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BAJI [ 77 ]
B. besi: a steel coat; Ht. Hamz., 6I; Ht. Sh.
Mard. Orang tuwa bongkok menmakai baju
besi: a humpback in a breastplate; a tortoise.
B. hujan: a mackintosh; a rain-coat.
B. jubbah: v. jubbah.
B. kanji perak: a singlet of foreign make.
B. katak: a kind of native-made singlet.
B. kot: (Eng. coat) an English-made coat.
B. kotong: a sleeveless b. kurong, q. v. Also
b. katong; Ht. Mar. Mah.
B. kurong: the ordinary Malay upper garment, a baju closed up in front with only a
small opening below the neck to permit of the
head passing through; Kam. Kech., II.
B. meskat: a coat with an ornamental collar,
worn at weddings.
B. panas: an overcoat.
B. pesak sa-belah: a double-breasted baju.
B. pesak enam: a coat made with six seams
running down its body.
B. pokok: a kind of b. kotong worn in war.
B. rantai: a coat of chain mail. Penikam b.
rantai: a long heavy pike intended to pierce
through a coat of mail.
B. seroja: a coat with a quilted collar; Sej.
Mal., 390.
B. sika: a Bugis baju with tight sleeves slit
at the ends.
B. tanggong: a buttonless baju.
B. tekwa: a long, tight, sleeveless coat, said
to be of Bugis origin; Ht. Sh. Kub.
B. teratai: a coat similar to b. serojal Ht.
Sh. Kub.
B. top: a loose baju with very loose sleeves;
a baju worn by women only.
B. ubor: a coat with a hanging collar; Ht.
Ind. Meng.
Kain b.: sarong and baju; clothes generally.
Kanching b.: a native button.
Kekek b.: a piece of cloth let in under the
armpits.
Pesak b.: the pieces of cloth let into the side
of a Malay baju to allow it to hang properly.
Saku b.: the pocket of a coat.
Tangan b.: the sleeve of a coat; also lengan b.
~L.. baji. A small thin wedge; a wedge-shaped
piece of wood thrust into a gap to prevent
anything shaking, e.g., as when a mast-rest is
too wide for a mast and anything is driven in

to keep it tight. Baji dahan menmbelah dahan:
a wedge made of a branch splits a tree branch;
an inferior profiting at his superior's cost; an
inferior being employed to ruin his master;
Prov.
Pokok ara ada di-ulu,
Tibang orang mtembuwat rakit;
Kera bermain baji kayu,
Baji terchabut ekor tersepit:

BADUT. I

when a monkey plays with a wooden wedge,
the wedge gets pulled out and his tail gets
jammed in; don't meddle with what you do
not understand; Prov.
Baji-baji: a saltwater fish shaped something
like a wedge; platycethalus macracanthus.
B. belah: a wedge for splitting open anything.
B. rapat: a wedge for filling up an interstice
and so tightening anything
bacha. Reading; the recitation of prayers or
of set formulae; the utterance of incantations.
Bachaan: reading, the process or art of reading. Tanda b.: the diacritical marks used
with the Arabic alphabet; Ht. Abd., I49.
Bachakan, ne'nbacha, and me-mbachakan: to
read; to have read; to get anything read or
uttered. Membacha-bacha: to keep reading.
M. 'ilut: to utter magical formula; Ht. Ind.
Jaya. M. didalam hati: to read silently; to
repeat mentally.
Pembacha: a reader, a reciter; Sh. Jub. Mal.

bachar. Eagerness to put in a word; the
talkativeness of a man who does not wait to
be asked before giving his opinion; leaky, of
the mouth; cf. bochor and bachir.
L bachir. Bochor-bachir: very leaky, very
watery; an intensitive of bochor, q. v. Bochor
bachir pula tahi-nya: he suffered from bad
diarrhcea; Sh. Panj. Sg.
\b. bachang. A coarse mango or jack-fruit;
mangifera faztida; Ht. Raj. Haji, I83. Also
embachang, mimlbachang and machang. The
word is also applied to a bubo, from its shape.
J bachak. The name of a palm bush, the
leaves of which are used as cigarette-wrappers;
C. and S.
c \.l bachok. Bamboo vessels for carrying milk,
water, etc.; C. and S.
J.- bachul. Timid, spiritless. Ayam b.: a cock
that won't fight.
bachin. Foul, fetid, stinking; the smell of
decayed fish.
3- bikhil. Arab. Covetous, avaricious; Sh.
Abd. Mk., 89.
a, bad. Pers. The wind; = angin. Bala bdd:
= di-atas angin. Zir bad: = di-bawah angit.
See angin..\, bada. Plantain fritters; C. and S.
\AL badut. Jav. bodud.] A jester; a buffoon.

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