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ingu. Asafoetida; better inggu, q. v.
ayap. Ayapan, victuals; v. oL\
ipar. Brothership or sistership by marriage;
the relationship of a man to his brother-in-law
or sister-in-law.
ipong. The name of a short green snake;
J. I. A., I., 257.
epek. A stick used in the construction of a
belat.
epok. A small bag or receptacle for the
various utensils required for betel-chewing.
Epok-epok: a small cake or tart.
ipil. The name of a tree (unidentified).
epeh. (Penang.) Chattering; inability to
hold one's tongue. Orang e.: a chatterbox.

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4s\ ipoh. The poison tree, anchar-tree or upas-tree
of Java, antiaris toxicaria; vegetable poison
in general; the poison used by Sakais for their
darts; see Ht. Abd., 382, 387, 388, 390.
A kar i.: a large climber, stiychnos tiente.
A kar ipoh puteh: a common climber, rancheria griffithii.
Getah i.: the juice of the poison tree;
vegetable poison ready for use.
s\ ayak. I. Sifting; the process of passing
through a sieve.
Ayakan: a sieve.
Mtngayak: to sift; to pass (anything)
through a sieve.
II. Ayak-ayak: a species of spider.
J ayok. (Coarse.) Sexual connection;=anchok
and ayut, q. v..;\ ikat. Binding; fastening; tying together;
connecting by winding round bonds of any
sort; bonds or fastenings.
I. perang: the line of battle; the formation
in which troops are drawn up; Ht. Ind.
Meng. A number of fanciful names are given
in romances to these formations.
I. perigi: the wall round a well; the parapet.
I. pinggang: a belt or girdle.
Ikatan: the fastening; the bonds; the
method of girdling; the union of words in a
sentence or verse; metrical or other literary
composition.
Ikatkan, mengikat and mengikatkan: to tie or
fasten together; to tie up; to compose; to
build round; to draw up in line of battle.
Di-ikatkan ka-tiyang: (they) tied (him) to
the wall. Mengikat perang: to make one's
tactical dispositions; Ht. Koris. Mengikatkan
pantun: to compose a pantun; Ht. P. J. P.
Pengikat: that which ties up or girdles.

TPrikat: bound; tied; fastened up; girt
with. Kolam terikat dengan batu marmar:
a tank built round with marble; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 117. Terikat kaki tangan: bound hand
and foot; Prov.
ikut. Following (in point of space, not time);
succeeding; coming after.
Ikut puyoh: literally, "the pursuit of the
quail"; hide and seek.
Ikutkan and mengikut: to follow. Mengikut
jalan: to follow al6ng a road; to pursue any
course.
Maka di-perikut uleh Bgndahara Paduka Raja
sampai ka-Singapura: he was followed by the
Bendahara Paduka Raja as far as Singapore;
Sej. Mal., II6.
Cf. ekor, siku, bgliku, etc.
ekor. The tail, point or end of anything; a
numeral coefficient used, with the names of
living creatures-such as fish, birds, animals,
and (rarely and contemptuously) human beings. Ekor burong: a bird's tail. Sa-ekor
burong: a bird.
E. angin: the common plantain, plantago
asiatica.
E. belangkas: (I) the tail of the king-crab
(a cross-section of which is triangular and
serves as a simile for many similarly shaped
objects); (2) a small shrub, gnetum brunonianuml; (3) a descriptive metaphor for hairpins
(chuchok sanggul).
E. kuching: the name given to two small
plants with close spikes of flowers suggesting
a cat's tail, dysophylla auricularia and uraria
crinita. Rumput e. kuching: a brush-like grass,
perotis latifolia.
E. kuda: a common weed, vernonia cinerea.
E. kudi: the last (or worst) of the lot;
C. and S.
E. lipas: (lit.) cockroaches' tails; the name
given to little tufts of hair on the neck.
E. lotong: a kind of swivel gun.
E. mata: the corner of the eye.
E. pari a ray's tail-resembling the ekor
belangkas, q. v.
E. pipi: the lower portion of the cheek.
E. pipit: small tufts of hair hanging down in
front of the ear; love-locks.
E. pulau: the point of a riverine island which
is furthest downstream. Also buntut pulau.
E. sunting: the stalk of a flower, when the
flower is worn on the ear and the stalk is
hidden behind the ear.
E. tikus: a rat's tail. Kikir e. tikus: a file
shaped like a rat's tail-round, narrow and
long.

E. tupai: = e. kuching.
Berekor-ekor: following, one holding on
behind the other-as children in some games.
Bintang berekor: a comet.
Cf. ikut.

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