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OLAH

~j)\ olak. An eddy, ripple or agitation on the
surface of the water, such agitation not being
caused by the movement of any body on that
surface; a round whirling movement; a
wooden revolving reel used in spinning; a
deceptive movement.
Bagai ikan lampam di-olak jamban, or bagai
kangkong di-olak jamban: a proverb descriptive
of a person swollen out with dirty pride or
flourishing on filth.
Dari Perlak langsong Kelantan
Mengadap raja tinggi berdaulat;
Berolak ayer, ku-sangka ikan,
Pukat ku laboh, ikan ta'-dapat:
the water was agitated, I suspected a fish, I
cast down my net and caught nothing at all.
Olak-alek: backwards and forwards; whirling first in one direction and then in another.
Chakap berolak-alck: inconsistent talk.
Sadikit chakap berolak-alek;
Pusing putar tutor, kata-nya:
however brief his talk, it is equivocating; all
that he says only wriggles round the truth.
Mengolak: to equivocate; Sh. Panj. Sg.
)\j olek. Lulling to sleep; a variant of ulit, q. v.
~j)\ olok. I. Joking; jesting. Mengolok-olok: to
jest at any person's expense; to hold a
man up to ridicule. Hamba ta'-suka di-olokolok: I am not fond of jests at my expense;
Sh. U1., 4.
Olok-olok: a jester; the name of a bird; see
s. v. ogak.
II. A form of chain-stitch.
U\ ulam. Vegetable condiments eaten with rice;
vegetable accessories to a dish. Puchok dichinta (or di-chita), ulamn mendatang: just as
you want young bamboo shoots (to eat) the
vegetables turn up; to get not exactly what
one wants or what one bargained for, but still
something which will meet the case; Prov.,
Sh. Lail. Mejn., 17; J. S. A. S., II., 148; cf.
s. v. upeh. Upas berulam rachun: (one poison
eaten with another poison for flavouring), or
gadong kechubong berulamkan ganja (intoxicant
drugs flavoured with Indian hemp): piling
Pelion upon Ossa; injury upon injury; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., XI., 43, 38, and Ht. Mas. Ed.
Ulam menchari sambal: the vegetables go after
the pickles, an inversion of the usual order of
things, as vegetables are taken first and pickles
added to flavour them; see sambal (which is
not literally pickle); Prov.
The word ulam is applied to fruits (petai,
machang, jering, etc.) eaten with sambals; see
J. S. A. S., II., 148; Pel. Abd., 37.

The form hulam often occurs..)\ ulan. I. Ulan tampala: a circular ornament
worn in the hair of a bride; K1.
II. (Kedah.) Delightful; pleasant or enjoyable in the extreme.

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olon or ulun. I. Servant; also used (cf.
hamba and sehaya) as a pronoun of the first
person. Pgkulun: id.
II. A name given to some conical shells
from Celebes; conus miles and conus lithoglyphus.
ulu. The ancient Indonesian word for "head,"
a word which has been superseded in ordinary
use by the Sanskrit kepala but which still
survives in respectful language when speaking
of a raja's head, and in a number of idiomatic
expressions; the handle of a weapon or tool;
the upper watershed of a river. Also hulu.
Ulu-nya di-riba uleh-nya puteri: the princess
laid his head on her lap; Sh. A. R. S. J., 7.
AMenundok-kan ulu: to bow the head-of a raja;
Sh. Dag., 13. Pening ulu: giddiness; Ht.
Mas. Ed.; Sh. B. A. M., 3. Gering ulu: headache; = sakit kepala, but confined to Court
langua'ge; Ht. Koris. Bulaing ulu: the fillet
on a raja's head; v. bulang, a term of endearment; Sh. Bid., 5. Junjongan u11 u: "that
which is borne on the head," i. e., the sovereignty of another; a term of endearment: Sh.
Kumb. Chumb., 4; Sh. Ik. Trub., 6.
U. balang: a warrior; an officer; v.,Ah.
U. hati: (literally) the highest portion of the
heart and liver; the liver. Sakit ulu hati: pain
under the shoulder blades; liver complaint.
Tulang ulu hati, and tulang sudu hati: the
xiphoid process.
U. kepala: the upper portion of the head.
U. keris: the handle of a keris. U. pedang:
the handle of a sword; Ht. Hamz., 27.
U. pahat: the handle of a chisel. U. alu: the
upper portion of a betel-nut crusher. Keris
berhulu chula: a keris with a handle of dragonhorn; Sej. Mal., I34.
Buwah.: a cake; v. baulu.
Gula u.: kabong juice boiled for several hours.
Dahulu: before, previous, prior; v. Jbj.
Penghulu or pengul: a chief; head; the head
of a body of men; the director-as distinct
from the person who carries out the directions;
(ptnglima, v. lima). A distinction is sometimes drawn by using penghulu of the Prophet
Muhammad alone, and penguui of a native
headman or chief, but this distinction is not
invariably observed.
olah. Manner; way of doing things; explanation of the way things are done; excuse;
attitude taken up. Banyak olah: changeful,

capricious and vacillating, an equivalent of
banyak ragam; also duplicity; treacherous.
Olah elah: duplicity.
Perolah: fastidious.
Sa-olah-olah: about the same in manner or
appearance as; similar to.

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