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)y nyolo. [Chin.?] A brazier., nyonya. See nyonyah.
nyonyot. Pulling out anything that gives
>:-ad way under a pull; pulling at the breast, of
children; drawing by suction, sucking; pulling
a thing to pieces.
y.~ nyonyong. Puffed up, as a lip swollen by a
blow. Terkenyonyong: id.
q4., nyonyah. An appellation or title given (in
Java) to married European or Chinese ladies
of some position; (in the Straits) to Straitsborn Chinese and Eurasian ladies. Cf. nonah
and baba.
4J; nyonyeh. (Onom.) The sound made by a
toothless old man trying to speak; old and
toothless.
4. nyah. Moving off; quitting; rapid departure;
off, be off. Also ennyah. Nyah-lah engka:
be off! Maka di-halau orang-lah akan S. A.
tiu, nyah daripada tlnpat-nya dudok itu: S. A.
was expelled by them, and disappeared from
his place of residence; Ht. Kal. Dam., 384.
Lalu di-nyahkan-lah daripada ngeSri-nya: then
he was driven from his country; Ht. Ind.
Meng.
X nyeh. Removing mucus from the nose (in
the native way); the Malay practice corresponding in results to the use of a pockethandkerchief.,, nyiyat. Nyiyat-nyiyat: a medicinal herb used
as a remedy for the itch.,d nyiris. See nyireh.
nyirn. A winnowing-pan or sieve. Matahari
itu buleh-kah di-tutup dengan nyiru: can the sun
be concealed by a winnowing sieve; a proverb
ridiculing attempts to attain great results with
trifling measures; J. S. A. S., II., I58.
nyireh. A tree growing on the sea-shore and
yielding a large inedible fruit; carapa moluccana;
Sej. Mal., 116. Also (Selangor) nyiris.. nyilu. On edge, of the teeth. Also ngilu.
nyior. The coco-nut, cocos nucifera. The
word kelapa is sometimes used in the same
sense (Riau, Johor, not Kedah) but is strictly
speaking confined to the dry nut, copra.

The Malays recognize the following species
of coco-nut according to the colour of the nut:
ny. gading, ny. hijan, ny. keszmba, and ny.
merah. They also recognize two varieties
according to edibility: ny. manis (the husk of
which is eaten) and ny. tampok manis (which
is edible near the stalk). They also give the
name ny. laut to the coco-de-mer or pauh
janggi.
They also recognize the following varieties
in the nut according to its stage of growth:
Ny. chungkilan: a nut when the outer shell
has to be cut by a knife;
Ny. di-makan blan: a coco-nut without water
in it;
Ny. gigi belalang: a coco-nut which is light
on one side and darker coloured on the other;
Ny. gonchang sa-kali: = ny. semanttan;
Ny. gubal: a nut with the husk cut off so
as to lighten it f6r transport;
Ny. ingusan: the young coco-nut with a thin
inner coating of edible matter;
Ny. kelongkong: the young coco-nut when the
inner shell has formed, but before the edible
part has commenced to form;
Ny. komeng: an abortive coco-nut containing
no edible matter inside;
Ny. kotai: a seed-coco-nut;
Ny. ladeh: a coco-nut the water of which has
coagulated into a pulp;
Ny. mumbang: the very young coco-nut; the
nut when it first appears;
Ny. semantan: the coco-nut when the water in
it can be heard on the coco-nut being shaken.
Ny. sungkoran: the coco-nut which can be
scraped out shell and all, the shell not having
commenced to harden;
Ny. tahan kukor: the coco-nut just before the
water in it can be heard on shaking the nut;
Ny. telinga kambing: the coco-nut when it has
commenced to harden (one end hardening
first).
By nyenyen. Insulting, affronting; teasing,
"badgering," annoying;-used especially of
children teasing each other in childish ways.
Q4 nyenyeh. I. Menyenyeh: to press the acceptance of a gift on any one; to importune
a person to accept.
II. A pirate chief.
III. A variant of nyenyen, q. v.

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