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AYUT [ 64 ]
a.\ ayut. (Coarse.) Sexual intercourse; also
ayok; an equivalent of amiput.
Ayut-ayutan or ayok-ayotan: a priapus. Main
ayok-ayotan: a form of amor lesbicus..A\ itu. That. This word is often used merely
as a definite pronoun, "the." Situ: that
place. Dari situ: thence. Di-sitl: there.
Bagitu: thus.
\ itong or etong. Calculation, reckoning; see
hitong.
y:\ itek. Duck; the duck. Itek di-ajar berenang:
to teach a duck how to swim —to teach a man
what he already knows; Prov., J.S.A.S.,
XI., 39. The form buwaya di-ajar bere-nang
also occurs.
I. ayer, i. laut and i. hutz: varieties of the
wild duck. I. surati and i. meniila: varieties
of the domestic duck.
Peler i., also pelitek: an auger.
Sudu i.: the upper portion of the plank next
the rudder.
Ular i.: a snake (unidentified), the finding
of which is believed to presage the acquisition
of wealth; see ular.
In pantuns, itek often stands for the lover,
and ayam for the mistress.
itam. Black; better hitam, q. v..\ itu. That; v.,.

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idar or edar. Change of position; revolution; circulation; rotation; movement.
Idari and ntengidari: to wander round or
about any place; to travel about. Habis-lah
di-idari berpuloh-puloh negeri: he travelled
over scores (lit. tens) of states; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 51.
Idarkan, metmperidarkan and me-ngidarkan:
to send round; to pass round; to hand about.
Maka baginda pun meengidarkan puwan-nya
seraya bertitah makan-lah sireh saudagar: the
prince passed round his sireh-tray, saying:
"Take some sireh, merchant;" Ht. Bakht., 20.
Beridar: revolving; to be in movement or
revolution. Bintang b.: a wandering star; a
planet.
Peridaran: revolution; change. P. dunya:
the chances and changes of mortal life; the
changes brought about by time. Sa-lama ada
pe-ridaran chakerawala ya-itu mata-hari dan
bulan: so long as the revolution of the firmament continues, that is, as long as the sun
and moon revolve-a favourite expression for
eternity in the language of epistolary
correspondence.
The form indar also occurs; Ht. Ism. Yat.,
65; Ht. Pg. Ptg.
idong. Nose; better hidong, q. v.
idap. The protraction of illness, sorrow or
pining; lingering on in sickness. Idapan: id.
IMengidap and ntengidapkan: to linger on unhealed-of a sick or sorrowing man. Mengidap penyakit luka hati-ku: protracting the
misery of that wound to my heart; Ht. Abd.,
448. Mengidapkan rayu: to prolong sorrow or
love; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 14.
idam. The longings of a pregnant woman.
Idaman and idamn-idazan: the nature of those
longings; the things longed for; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Put. Ak., 27.
Idanmkan and nzengidamkan: to long for ( anything)-of a pregnant woman; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Si. Misk., 8.
edan. Jav. Mad; madness; = gila. In
Malay, however, the word is purely literary
and is almost always confined to the meaning
of love-madness.
Edan kesmaran: madness in love. Menanggong edan kesmaran: to be madly in love;
Ht. Sh. Memberi edan kesmaran: to rouse
passionate love in others; Ht. Mas. Ed.; Ht.
Sh.
The form edan asmara also occurs; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 4.

edah. Speaking from a distance; conversing
when separated by a fairly considerable gap;
the talk of persons who are not close to one
another-as when a person at the window of
a house talks to a man in the street, or as
when a man in a ship accosts a passing boat.

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eja. [Arab. \.]

Spelling.

Ejaan: spelling; orthography; the correct
spelling. Mengeja: to spell; also, to read
slowly, spelling out the words.
m*.\ ejit. Mockery. Ejit-ejitan: teasing, mocking;
Arabian Nights, I76.
Also ejek. Cf. jijek.
ejong. The name of a Malayan tribe in the
Riau Archipelago..-\ ejek. Mengejek: to tease. MIjmperejekkan:
id., Sh. Sh. 'Al., i6. Also ejit, q. v.,;\ ijok. The name of a fibrous vegetable substance resembling horse-hair which envelopes
the stem of certain palms. It is used in
making ropes, matting, coarse sacking, etc.;
Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Pant. Shl., 9.
Tali i.: rope made of this fibre; Ht. Si.
Misk., 52.

0. ijin.
ijau.

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Permission; v..\.

Green; better hijau, q. v.

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