lelek-leler: careless; slovenly, of work.
JL lelang. [Port.: leilao.] Auction; selling by
auction; Sh. Jur. Bud., 9. Usually lelong.
lelong. I. A land measure; a fourth of an
orlong.
II. Jalan melelong: to walk unsteadily.
III. [Port.: leilao.] Auction; sale by auction.
Di-lelong herta-nya: his property was sold by
auction; Ht. Abd., 216. Surat 1.: an order to
sell by auction; Ht. Abd., 278. Tempat 1.: a
salesroom; Ht. Abd., 226. Lelongkan: to
have (property) sold by auction; Ht. Abd., 449.
& lilang. Wax; a candle; Muj., I8; = lin, q. v.
lelek. Lelek-leler: careless; slovenly, of work.,\ lilin. Wax; a wax taper; a candle. L. lebah:
beeswax. L. sambang: beeswax found in an
abandoned nest. Kain 1.: waxed sarongs of
Javanese make; Ht. Abd., 283. Duwa lilin
tgrpasang: two lighted candles; Ht. Abd., 287.
Makan sa-rasa lilin: to taste wax in food,the condition of an anxious or preoccupied
man who is unable to enjoy his meals; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., II., 158.
Burong 1.: the (smaller) hornbill.
J lilau. Melilau: to totter, of a man who has
received a heavy blow and is about to fall; to
reel, of a sick or dizzy man. Cf. lelong, II.
4^j leleh. Flowing gently; trickling or running
down of water, tears, etc. Meleleh: to flow

slowly, to trickle. MAelelh ayer mata: to let
one's tears flow; Ht. Abd., 267; Sh. Sing.
Terb., 48. Berlelehan ayer liyor: foaming at
the mouth; Ht. Sh. Saperti ayer meleleh dari
sungai: like water trickling away from the
main stream; Ht. Jay. Lengg. Kalau getah
meleleh, kalau daun melayang: if sap, it trickles
down, if leaf, it flies away; flesh and blood

(relatives) stick to one, casual acquaintances
desert one; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 38.
Leleh is also used of the sarong slipping down
somewhat when not attended to.
4J lele. Jav. Ikan ele: a mud-fish; clarias
punctatus.
lima. I. Five; the old Indonesian word for
the hand (with five fingers). Lima belas:
fifteen. L. lekor: five and twenty. Kelima:
all five. Yang kelima: the fifth. Berlita:
making five in all; with four others.
Buku 1.: the knuckles.
Ketika.: the Five Ominous Times; a division
of the day or night into five sections each
presided over by a Hindu divinity (Maheswara,
Vishnu, Sri, Brahma, and Kala). The presiding divinity exercises a good or sinister
influence, rendering it important for Malay
soothsayers to calculate out which divinity
will be the presiding one at a certain time.
Penglima or (Kedah) panglema: a warrior; a
leader in war. P. kanan andp. kiri: "wing"
officers, in a Malay force. Cf. penghulu (the
"head"); the penglima being the "hand."
II. A name given to a number of plants
(species of xanthophyllum).
A limar. A rich cloth mentioned in romances;
Ht. Mas. Ed.; Sh. Panj. Sg.
limor. Sambar limor, sabor 1. or sambor l.: dusk;
twilight; late evening.
2 limas. The shape of a low pyramid with a
Jrob quadrangular base; the shape of a roof with
the tiles sloping down to all four sides and not
from a ridge pole to two sides only; a roof
culminating in a point instead of in a ridge; a
sort of cup made in the jungle by folding up a
palm leaf till it looks something like an inverted
pyramid.

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A tap 1.: a pyramidal roof.
Balai 1.: an open hall with a pyramidal or
very short-ridged roof. Rnmah 1.: a house
with such a roof.
Chinchin 1.: a ring set with a stone cut to a
low pyramidal shape.
leman. I. Jav. An elephant.
II. An abbreviation of Sulaimdn, q. v.
liman. A cloth; Ht. Koris; = limar?
limun. The art of making oneself invisible;
invisibility; Muj., 69. See halimun.
limau. A generic name for oranges, limes,
lemons, etc.
L. hutan: a small tree; acronychia porteri.
L. kapas: the common lime, citrus acida;
Muj., 58; Ht. Koris.
L. karam: a bad lot; a family that never
comes to any good.
L. kedangsa: = 1. kapas.
L. kesturi: the lime; Ht. Abd., 387; = 1. kapas.
L.-linzau: a shrub; gelonium bifarium.
L. manis: the orange, citrus aurantium; Ht.
Abd., 363, 470; Sh. B. A. M., 4.

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