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MONYES

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V*rn monyes or monyos. Ashamed; KI., Pijn.,
v. d. W.

c54-, mahdi. Arab.
paraclete.

Rightly guided; guide;

4r monyeh. Makan nionyeh: to eat without
eating one's fill; to eat much, but less than
enough.
4. moh. No; I will not; I won't; I refuse;
unwilling; e-mboh.
\.4 maha. [Skr. mnahd.] Great; very, exceedingly (in compounds). This word is never
used by itself but always as modifying an
adjective or adjectival noun with which it is
compounded.
Mlaha-banyak: most numerous; countless;
incalculable, of wealth; Ht. Hamz., 24.
Mlaha-bhsar: most great; most exalted; Ht.
Abd., 12, 465; Cr. Gr., 64.
3Maha-biru: Mahameru, the Hindu Olympus;
(by extension) huge, mighty, of a mountain;
Ht. Pg. Ptg.
Malha-dewa: the Great God; Siva; one of the
names or attributes of Siva personified as a
separate divinity.
Maha-elok: most fair; most beautiful, as a
complimentary description; Ht. Hamz., 32.
Maha-genpita: most awesome; most terrible,
of the majesty of a prince; Ht. Hamz., 58.
Maha-kota: a crown; a variant (by erroneous
etymology of miakota); see also mahkota.
Maha-limpah: ever-flowing; freely flowing,
of generosity or mercy; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 24.
AMaha-lhwas: most spacious, of a plain; Sej.
Mal., 57; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Maha-meru: the Hindu Olympus; v. mahabiru.
Maha-morah: the All-liberal or All-merciful,
of God; most generous, of a prince; Ht.
Hamz., 9.
Maha-niuliya: most illustrious; Cr. Gr., 64.
Maha-nyaring: most shrill; all-piercing, of a j
sound; Ht. Isk. Dz.
Maha-raja: great king; a title.
Maha-rana: a great prince or king; a variant I
of maharaja; Cr. Gr., 80.
Maha-rani: a great queen or princess; a
feminine of maharaja or Ynaharana; Sh. Jub.
Mal., 5; Ht. Ism. Yat. (puteri Maharani 1
Langkawi). Bandar maharani: a place in Muar
called after the wife of the late Sultan (once
Maharaja) of Johor.
Maha-rishi: a great sage; a deified sage; Ht.
Sri Rama; Bint. Timor, i6 Jan., i895.
Maha-rupa: most fair; most lovely; most
beautiful, of a girl; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 50.
Maha-suchi: most pure; All-pure, of God; Ht.
Raj. Sul., 4 -Maha-tajam: most sharp; very sharp, of a
sword; Ht. Ind. Jaya.

Maha-tangkas: most agile; very swift in its
movements; Sej. Mal., 47.

mahar. [Arab. mahr.] The dowry (in the
Muhammadan sense); the settlements on the
bride which become her property if she is
divorced without serious cause.
Hendak di-pulangkan segala mahar,
Jangan-lah lagi eembuwat tenar:
all your settlements will be paid back to you,
only do not make this matter public; Sh.
Peng.
The mahr is usually known by the name
emas kahzin.;ad mahakota or mahkota. [Skr. makata.] A
crown (by erroneous derivation from mahakota). M. segala raja-raja: "the diadem of
kings"; the name of a well-known Malay
work. A mpun tuzwan-ku, mahkota negeri:
forgive me, Sir, Ruler of the Land; Sh. Pr.
Ach., 3. M. indera: a royal crown; royal
prince; Sh. Put. Ak., 33.
Puttra fi.: a son of royalty; Sh. Panj. Sg.
mahaligai. Tam. A palace. Better (ety-. mologically) maligai, but mnahaligai is the
commoner form.
En mahir. Pers. The moon.
(t.~ mahisa or mahesa. [Skr. mahisha.] A
buffalo; "buffalo," as a title of honour among
the ancient Javanese. Usually misa, q. v.
mait. Arab. A dead (human) body; a corpse.
Usually pronounced miayat, q. v. Cf. bangkai.
* mitai. Kuweh miitai: a kind of cake (unidentified); J. I. A., I., 82.
meja. [Port. meza.] A table; Ht. Abd.,
87, II5.
ro mejan. A game played with a rough kind of
dice (bitwah mejan).
4%- mejah. [Port. meza.] A table; a variant of
1nmeja..;\ ~ maidin. See medan.
- midar. To travel round; a Javanese variant
of menngidar. Midar sa-putar 'dlam: to travel
round the earth; Sh. Panj. Sg.
0- medan. [Pers. maiddn.] A plain; an open
field; a field of battle; (by metaphor) a cockpit or ring or any place which is the scene of
a combat. M. petprangan: a field of battle;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Pulau itu

terlalu baik medan-nya: that island has a fine
open and level surface; Ht. Ism. Yat., 185.

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Maha-tinggi: most exalted; Cr. Gr., 64.

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