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Mgrimau: to behave naughtily, of a child.
Also rimau.
a his. An interjection; - fye, for shame.., hasta or h6sta. [Skr. hasta.] A Malay
cubit; the length of the forearm from elbow
to finger-tip. Chakapan sa-jengkal di-bawa satu
hsta: give him three inches of words and he
will carry off a cubit; give him the least opening for criticism and he will take your whole
character away; Prov.
hang. I. (Kedah.) You; the pronoun of the
second person singular, = (Riau, Johor) engkau
or kau; and (Menangkabau) ang.
Hang pa: you (plural); you all. In literature
hang occurs: Ht. Mar. Mah.
II. An ancient titular prefix to the names
of men of some distinction, e.g., Hang Tuwah,
Hang Jfbat.
III. (Onom.) A deep breath.
IV. A matchan or platform for tiger-hunters
in the branches of a tree.
hong. I. The Sanskrit and Buddhist Orn, a
word of mysterious import sometimes used by
Malay witchdoctors (pawangs) in their incantations.
II. Tikam kaki hong: to draw a Wah-weh
lottery.
heng. A cry directing an elephant to turn.
is^ hongkong. Hongkong. Khreta h.: (Singapore) a jinrikisha., hingga. Limit, boundary; as far as, until,
up to. H. pada masa ini: up to the present
time. Dari atas hingga ka-bawah: from the
top to the bottom. Hingga ka-dalam taman
puteri: even into the princess's garden.
Sa-hingga: until. Sa-hingga pukul etant
petang: until six in the evening. Sa-hingga
merah-lah keduwa pipi-nya: until both her
cheeks were red.
Perhinggaan: boundary, limit; Ht. Gul Bak.,
144. Tiyada perhinggaan: limitless, boundless.
Tiyada terhingga: id.; Sh. Rej., I7; Sh. Sg.
Kanch., 8. Cf. also perenggan.,^6s hinggut. (Kedah.) Swaying backwards and
forwards, as a rower at the oar; swaying from
side to side as a tree. Laksana buwah masak
lum, di-hinggut perdu luroh sendiri: like a
fully-ripe fruit which falls when the stem
is shaken; just of the right age or in the right
state; Prov. Ta'-usah gonchang, ta'-usah

hinggut, tiyada tarchabut: it is no use shaking
the trunk from below or the branches from
above, the tree is not to be uprooted; Prov.
Gonchang is used of shaking a tree-trunk and
so shaking down the fruit, hinggut of a boy
who gets up into the branches of a tree and
shakes them so that the fruit falls.

Terhinggut-hinggut: swaying from side to
side; rocking; a consequential swagger or
strut.
j hinggap. Perching, settling; alighting, of a
bird. Maka burong pipit hinggap di-atas chula
naga Antaboga: the sparrow settled on the
horn of the dragon Antaboga; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
A khir-nya iya hinggap di-belakang kUrbau juga:
it (the bangau bird) always settles in the end
on the buffalo's back; a plebeian may rise
very high but he will at times betray his
plebeian origin; Prov., Ht. Abd., II5., hanggok. A variant of anggok, q. v.

hinggu.
q. v.

[Skr., id.] Asafcetida. Often inggu,

j hap. (Onom.) A dry cough; the sound made
by a man who tries to cough up something
that is tickling his throat. Hap-hap: id.,
frequentative.
L hhapsel. A shell imported from Celebes;
harpa conoidalis; = (English) harp shell?
hak. Hok-hak: speaking inconsequently and
at random.
JO hok. I. (Chin.?) Bunga hok: a peculiar

pattern in cloth; KI., v. d. W.
II. See hak.

fb halamang. A heavy broadsword; also
lamang.
&Z halaman. A lawn or open space in front of
a house or palace; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Ind.
Meng.; Ht. Abd., 17I, 415. Also alaman and
laman..t halba. [Arab. - ] An aromatic plant;
fcenum grccum; Muj., 48.
\^ hulubalang. A military officer; a leading
warrior or champion. Pakaiyan h.: uniform;
Ht. Abd., 223. Manteri h.: civil and military
officers. See hulu.
U-. hulubangsa. Original; the original home of
a tribe or nation.
'i. halban or halfban. Kayu haleban: a tree
with light blue flowers, vitex pubescens. Also
e1ban.

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hblat. Alternate, intervening. Also elat and
lat.
hilang. A hawk or kite; usually lang, q. v.
halkah. A horse-collar.
halkum. [Arab. hulkWm.] Throat, gullet.

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