A Malay-English dictionary,

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MA' [
A. ma'. Mother; Cr. Gr., 65; = emak and mak.
At mabok. Intoxication; giddy sickness; seasickness. Merah-lah saperti bunga raya sebab
mabok: red as the hibiscus flower because of
their intoxication; Ht. Abd., 313.
M. andain: overcome by the bridal trimming
of the hair; suffused with blushes, as a bride,
or (ironically) over-eager to be married, of a
girl; cf. J. S. A. S., XXIV., 93.
M. berahi: intoxicated with the passion of
love; Ht. Gul. Bak., 77.
M. bunga selaseh: drunk and swaying like the
sweet-basil; very drunk; Ht. Hamz., 52;
Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Al. chendawan: intoxicated as a person who
has eaten toad-stools for mushrooms; (by
metaphor) love-sick, of a woman; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 75, I42; Sh. Panj. Sg.
M. darah; (i) faint from loss of blood; Ht.
Abd., 247; Ht. Mar. Mah.; (2) faint at the sight
of blood; Ht. Sg. Samb.
il. gadong: intoxicated with the narcotic
tubers of the gadong (dioscorea dcenontum);
(by metaphor) love-sick, of a man; Ht. Perb.
Jaya. Also n. gadong kechubong; Ht. Koris.
AM. hiyas: overcome by the excitement of
adorning oneself, as a girl at a mirror; Sh.
Peng., 4.
MA. kechubong: intoxicated with datura
poison; (by metaphor) love-sick, of a man;
i. gadong.
M. kepayang: intoxicated through eating the
kepayang fruit; Sh. Abd. Mk., 102.
M. ombak: sea-sick; Cr. Gr., 63. Seasickness is, however, often expressed by the
word mabok alone, e.g., Sh. Sri Ben., 82.
M. pinang: the feeling produced by chewing
betel; Ht. Gul. Bak., o15.
M. selaseh: = in. bunga selaseh.
M. tahi-tilinga: confused with incessant talk;
intoxicated with the exuberance of the verbosity of others.
Buwah in.: the produce of plants (such as
the kepayang, gadong, kechubong, etc.) which
produce narcotic or intoxicating effects.
Menabokkan: to intoxicate; Sh. Ibl., II.
X\^ mabai. A tree (unidentified).
~.A mata. The eye; the focus; the central feature of anything: the blade of a knife; the
point of a spear; a point of the compass.
Silap mata pechahl kpala: if the eye is lax the
head is broken; if we do not attend to things,

ruin follows; Prov. Saperti geregaji duwa
mata: like a double-edged saw (which cuts
whichever way you draw it); the horns of a
dilemma; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., I39.
M. 'aldmat: the bull's-eye in a target; also
m. lamat.
M. angin: the point of the compass from
which the wind is blowing; the eye of the
wind.

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M. ayam: a plant, baccaurea brevipes.
M. ayer: a spring.
M. b6dil: the muzzle of a fire-arm.
M. belanak: the focus of the patterns formed
by the lines on a cushion of the finger.
Al. b1nda: property in small compass; valuables; Sej. Mal., 35.
M. biji saga: bloodshot eyes.
M. bilas: blear-eyed.
M. bisul: (I) the head of a boil; (2) a plant,
aglaonema commuata.
AM. buk: a knot in wood; the centre of the
knot.
MA. chemtperling: with naturally red-lidded
eyes; "red-eyed as the cheimperling bird."
AM. dachizng: the marks on a spring-balance
showing the weights.
M. dagangan: the valuables; = m. benda.
M. duli: the ankle; Ht. Koris; = -t. kaki,
but more polite.
M. gobek: the blade of the betel-nut pounder.
M. gunting: the point of a pair of scissors.
A. hari: the sun. M. hari naik, m. hari
t1'bit or m. hari hidop: sunrise. M. hati
turun or n. hari mati: sunset. Saperti bulan
dengan mata hari: like the sun and moon; a
dazzling combination;-used of a bride and
bridegroom.
M. hati: the "focus of the heart"; the eye of
mental perception.
M. hudangz: the name of a small aroid; aglaolnezna m1llnus.
M. ikan: (I) "fishes' eyes;" (2) pock-marks.
MA. jalan: an outpost; a scout; Cr. Gr., 63.
M. juling: a cast in the eye; squint-eyed;
cross-eyed.
MA. kail: a fish-hook.
M. kakap: the plug-hole in a boat.
M. kaki: the inner ankle bone.
M. kayu: a knot in wood.
M. keli: the eye of the keli fish; a name
given to a plant, gynotroches axillaris.
MA. kepala: the eye as the organ of vision, in
contradistinction to the power of mental perception (mata hati).
M. kiris: the blade of a keris; Sej. Mal., 146.
l. ketam batu: "crab's eye"; a name given
to a plant, gomphia sumatrana.
M. kuching: "cat's eyes"; a well-known
fruit, nephelium malayense. Dantar m. kuching:
a valuable damar obtained from hopea globosa.
Al. lamtat: the bull's-eye in a target; = mzata
'aldmat.
Ml. leimbu: the eye of an ox. Siput m. lembu:
a well-known shell.

M. liyar: wild-eyed, as a frightened man;
Ht. Abd., 382.
M. luka: the orifice of a wound; Ht. Hg.
Tuw., 95.

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