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BARAH

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barah. Boil; abscess; ulcer; tumour.
B. batang: a long glandular tumour.
B. batu: a hard roundish boil or tumour
which does not break.
B. mnpang: a large internal abscess.
B. gajah: an eruption of small internal abscesses.
B. kelawar: an abscess under the armpit.
B. kepala beruwang: an abscess on the shoulder
or knee.
B. kepala harimnau: an abscess or gathering
under the ankle bone.
B. kundor burok: an abscess above the knee,
the inflammation of which extends past the
knee to the calf.
B. nangka: an abscess on the calf.
B. raja: a malignant tumour.
B. sisek: a kind of boil resulting in a scaly
eruption.
B. sisip: a liver abscess bursting into the lung.
B. ular: a long bubonic inflammation.
baroh. Land low-lying as compared with
the position of the speaker; land below one;
relatively low-lying land; the sea, the seacoast, relative to people living a little inland;
the lower slopes of a hill relative to the upper.
barai. An edible saltwater shell-fish (unidentified).
bari. I. Bari-bari: small flies which are
very fond of fruit. Tuboh-nya kechil saperti
bari-bari: a body small as that of a fruit-fly;
Sh. Sg. Kanch., 28.
II. Arab. The Creator, God. Firman
bdri: the Creator's command; Sh. Lail.
Mejn., 5I. Yd bdri: Oh God, the Creator!
Muj., I6.
III. Pers. A complimentary epithet; excellent, noble; see behari.
IV. A moveable hatch or planking in a
Malay boat.
bU. Arab. Hawk.
bzar. Pers. Bazaar; usually pasar.
basong. I. Pointed excrescences from the
roots of certain trees like the bremnbang and
pgrepat. Also bangsong.
II. A cylindrical envelope of bark for raw
sago; cf. tampin, q. v. Also bangsong.
III. Half seasoned; hard outside and soft
within, of wood.
IV. Buwal basong: empty chatter; C. and S.
V. A set of twenty-four; a double dozen;
a collective equal to two dozen.

basal. A kind of yellowish swelling following
certain diseases; jaundice. This word is
used as an equivalent of the Arabic Oa
(jaundice) in the Hay. Haiw.
B. api: erysipelas.

r. basau. I. Hard to the teeth when, to be
good, it should be soft (as an underdone
potato).
II. Anaemic; C. and S. = basal?
atu. basah. I. Wet, steeped in water, saturated
with moisture. Ta'-payah basah kaki tangan:
it is not difficult to get one's hands and feet
wet; it is not difficult to be generous with
the money of others; Prov. Sadikit hujan
banyak yang basah: a little rain but many
wetted; much cry and little wool; Prov.
Karam bUrduwa basah sa-orang: two men are
wrecked, but only one gets wet; two men
embark on an enterprise and one monopolizes
the results; Prov. Beras basah: wet rice;
rice that will fetch nothing; worthless talk;
Prov. Ubat basah: wet gunpowder; powder
that will not go off; a story that "won't
wash"; Prov. Rendam ta'-basah: steeped in
water, it will not get wet; you may try to get
blood out of a stone but you will get none; a
description of a miser; Prov.
B. kuyup: wringing wet; Pel. Abd., I28.
Basahan, kain basah, or kain basahan: bathing
clothes; cheap or old garments fit only for
wear in the bath. Kain basah kering dipinggang: bathing garments allowed to dry
on the person; the poverty of a man who has
to use the same clothes in and out of the
bath; Prov. Kain jadi basahan: clothes
reduced to use at the bathing place; a descent
in the social scale; Prov.
Di-atur pula dengan kursi,
Tnmpat makan buwah buwh wahan;
Laksana bunga jadi peraksi,
Sa-umpama kain jadi basahan:
as flowers reduced to making scent, as clothes
reduced to use in the bath; with beauty gone
and utility alone remaining; Prov., Sh. Pant.
Shl., 2.
Basahkan: to wet.
II. An expression used in cockfighting when
a cock has wounded another, or of a winner
in gambling when he has "bled" his opponent
freely. Basah-lah aku sa-kali ini: I have won
all I wanted this time.
III. Gently, lightly; see behasa II.

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basoh. Washing, cleansing with water,
rinsing. Sapfrti ayer basoh tangan: like water
used for washing the hands; a symbol of
abundance; Prov., Ht. Abd., IO, 406. Akan
menznbasoh kaki tangan: for washing one's
hands and feet; for one's absolute use; Prov.,
Ht. Abd., 397. Linchin bagai basoh perahu:
smooth, as when a ship is washed; cleaned
out, as a washed down deck (of a man who
has lost all his money).
Basohkan: to wash off; to remove by washing; Ht. Abd., 248, 396.
Membasoh: to wash; to clean by washing.
Membasohkan: = membasoh akan; Ht. Abd.,
389.
Ayer pemnbasoh kaki: water for washing the
feet; Ht. Ind. Nata; Ht. Sh. Kub.

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