A Malay-English dictionary,

I
i
I
I
i
I

L

1YIT [- 6-' II 1VI-NTIMU

MINTA

[ 657 ]

MbNTIMUN

i

minta. Asking, applying for; cf. pinta. M.
ampun: to beg pardon; Ht. Abd., I6I. M tabek:
to beg to be excused. Minta-minta: a beggar;
Cr. Gr., 57. M. do'd: to pray for anything;
to call down by prayer; to invoke blessings.
Meminita: to ask for; Ht. Abd., 3, 33, 6o.
Miemintakan: id.; Ht. Abd., I 15, I 117.
Pemninta: a request; Sh. Abd. Mk., 94; Ht.
Jay. Lengg.; Ht. Kal. Dam., 243, 344. Permintaan: id.; Ht. Abd., I24, 397.
'; m6ntarang. Siput rnttarang: (Kedah) a
shell-fish (unidentified); it has a thin rough
shell and is found in mud-flats.
F U; m6ntangor. (Kedah.) A name given to a
number of trees of the calophyllum class; =
(Riau, Johor) bentangor, q. v.
jVE. mentapai. (Kedah.) A tree (unidentified).;U* mntagi. The name of a shell (unidentified).
m.ntaus. (Kedah.) Akar mientaus: a climbing
D,) -k plant (unidentified); = (Riau, Johor) akar bentawas..,~ mentor. Balai mentor: a flat dais at the foot
of a palace staircase, used as an informal
meeting place or hall of audience; Ht. Ind.
Meng. Also balai meintora and balai imntjra.
f* mant6ra or mbntera. I. [Skr. mantra.] A
magical formula. Ku bacha satu mantera,
neschaya tiyada-lah orang khabarkan diri-nya dan
pintu rumah terbuka dengan mantera-ku itu: I
shall recite a formula and the people (in the
house) will certainly lose consciousness and
the door will fly open before that formula of
mine; Ht. Kal. Dam., I8.
Manterakan: to recite a formula over; to
endow with magical powers by means of the
recitation of a formula. Jampi-manterakan:
id.; Ht. Best. Ayer yangtelah di-mantera-kan:
water over which a magical formula has been
recited; a sort of holy water; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
110.
II. Orang manttra: an aboriginal race inhabiting Malacca territory. Many are to be
found at Ayer Salak some nine miles from the
town of Malacca.
III. Balai mentotra: - balai mentora and
balai mentor; v. mentor.
S.~r mintaraga. The name of the grotto in which
Arjuna lived in the days of his hermitage.,r mantri, m6nt6ri ormunteri. [Skr. mantri.]
A counsellor; a minister of state; a civil official in contradistinction to one of the military

(hulubalang); the queen in chess. Perdana mn.:
the principal minister; the prime minister. Cf.
Ht. Abd., 25I; Sej. Mal., 34; etc.
I mdntang. Sa-menttang: although; granting
that; admitting. Sa-mentang pun iya orang
yang bgrtuwah: admitting that he is a man
blessed with good luck; Ht. Koris.

ix m6ntuwa.
Gul Bak.,
mtertuwa.
isx mbntora.
mnentira or
menftor.

Father or mother-in-law; Ht.
60, I37; Ht. Ind. Nata. Also
Balai tinjtora: a variant of balai
balai enttor; Ht. Mas. Ed. See

~ mmentong. Kulang ntentong: running by fits
and starts as a man short of breath.
z, montok or muntok. Stumpy; short and
thick; broad in proportion to its length, of
anything, e.g., as certain snakes.
Al'" m6nt1lah. The more.

J-1:44
A.:;14

mntulang. A plant.
mntah. Raw, uncooked. Daging m.: raw
meat; Ht. Abd., 76. Bawang yang mi.: raw
onions; Muj., 27. Masak m. "the cooked
and the raw," a name given to offerings to
evil spirits as those offerings comprise both
cooked and raw materials.
Petrnt, pirnt, minngapa kan sakit?
Bagai-imana ta'-sakit, nasi me-ntah.
Natsi 1u1asi, mesngapa kau mnentah?
Bagai-mana ta'mnentah, kayu basah:

stomach, stomach, why are you aching?How can I help aching when the rice is uncooked? Rice, rice, why are you so uncooked?
-How can I help being uncooked when the
firewood is all wet? Masak di-luwar mintah
di-dalam: cooked outside and raw within;
deceptive; Prov... muntah. Vomiting. Terkadang-kadang muntah-lah iya sebab banyak meminum ayer masin
itu: sometimes he vomited for he had swallowed much salt water; Ht. Abd., 80o. Mabok
in.: drunk and vomiting; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Muntah-muntah darah: to vomit blood,-believed to be the work of an evil spirit; Ht. Abd.,
62. Muntahkan darah: id.; Sej. Mal., 117.
Muntah kedarah: id.; Ht. Best. These last
expressions are often confused with kedadak,
and are used as imprecations " may you die a
miserable death."
Muntahkan.: to bring up; to vomit up.
M. buweh: to vomit froth; Sej. Mal., 30.
M. gemala: to vomit out a talismanic stone;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 84. Makanan yang di-makannya itu di-nmuutahkan-nya pula: the food which
he had eaten he brought up again; Ht. Ind.
Nata.
Do." mantega. [Port. manteiga.] Butter. Buwah
m.: the butter fruit, diospyros discolor.
SQBA m6ntigi. A plant (thibaudia sp.?).,>,l mantimun. A generic name for gourds,
pumpkins, passion-flowers, etc.; Ht. Abd.,
310; J. S. A. S., XI., 6o. Usually timun, q. v.