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BATIN

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BATU

L batin. A native headman; a chief of higher
rank than a penghulu but not equal to an
Orang Kaya: the chief of a tribe of aborigines
or Orang Laut. B. Singapura: the head
of the Orang Laut in Singapore; Ht. Hg.
Tuw., 6. Berhimpun-lah batin sembilan suku:
the headmen of the nine tribes assembled;
Pel. Abd., III. Cf.jeanang.
Ikan b.: a large marine fish (unidentified)..t. batu. Stone; a rock; a massive solid object
like a stone; a pebble; a gem; a milestone;
a mile; an anchor; a numeral co-efficient for
teeth.
Untong sabut timbul, untong batu tenggelam:
it is the lot of coco-nut husk to float; it is
the lot of stones to sink to the bottom; men
are constituted differently: why fight against
fate? Prov. Batu hitam ta'-bersanding: a
black stone without angles; a thing difficult
to injure; Prov.
Batu besar berguling turun,
Batu kechil berguling naik:
the rocks come rolling down, the pebbles go
rolling up; the rich fall and the poor rise;a reversal of the usual order of things; Prov.
B. 'akal: see tawakkul.
B. ambar: a viscous substance which floats
on the sea and is much sought after by fish;
better b. 'anbar.
B. api: a flint used for striking a light; by
metaphor, a scandal-monger, a talebearer,
a fomenter of strife.
B. arang: coal. Also arang b.
B. asah: a stone on which medicines are
pounded or ground down; cf. b. pengasah and
b. chanai.
B. bata: a brick.
B. belanda: crystal.
B. berani: also besi berani: the load-stone;
the magnet.
B. bersarang: perforated limestone rocks in
the orifices of which edible bird's nests are
found.
B. bgsi: granite rock; any hard rock.
B. bulang: a kind of dull diamond of little
value; cf. b. johor.
B. buyontg: coins used by a pawang in an
incantation.
B. chanai: a round grindstone for sharpening knives.
B. cheremin.: mica.
B. daching: the weight used in a daching
balance.

B. dapor: the stones on which a saucepan
rests; cf. also tumang and batu tungku.
B. duga: a plummet; a sounding lead. Also
penduga and peluga.
B. geliga: a bezoar-stone.
B. gemala: a talismanic stone; a gem
possessing magical properties.

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B. giling: a stone roller for crushing curry
stuff.
B. jangka: a short sounding-line for boats.
B. jemala: = b. kepala, q. v.
B. johor: [Arab. jauhar] a kind of dull
diamond like, but not identical with, b. bulang.
B. kail: the lead of a fishing line; the
weight to make a line sink. Also b. ladong.
B. karang: coral rock; reef-formations;
(also) galena ore.
B. kawi: manganese; (also) cinnabar.
B. kelikir: coarse sand.
B. kepala: the crown of the head; the
cranium; see batok. This word is often used
as a term of endearment.
B. kepala tiyang: the rest in which the foot
of a mast is placed.
B. kerikil: crushed metal for roads.
B. lada: gravel.
B. ladong: = b. kail.
B. las: the stone (in its rough state) from
which whetstones are made; emery.
B. lichin: smooth pebbles; stones smoothed
by the action of water.
B. lintar: fossil stone implements; also b.
halintar, and b. petir.

B. marmar: marble.
B. fnas hurong: iron pyrites.
B. zelaka: diamonds (the suit in
cards ); floor tiles, paving stones.
B. merah: laterite rock.
B. nilam: sapphire.
B. pasir: sandstone.
B. pengasah: a smooth whetstone.
B. perak: silver ore.
B. peti: a cubical foundation stone.
B. petir: v. b. lintar.
B. puwalan: alabaster.

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B. roboh: debris, masses of broken rock after
a landslip or cataclysm; see also infra.
B. sauh: a native anchor: the stone in a
native anchor.
B. senmpadan: a boundary stone.
B. tagar: a meteoric stone; also (according
to Malay belief) a stone which shoots up
through the ground as by volcanic action.
B. telerang: gold-reef; quartz.
B. timbangan: weights used in a balance.
B. timbul: pumice-stone.
B. ubin: also jubin and rubin; floor tiles.
B. uji: touchstone.
B. ular: (I) the bezoar stone believed by
Malays to be used by a snake and to possess
luminous qualities; (2) a black stone which is
said to have talismanic properties antidotal
to snake bite.
A kar b.: a climbing plant; byttneria maingayi.
Ayer b.: ice.

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