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MAMEK

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MANAN

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$^A mamek. Slightly altered, of taste; of a
slightly different flavour.
mamam. See gopoh and amang.
OL A maman. A generic name given to a few
plants. Akar m..: a medicinal drug (unidentified). Jerok m.: a fruit (unidentified). M.
babi: a common herb, hygrophila salicifolia.
CrL mamun. I. Obscure, puzzling, of accounts;
dizziness or headache as the result of trying
to solve a difficult problem.
II. See mndmtun.

Kayu nm.: cinnamon, cinnamomumn zeylanicum.
Knmanisan: sweetness; Ht. Abd., 346, 427.
Memaniskan: to sweeten; Ht. Abd., 48; Ht.
Jay. Lengg.
Pemnanis: a charm rendering the person using
it pleasing to the other sex; J. I. A., I., 3II.
II. Jari ianis: the ring finger; Ht. Ism.
Yat., 58.
-AA manusiya. [Skr. ndnusiya.] Man; humanity. Orang mn.: a man. Nyawa mt.: the
human soul. Maniusiya sa-orang tiyada tarkawal: a single human being (i.e., a woman) is
more than a man can keep in order; Prov.,
cf. J. S. A. S., II., I53. Keris lenbeng tiyada
tajam1, tajam lagi lidah manusiya: daggers and
spears are blunt compared with the sharpness
of the human tongue; Prov.; cf. Ht. Abd.,
210.
2IO.
5A mfni'. Arab. Obstruction; hindrance; to
hinder.

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mamu. I. "Uncle;" a name sometimes
applied to old men by the general public but
rarely by nephews to uncles. Cf. mamak.
II. A tree (unidentified).

Oyt m&mAn. Arab. Pledged, fixed, steadfast.

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mamah. Chewing; mastication; crushing to
pieces in the mouth. M. biyak: to chew the
cud. A ku maaah dengan tulang-tulang-mu:
I shall chew you to bits bones and all; Ht. Sg.
Samb. Rupa kain-nya saperti di-mamah anjing
rupa nya: his clothes looked as if they had
been chewed up by a dog; Ht. Si Misk., 4.
Cf. also: Ht. Abd., 383, 386; Ht. Best.; Sh.
Sg. Kanch., 7.

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cA mamai. Looking with unseeing eyes, of a
sleepy man; talking in one's sleep. Cf.
mamang and miamong which refer to a dizzy
or absent-minded man when far from being
actually asleep.
o xmana. An interrogative; where, which, what,
how, why. Di-mana: in what place; where.
Dari mana: from what place; whence. Kamana: to what place; whither. Orang mana;
what man. Bagai-mana: in what manner;
how. Masa mana: when; whenever; Ht.
Koris. Mana kala: id.; Ht. Best.; Ht. Gul.
Bak., I32. Barang-ka-mana: wherever. Tiyada
sa-mana-mana: without why or wherefore; for
no reason whatever; Ht. Abd., 41, 258; cf.
semeana. Dari-mana htndak ka-nana; whence
come you and whither go you? Di-mana-kan:
how shall; = di-mana akan. Di-manakan
Betara Mahabisnu nenchari aku: how can the
Great God Vishnu be seeking me; Ht. Sg.
Samb.
\.; manis. I. Sweetness; sweet; light, of some
colours. M. gula: the sweetness of sugar;
extreme sweetness; Prov. M. saperti sakar
berchampor madiu: sweet as sugar mixed with
honey; id. Muka yang m.: a kindly expression;
Ht. Abd., 7. Lidah m.: soft spoken; persuasive; Cr. Gr., 63; Ht. Abd., 86. Hitam in.:
a delicate brown.
A das m.: aniseed, illisium anisatum.
Gigi m.: an incisor tooth (other than the
teeth immediately in front); the teeth at the
side of the front teeth.

manek or manik. [Skr. mani.] A coral
bead; a bead generally. Sa-utas manek-maneek:
a string of beads; Ht. Gh. M. msas: golden
beads; Ht. Koris. Manek-nya bunga melati:
with beads of the jasmine, i.e., the flowers of
the jasmine (either real or imitation) strung
on a thread; Ht. Ind. Meng. Berchuchoran
ayer mnata-nya saperti manek tanggal daripada
chuchok-nya: her tears coursed down like beads
falling from their string; Ht. Sh. Kub.
manok. A bird. M. dewata: the bird of
paradise.
manikam. Tam. A gem; a ruby. Jauhari
juga yang mengenal manikam: it is the jeweller who can tell the gem; Prov., Ht. Abd., 4.
Manikam itu kalau jatoh ka-dalam limbahan
sakalipun tiyada akan hilang chehaya-nya:
though a gem falls into a cess-pool it will not
lose its lustre; great qualities shine even in
mean surroundings; Prov., Ht. Abd., 362.
Ratena miutu manikam: precious stones of all
sorts. The word is often written ma'nikam.
Manikam is also the name given to the
embryo at conception.
manan. I. A proper name, short for 'Abdu'
l-manndn.
II. A kar manan: a creeper or climber
(unidentified).
I Malay ideas of embryology practically ignore the
ovum and believe the embryo to be created by the union
of three elements which are found in separate existence in
the sperma genitale. The theory is given at some length
in the Sha'ir 'IbArat Manikam Pari, and may be summarized in the following two lines (Sh. I. M. P., 7):PNrtama wadi, keduwa madzr,
KVtiga mani, manikan tajallt.
Thus mzanikam also occurs in the sense of sperma genitale:
maka tmasing-masing pun dudok-lal dengan berahi-nya; maka
habis-lah terhambor manikam-nya tiyada khabarkan diri-nya;
Ht. P. J. P. The three elements are often mentioned in
sorcerers' incantations.

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