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i^ m manu. Skr. The name of a deified Hindu
lawgiver.
j\# manau. A very long and flexible rattan
(unidentified). Laksana batang manau (sa-ribu
kali inmbat hardm ta'-patah): like the manau
(which you may use for a thousand strokes
without its breaking); tireless, wiry, of a man;
Prov.

4;V.

manah. I. Valuable; esteemed.
II. The heart; the feelings; the mind;
Cr. Gr., 68.

manai. White; pale with loss of blood;
anaemic. Puchat im.: id.
Ac mani. I. A variant of manek, q. v.
II. A variant of maln, q. v.
*\, mau. Wish, will, intention; v. mahu.
\^ mawa. A monkey; the orang outang (according to von de Wall); (Kedah) a fabulous
monkey which is believed to live on dew only.I
)y mawar. I. [Arab. )ji?] Rose-water;
Ht. Sh. Kub. Ayer mt.: id. Bunga m.: the
rose. Bunga ayer min.: id. Saperti bau bunga
mawar tatkala penoh dengan embun yang kena
sinar matahari pagi-pagi: like the fragrance of
the rose when it is struck, all wet with dew,
by the rays of the rising sun; Cr. Gr., 78.
II. Tawar-.mawar: an intensified form of
tawar, q. v.
mawas. The "mias " or orang outang (dzwa
r. ekor mawas yang di-namai uleh orangputeh orang
utan, Ht. Abd., 89). The mias being not found
in the forests of the Peninsula and existing
only as a tradition, the mawacs is often represented as a semi-human evil spirit with a forearm
of iron. Besi m.: iron or bronze implements
of prehistoric make assumed by Malays to be
the forearm of a mawas.
t), maung. Unpleasant in taste, nasty. Lampau
serai masok gulai tcntu t naung: if there is too
much lemon-grass in the curry, the curry is sure
to be nasty; if there is too much of one element
in anything, the result is sure to be unsatisfactory; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., I55. Cf. tmalhug.
L mawin. Kawin mnawtin: marriage festivities
generally, marriage business, a sort of frequentative of kawin.
t\ maha. I. The name of a tree (unidentified).
II. [Skr. maiha.] Great, greatly; an intensifying prefix, usually written,.-, q. v.
Cf. the pantun:Ssluwar sutlra bdli di-kWdai;
Pakaiyan anak raja melayu:
SShaya lahsana nmawa di-julai
Menan tikha Emnbun di-daun kayu..BL. mahar. See A.
mahir. Arab. Experienced; master of one's
art.
x\. mahang. A generic name given to a number
of trees; nacaranga, spp. Di-nana-kah berteras
kayu mahang: how can you expect hard wood
from a inacaranga; never expect grapes from
thorns or figs from thistles; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XXIV., I66.
M. api or in. bayan: macaranga javanica.
M. bulan: macaranga hullettii.
M1. di-makan pelandok: homnalauthus populneus.
AM. puteh: macaranga hypoleuca.
AM. serindit: = nm. bulan.
lI. tekklor: macaranga triloba.
A. mahung. Nasty; unpleasant, of taste or
smell; = maung. Merasai pahit mahung
berajakan holanda itu: to feel the nasty
bitterness of Dutch rule; Ht. Abd., 366.
Bau-nya amat hanching dan anmat mahung: its
smell was most foul and nasty; Ht. Isk.
Dz.
Ja\. mmahap. Pardon, forgiveness; a colloquial
variant of ma'af, q. v.
L\, mahal. Dear, costly, rare, difficult to obtain,
scarce. Mahal di-beli, sukar di-chari: dear to
buy and difficult to get for oneself; a proverbial description of a valuable article; Ht.
Abd., 132. Terlalu nahal orang yang tahu
tenullis: men who knew how to write were
very rare; Ht. Abd., 46.
a mahu. Wish, will, intention. Mahu ta'-mahu:
willy nilly. Mahu ta'-mahu naik juga: whether
they liked it or not up they went all the same;
Ht. Abd., 205. Makan ta'-1hendak, tidor ta'ma/it: unwilling to eat and unwilling to sleep.
In the Straits Settlements mahu is used for
forming the future, e.g., sehaya mahut pergi:
I shall go. This use is not supported by
Malay literature. The form mau is most
common in colloquial language though mahu
is the written form.
LL maya. I. [Skr. mdya: illusion.] Phantom;
vapoury; unsubstantial; (by extension) the
spirit of life or setmangat. Jirneh maya-maya:
transparent or clear as an unsubstantial
shadow; Sh. Panj. Sg.
II. Maya pada: [Skr. madhyapada.] the
earth; Ht. Mas. Ed.; also manja-pada.
II. Besar 'umur maya: (Penang) great
trickiness; wealth of resource;-an expression
really taken from 'Umar Ummaiya, the
companion of Hamza, who is represented (in
the Hikayat Hamza) as a warrior who trusted

more to stratagem than strength.
-XL mayat. A corpse, a dead body; = (Arab.)

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I.., q. v.

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