A Malay-English dictionary,

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IMAT

[ 7I ] AYU
I-:-!i imat.

[ Arab.. ]

Solicitude; v..p

emul. Officious intrusion or questioning;
importuning. Mengemul: to officiously beg
for anything day after day; to pay continual
visits where one's company is not desired; to
importune.
Also (Kedah ) hemul.
ayan. [Eng. iron. ] Corrugated iron; galvanized tinned iron, as used for roofing.
ayun. Swaying; swinging; rocking. Laksania bahtera di-ayun gelombang: like a vessel
tossed by the waves; Sh. Bur. Nuri., ii.
Ayun-ayunan: a cradle; a swing; a hammock.
Berayun and mengaynn: (intransitive) to
swing; to rock. Matahari berayun: the sun
is beginning to swing down, i.e., at about
4 p.m., when the shadows begin to rapidly
lengthen; Ht. Sri Rama. Ayun te'mayun:
(Selangor) id.; the sun hovering on the verge
of decline; about 4 p.m.
Orang mlenanggok ikan sepat,
Dapat sa-ekor di-sawah padi;
Terlpas kiri kanan ta'-dapat;
Tolak tangga berayun kaki:
he gave up the left, and failed to get the right;
he kicked away the ladder and was left
dangling in the air-a proverb applied to a
man who falls between two stools or gets
nothing by aiming at too much.
Mlngayun lenggang: swaying about; reeling
as a drunken man; Ht. Ind. Meng.
ini. This. I. juga: this very. I. pula: this
also; this as well.
Sini (= sa-ini): this place; here. Di-sini: I
in this place.

Inang or nmak inang is also the descriptive
epithet given to one of the four players at a
ma'yong, i.e.: ma'yong, pa'yong, mek seni, and
peran, or ma'yong, pa'yong, inang and pengasoh,
the inang being the attendant on the princess
(ma'yong) and the pengasoh on the prince
(pa'yong )..o\ inangda. See inang.
Aj* enak. Pleasantness; the giving of enjoyment
to the senses. Daging di-makan enak:
delicious meat; Sh. Tab. Mimp., I3; cf. Ht.
Kal. Dam., I85, 301. Tidor enak: pleasant
sleep; Sh. Dag., 6. Jika tuean sudikan kami
sunggoh enak kita berduwa: if my lord is
pleased with me the pleasure will truly be
shared by both; Ht. Ind. Nat.
e if.' in - i Vi. v. \
o\ inu. Jav. Princely;-a word confined in use
to Javanese titles and names. Raden Inu
Kertapati: the name of the hero known as
Seri Panji or Sira Panji.,j\ inai. [ Arab... ]
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Henna; the name of a

Ini is sometimes used to give more precision
to any expression. A ku ini: I myself.
Sekarang ini: this very time.
inas. I. Pekong inas: a malignant ulcer on
the shoulders; a carbuncle; = pepah and
penyakit raja.

shrub yielding a red dye; lawsonia alba. The
name is applied to the dye as well as to the
plant. Tc'pandang-lah ulch puteri akan jari
tangan dan kaki baginda itu mterah dengan inai:
the princess saw that the fingers and toes of
the monarch were red with henna; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 127.
I. batu: a pink balsam, impaticus griffithii.
I. paya: the water balsam, hydrocera trifora.
Malam i.: the first night of the proper
wedding festivities among Malays: the night
on which the hands of the bride are dyed with
henna.
Siput i.: the name of a shell, mitra episcopalis.
41 ini. This; see,.! ayo. Jav. An interjection of welcome; a
salutation; oh.
\ayu. Jav. Fair, handsome; a complimentary
descriptive epithet applied to Javanese heroes
and heroines. Raden a.: the queen;
(literally) the fair princess. Saprti suwara
orang yang ayu nomn mzmujok istgri-nya: like
the voice of a fair young man making love to
his wife; Ht. Sh. lbmbok a. or mak ayu: a
complimentary form of address when addressing aged ladies; "fair mother."
Mak ayu, baik mimpi-nlya;
Minmpi nenggunting tangan baju;
Pokok kayu sama tinggi-nya
Ikut mana angin nak laun:
the good old lady is enjoying pleasant dreams;
she dreams she is cutting out a sleeve.

uAO\

II. A bamboo contrivance to make a kite
give out a humming sound when flown.

Inas is also the name of a lofty mountain in
Perak and of a State in the Negri Sembilan.
inang. Female attendant on a young princess; nurse; chamber-woman. Mak inang:
id. Penghulu inang: the principal duenna to
a young princess; the lady controller of her
household.
Inangda: = inang, but in more respectful
language; Ht. Jay. Lengg., Ht. Jay. Asm.

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