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AHL

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AYAT

ahl. Arab. Family; people; men who do,
or are experienced in, anything. Ahlu'n-nujui: people versed in astrology; astrologers.
Ahlu'l-Kurdn: a man versed in the Koran.
Ahllu's-sha'zr: poets. Ahlu'l-makar: a trickster.
Cf. ahlz.
ahli. [ Arab. adj. of ahl, q. v. ] Versed in;
experienced in; an adept in. A hli dalan pengajiyan Kurdn: versed in the reading of the
Koran.
This word is sometimes used in Malay where
\\ only would be used in Arabic. Ahli
ister)i-lya: his wife's relatives.
ihmal. Arab. To omit, to neglect.
aho. An interjection of summons.
ai, or e. An interjection expressive of eagerness, especially of eager approval. Ai kelagilagi, saperti Belanda minta tanah: yes, more,
more, as a Dutchman says when applying for
land; " the fault of the Dutch is giving too
little and asking too much;" Prov., J.S.A.S.,
III., 20.
iya. The pronoun of the third person; he;
she; it; they; them; him; it is so; yes.
Datang-lah iya: he, she, it, or they came.
Iya-kah atau tidak: yes or no.
Mengiyakan: to say yes; to admit; Ht.
Abd., 123.
ayapan. Dressed meat; cooked victuals;
food-in refined language only and confined in
use to the food prepared for a raja.
ayyim. [ Arab. plur. of yanm, day. ] Days.

^ ebeng. Mengebeng: to sway the body backwards or to the side-as a dancing girl; to
move slightly to the side so as to permit a
person to pass by.
Also embeng.
jW ebek. A sun-sail; a sloping blind attached to
the top of a door and held out by poles so as
not to impede the air-circulation while shading the entrance against the sun.
\ ibul. A palm (unidentified); Sej. Mal., 165.
The word is also applied to define a peculiar
way of dressing the hair.
e ebam. A cylindrical covered cup of porcelain.
\ ebom. (Kedah.) Broad and long; large in
every respect.
iy\ eban. The act of casting anything to one
side or the other; throwing aside; flinging out
of the way. Also heban.
\ ibau. An edible salt-water mussel..! ibu. Mother; dam, of animals; source, matrix; the elemental or primary portion of anything. Saudara sa-ibu: a brother by the same
mother; a uterine brother. Ibu-bapa: mother
and father; parents. Anak ayam kehilangan
ibu: chickens which have lost their mother;
people who have lost their heads; Prov. Jika
tidak di-senmbahkan mati ibu, dan hendak di-smnbahkan mati bapa: if we tell him (the Raja) it
will mean death to our mothers; and if we
don't tell him, our fathers will die;-a choice
of evils; Hobson's choice; Prov., Sri Rama
(Maxw.), 23, 50. Ibu-suri: princely mother;
Ht. Mas. Ed.
I. gajah-gajah: (Riau) the whimbrel, nuenius
phacopus; (Daik) the grey plover, squatarola
helvetica.
I. jari: the thumb; see infra.
I. kaki: the big toe.
I. pasir: gravel.
I. pebezngisan: the mother of cruelty; the
source of cruel deeds.
I. tangan: the thumb; also i. jari.
Tiyang ibu rumah and tingkap ibu rumah: see
s. v. tiyang and tingkap.
\ ayat. (Arab. l\.) A text from the Koran;
Muj., 5.

Baju a.: a coat worn in war-time; a coat
embroidered with texts.
Ayat is used by Abdullah to define a " verse "
in the Bible. Fasal yang pertama ayat yang
keduwa: first chapter, second verse (of St.
Matthew's Gospel); Ht. Abd., I82.

cAV

iba. [Arab. -, hibba, love.]

Yearning;

love, regret, passionate longing.
Puchok paku di-perbuwat titba;
Terbang bangau dari sa-berang;
Tidak kuwasa menanggong iba,
Dudok termangau sa-orang-orang:
I am powerless to restrain my passion; I
sit day-dreaming in loneliness; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 6.
ibar. Ibar-ibar: a small river dug out with
very little freeboard.
ibor. Consolation; usually hibor, q. v.
ibus. A species of palm (unidentified but
not the equivalent of ibul).
Kerat ibus berbuwat karong;
Sayang karong berisi padi:
split the ibus palm to work into karongs (sacks
of matting); alas for the karongs that are filled
with padi! (from a Pantun.)

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