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MARA

M. lemas: death by suffocation or drowning.
Mati-mati: persistently, steadily; as much or
as far as possible.
M. modar: to die choked.
MA. puchok: loss of virility; impotence.
Angin in.: wind that has died away; (by
metaphor) dead passion or lust.
Belanja m.: fixed allowance; fixed salary.
Geran mn.: (Straits Settlements) a freehold
title for land.
Herga m.: fixed price; final price or reserve
below which no sale takes place.
Simpul in.: a knot which is not a slip-knot
or running knot; a knot which is not intended
to be loosed.
Tanah m.: land on freehold tenure.
Matikan: to kill; to put an end to; to render
definite or final; to fix; Ht. Abd., 28, 318,
483. Mematikan: to slay; Ht. Abd., I60.
Kematiyan: the dying of; the terminating of;
death. Perempuwan yang kematiyan suwaminya; a woman whose husband is dead; a
widow; Ht. Abd., 65. K. angin: the dying
away of the wind; Pel. Abd., I8.
e\A- maja. I. A generic name for a number of
plants; Ht. Koris., Ht. Ind. Meng. Also
manja.
Maja-pahit, maja-kani, maja-kling and majalawai: plants (unidentified).
II. A salt-water shell-fish (unidentified).
III. A contraction of semaja; sengaja or
sehaja, q. v.
A>\4 majal. Short, stumpy. Pisau in.: a short
broad knife; Sh. Jub. Mal., I6.
\.. majum. (Kedah.) Oakum, especially when
\ used in the bows of a boat.
>-. maju. To progress; to advance; progress;
(by metaphor) prosperity; Bint. Timor, 23
Feb., i895.
A- majfj. Arab. Magog; a fabulous giant.
C * Saperti Ydjij wa Mdajuj keluwar-lah dari-dalam
bukit Kdf: like Gog and Magog issuing from
Mount Kaf; Ht. Sg. Samb.

pL macham. Tam.? Sort, type, model; as:
1 Macham-macham: of sorts; various kinds of.
Apa macham: how. Macham ini: in this
way. The word is very common in " Bazaar"
Malay; it also occurs: Ht. Abd., r49, 354., machan. Jav. The tiger; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Ht. Raj. Don., 69; Cr. Gr., 25.

madat. I. [Hind. madad.]
opium; chandu; Ht. Ism. Yat.,
Abd., 410, 477; Sh. Ibl., II.

Prepared
I00; Ht.

II. A turret; a watchtower; a part of the
battlements (madat-nya herti-nya bangunbangunaun-nya); Pel. Abd., 56.
a\ madam. I. [Eng.: madam.] A lady of
rank; J. I.A., I., 82.
II. Heaviness; sluggishness of thought;
from padam?
Madam-lah pikir, patah-lah kera,
Di-temipoh ue duka sangsara:
dulled is thought, broken the power of
reckoning, crushed by sorrow and grief.
Penyakit in.: a disease the reputed symptoms
of which are general depression and inability
to perspire.
a madu. I. [Skr. madhu: sweet.] Sweetness; honey. Ayer miadu: honey; Ht. Abd.,
25. Laut madu: an ocean of sweetness; a
sea of honey; Ht. Abd., 221; Ht. Sh. Mard.
II. The relationship or rivalry between
women married to the same husband.
Sunggoh-pufn bermadu belum perenah lagi
berbantah sa-patah sa-orang: although they
were wives of the same husband they had
never had the least quarrel; Ht. Sh. Kub.
'A zzmat perempuwan tiyada miahu bermadu: a
charm for use by wvomen who do not wish to
have fellow-wives; Muj., 86. Harap-lah
ingkau jadi madu-ku: do you hope to become
my fellow-wife; Sh. Bid., 3I. The word is
also used of rivals in love generally.
A pa takut nmilaw'an hantu;
Hantu ada di-balek tiyang;
A pa takit umelawan madu,
Sama-saOna keris di-pinggang:
why should I fear to fight my rival, we both
alike wear a keris at our waists.
III. Madu kara: a silk cloth interwoven
with gold.
IV. Madu nailtchong: coming to a point;
the meeting of two lines.

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majoh. Gluttonous in eating.
macha. I. A small shell-fish;
Better maja.

Marsd.

II. Jav. To read; to recite; to intone;=
bacha.
machis. Eng. Matches; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 3.
machang. (Kedah.) The horse-mango,
mangiferafcetida. Also metmbachang, embachang,
bachang, etc. Sakit m.: inflammation of the
lymphatic glands.

0A. madah. [Arab. madah.]
madah: to say; to utter; to
kan: id.; Ht. Gul. Bak., 79.

Saying. Berspeak. Madah

9.\ mara. I. [Skr. indra.] Danger; misfortune; calamity. Sunggoh-pun banyak maranya di-jalan: although there are many perils
on the way; Ht. Abd., 215.