A Malay-English dictionary,

LENA

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L. nipis: the lime, Ht. Jay. Lengg.; = I.
kapas.
L. purut: the lime; = 1. kapas.
L. wangkang: the Chinese orange; citrus
aurantium, var.
Putus 1.: to pay a fee to a sorcerer when his
promises are justified by results.
Berlimau: to use limes in washing; Ht. Mash.,
58., Mandi berlimau: id.; Ht. Mash., 53. The
lime is cut in two and the two parts are rubbed
on the body.
Pelimau: a bathing-place (for the mandi
berlimau); Ht. Best.; Ht. Mash., 9.
lena. Slumbering, sleeping, napping through
weariness. Tidor 1.: sound sleep. Beradu ta'lena: to sleep unsoundly; Sh. Bur. Nuri., 5.
L. ayam: sleep which is broken at the least
sound of danger.
L. pelandok: sleep with the eyes open.
Lenakan: to put to sleep, to cause to slumber;
Sh. Ibl., 8.
Terlena: sent to sleep; lulled; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
IIO.
linus. A plant (unidentified); K1.
lenang. I. Berlenang or berlenang-lenang: to
fall in drops; to distil;-used especially of
tears falling (Ht. Abd., II7, 282; Ht. Ind.
Jaya; Sh. Lamp., 30; Sh. Bid., 28), but also
of perspiration dropping (Ht. Gul. Bak., 105).
Lenang-lenang is also a common chorus between the lines of a pantun.
II. Calm, of water.
linau. A red-stemmed variety of the betel-nut
palm; J. S. A. S., III., 87.
liyau. Meliyau: (Kedah) to fester; to run, of
a sore.
liyu. Liyu-liyu: the stern paddle in a Malay
boat.
lewat. I. Past, after. Lewat pukul enam
hampir-lah kelam: after six o'clock when it was
nearly dark; Bint. Timor, 6 March, I895.
II. Hurry, speed, rapidity. Chepat lewat:
quickly, quickly; hurry up. Di-lewatkan-nya
pula stbab iya rasa gajah itu ada di-belakang-nya:
he hurried because he felt that the elephant
was behind him; Ht. Ind. Nata.
lewar. Mglewar: to fly about in large numbers,
of birds; to dart about, of large numbers of
any animal or bird or fish.

Banyak burong terbang mnlewar,
Bermain di-taman dewa dewata:
many birds are wheeling about the sky,
disporting themselves in the gardens of the
gods.
A leha. (Penang). Lingering over; dawdling
over; prolonging. Better leka.
4'~ lihat. To see; sight. Serta di-lihat-nya nakhoda itu: when he saw the captain; Ht. Abd., 44.
Lihati: to see; to inspect; to look over; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 25; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 17; Sh. Pr.
Turk., I2. Melihati: id.; Sej. Mal., 76; Sh.
Jur. Bud., io. Melihatkan: id.; Ht. Abd., 74,
90, io8; Marsd. Gr., 144. Perlihatkan: id.;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Gul. Bak., I42.
Kelihatan: sight, visibility. Maka datang-lah
pada tiga hari pelayaran kelihatan kapal itu:
after three days' sail the ships came in sight;
Cr. Gr., 79. Cf. also Ht. Abd., 328.
Melihat: to see (intransitive). Tuhan yang
amat melihat:Godthe All-seeing; Ht. Abd., 411.
Orang buta itu-pun dapat-lah mnelihat: the blind
man managed to see; Ht. Gul. Bak., 47.
Pelihat: the sense of sight; Muj., i9.
Penglihat: id.; Ht. Ism. Yat., I56; also insight;
Ht. Abd., 50.
Pelihatan: the sight; the range of sight; Muj.,
20. Penglihatan: id.; Ht. Abd., IIO, 3I7, 455;
Sh. Bid., 47.,. leher. The neck. Di-gantongkan di-leher-ku
supaya malu: it was hung round my neck so
that I might be put to shame; Ht. Abd., 36.
Leher-nya jinjang: her (or his) neck was
tapering; a mark of beauty; Ht. Abd., 86; Sh.
Bid., 21; Ht. Sg. Samb. Leher-nya tenggelam:
he had a bull-neck; Ht. Abd., 328.
Batang 1.: the column of the neck; Ht.
Abd., 402.
Kerat 1.: to cut the throat; Sej. Mal., 79.
Panggal 1.: to cut through the neck; to
behead; Sej. Mal., 78., linyar. Smooth sailing, of a boat; gliding
through the water. Also linyang.
5. linyang. = linyar, q. v.
i Cf. also the following pantuns:Menyelam di-Acheh di-Batu Burok,
Yu sambaran datang melewar; etc.
Hari senja ayam naik seron,
Tikus mlewar mbnchari paksa; etc.

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r The letter mira; the twenty-eighth letter of I
the Malay Alphabet; the symbol for the
number 40 in the A bjad, q. v.

\" ma. I. Arab. That which.
11. Arab. Not.

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