A Malay-English dictionary,

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nya: within his knowledge; within the limits
of his acquaintance; Ht. Abd., 277, 298. Terlebeh ma ''lizm-lah itwan-tuwan yang mtebacha
hikdyat ini: "my readers know more about it
than I";-a common expression used when
an author wishes to escape narrating anything
(where a European author would put asterisks).
Tuwan yang I!beh mta'Izlu: id. Pronounced
usually mtd'alu.... ma'm&fr. Arab. Populated; inhabited; cultivated; in quantity. Baudar-pun terlalu ma'm1lr: the town had a large population; Sej.
Mal., 48. Wang tfrlalu ma'msr; money was
very plentiful; Ht. Abd., 2I5. Often pronounced nma'amur.
ma'na. Arab. Meaning; inner meaning; true
interpretation or signification, e.g., the hidden
meaning of a proverb in contradistinction to
its superficial one. Herti dan ma'na dan kehendak kitdb itu: the literal meaning, the inner
meaning, and the design of the book; Ht. Abd.,
450. Ma'na di-huraikan dengan perlahlan: he
worked out the meaning slowly; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 3.
Nuri berkata terlalu chepat
Apa-kah hgrti ma'na e~mpat?
Iya menjawdb sigera-lah dapat
Intan, isldm, tauthd, tma'rifat:
the lory very promptly said: what is the meaning of the expression "the four hidden meanings underlying everything"? He replied and
promptly gave the right answer: the True
Faith, the World of Salvation, the Unity of
God, and True Wisdom; Sh. Ung. Bers., 8.
mughal. Arab. Mongol; Tartar; Mogul.
Ash maghrib. Arab. W\est; the West; evening.
Sembahyang nm.: the evening prayer; Ht.
Abd., 32. Dari mashrik lalu ka-maghrib: from
the East to the West; from dawn till eve; from
one end of the world to another; Sej. Mal., 7.
Raja mashrik dan maghrib: lord of the East
and of the West;-a title given to great
princes of romance.

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mangsa. [Skr. mdngsa.] Flesh-food; the
prey of carnivorous animals. Ka-mana-kah
mangsa ini kamu bawa: whither are you taking
your prey; Ht. Kal. Dam., 8o. Dan segala
nzergestuwa pun blnum lagi keluwar dari sarangnya mlenchari nmangsa-nya: and all the beasts of
the forest had not yet left their dens in search
of their prey; Ht. Si Misk., 93.

Zi t mongsang. A civet-cat; a (Riau) variant of
Inmusang, q. v.
A.y~ m.ngsu. Bultu menlgsu: the fine hairs round
the forehead (bulu 1entgsu-nya bagai di-tulis;
Ht. Gh.). Also nuugsu or mingsu; v. d. W.
ISLE mangsi. [Skr.: ink.] A black compound of
burnt tamarind bast used at Batavia for staining the teeth.
- mungsi. A medicinal drug (nature unidenti' fied).
3A mangka. A variant of, q. v.
\j6 mangkara or mengkara. [Skr.?] Hudang
mtengkara: a large prawn or crab. M. jiwa:
the " cancer of lives "; the name of a terrible
weapon used by the God Kala; Ht. Sg. Samb.
4 mengkarong. (Kedah.) The common skink;
imabuia (usually mabuia multifasciata);
(Riau, Johor) bengkarong.,tI
rAs

mengkasar. Macassar in Celebes.
mangkapas. A plant-name, J. I. A., I., 336;
also (Kedah) the name of a fish (unidentified).

m6ngkala.

(Penang.) When; = bila.

4sh'

maghrabl. Arab. The "Western land";
Morocco.

Datang-lah auliyd dari Maghrabi
Birhenti di-rumah Siti 'A rabi:
there came a holy man from Morocco who
stayed at the Arabian lady's house; Sh. UI., 3
b.e, maghlib. Arab. Vanquished; overcome.
mong. (Onom.) The sound of a gong. Cf.
mongmong.
\i 2 mengr6a. Bright, gay of colouring; =
Ameragi. Mlngtrna-lah rupa pawai panji-panjinya: gay was the appearance of their lances
and pennons; Ht. Ind. Meng. From rona?

\\. m6ngkalai. Abandoned, of work; left unfinished;-a variant of bzngkalai, q. v.
2 mnngkawang. A variant of bengkawang, q. v.
Cf. also kawang.
O K2, m6ngkawan. A (Kedah) variant of bengkawan, q. v..j. mangkubumi. An exalted title; regent or
viceroy; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
From mangku (pangku) and bumi, q. v.
X..s mangkat. To die; to depart this life;
(literally) "to be borne aloft," of a prince;
Ht. Abd., I98, 330, 414. Cf. angkat.
AJ mangkar. I. Still tough, insufficiently
cooked; unripe, of fruit. Also makar.
II. Mayang mangkar: the opening blossom
of the coco-nut. See mekar and megar.

A

mongkor. A litter or sedan-chair; Sej. Mal.,
I52; Ht. Ism. Yat., I37, I40, I74. Also
monggor.

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