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IRAMA

ayer or ayar. Water; a liquid; juice; sap;
liquid; secretions of all sorts. Ada ayer adalah ikan: where water is there will fish also be
found; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 90.
Saperti orang menuwangkan sa-chawan ayer
tawar ka-dalanz laut: like a man pouring a cup
of fresh water into the sea (with a view to
making it drinkable )-a hopelessly inadequate
performance; Prov., Ht. Abd., 357.
Ayer pun ada pasang surut: even water has its
high and low tides; if the sea level changes,
how much more must a man's circumstances
change; Prov. Mandi ombak, mandi angin;
keroh ayer, ayer laut: when the sea is breaking in waves and is stirred up by wind, it seems
to be made of dirty water; when a wife wastes
in folly the money which her husband works
hard to obtain it seems to others that he is
working for a foolish end; Prov. Bakar-lah
ayer ambil abu-nya: burn water and collect its
ashes; do the impossible; Prov.
A. anggor or a. buwah anggor: wine.
A. anjing: (Johor) a plant, homalium
fcetidut.
A. atas: water power when used to throw
earth into the sluicing races.
A. ayer: a plant, Cr.; a fish, C. and S.
A. bah: a flood; water flowing into the padi
fields.
A. bakat: a whirlpool.
A. balek daun: tide beginning to turn.
A. basoh tangan: water for washing one's
hands in-a metaphorical expression signifying
that anything is absolutely in one's power;
v. basoh.
A. batu and a. beku: ice.
A. bekal: water taken for use on a journey;
a store of water.
A. bena: a tidal bore.
A. berolak: an eddy.
A. e'as: gold paint.
A. gula: syrup; eau sucree; cf. a. seterup.
A. hendayong: water taken from the roof of
the mouth (used in incantations).
A. hidong: water from the nostrils.
A. kras: strong spirits.
A. laut: sea-water.
A. lebah and a. madu: honey.
A. liyor: saliva.
A. lolok: (Selangor) eddying water; also a.
bUrolak.
A. madu: honey.
A. mani: semen.
A. masin: salt water.

A. mata: tears.
A. mati: dead low water.
A. mawar: rose-water. Bunga a. mawar: f
the rose.
A. mengorang: tide beginning to fall.
A. minum: drinking-water.

A. mu1ta: the general look of the face. A ku
binasakan ayer muka-nya: I will spoil his happy
look; Ht. Hamz., 44.
A. pasang: the rising tide. A. pasang keling:
the highest tide in the year.
A. peloh: perspiration; sweat.
A. perekat: gum; glue.
A. rabong: the tide at its highest.
A. sebak: a flood; v. sebak.
A. sembahyang: water used in a mosque.
A. seni: urine; Ht. Hamz., 2.
A. simbar: rough water caused by tides
meeting.
A. sopi: liqueur.
A. sorong buih: tide on the turn.
A. surut: a falling tide; the ebb.
A. susu: milk.
A. tawar: fresh water.
A. teh: tea.
A. tengah tlopah: half ebb.
A. thrjun: a waterfall.
A. ukup: perfumed water.
Anak a.: a small stream or spring.
Batang a.: a river.
Bunga a.: the name of a fish. Cr.
Buwang a.: to ease oneself. Buwang a.
kechil or buwang' a. seni: to make water.
Penyakit buwang a.: diarrhoea. Phnyakit
buwang a. darah: dysentery.
Gayong a.: a spoon.
Juling a.: a slight cast in the eye.
Limbangan a.: a tidal race.
Mata a.: a spring.
Pintu a.: a water-gate.
Sawah a.: surf or breakers on a sunken rock.
Tali a.: a stream for irrigating padi-fields.
Tanah a.: territories.
Tikas a.: high-water mark.
Berayer: (I) to be covered with water; e. g.,
tanah b.: land suitable for padi cultivation; a
padi swamp; (2) to make water-used of
sufferers from incontinence of urine; (3) to
be possessed of water; to have water; to
secrete any fluid; e. g., ibu-ku itu tiyada berayer
susu: my mother had no milk (to suckle her
child); Ht. Abd., i8.
Keayeran: to admit water; to leak-of a
vessel. Kenaikan itu-pun kKayeran: the ship
leaked; Sej. Mal., 46.
\ ira. Ira-ira: a fish (unidentified).,^\ irama. I. A measure in music; Kl.
II. Payong irama: a state umbrella; v.,[i\ and -r.

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