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BASI

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BAPA

basi. I. An allowance over and above the
calculated amount; a small extra allowance
to allow for contingencies or to. keep on the
safe side in matters of expenditure.
II. Mustiness, staleness, as the result of
anything being kept too long. Ayer liyor basi:
the dried matter about the mouth on rising
in the morning. Nasi gulai pun hendak basi:
the curry and the rice are spoiling; Ht. Best.
Ke'tupat yang sudah basi: a ketupat (Malay
dish) kept too long; Ht. Si. Misk., 5.
bashah. [ Pers. badshah, through Turkish. ]
A Turkish pasha; Pel. Abd., I49.
batal. Arab. Idle; vain, useless; Sh. UI.,
6; Ht. Gh.
batin. Arab. Hidden; secret; esoteric-the
converse of dldhir: obvious. Tuhan yang
mengetahuwi dichir dan bditin: God who
knoweth the revealed and the concealed; Ht.
Abd., 279. Adapun segala yang budiman itu
apabila iya melihat yang dldhzir itu maka diketahuwi-nya-lah yang batin: the wise, when
they perceive the revealed, know the concealed
(by inference); Ht. Kal. Dam., 37. Cf. also
Sh. Peng., Io; Muj., 28.
baghi. Arab. Tyrant, rebel.
bangat. Speed; rapidity; extreme speed;
stronger than lekas. Meranch1ong kalam janganlah bangat: do not be too quick over sharpening your pen; Sh. Nasih., 5. Jika tuwanku
hendak bangat-bangat semboh: if you, my Lord,
desire to be healed with the maximum of
speed; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Bangat amnat suchi: extreme cleanliness; the
maximum of cleanliness; Sej. Mal., 57.
Bangat-bangat: very extreme rapidity; an
intensitive of bangat; Ht. Isk. Dz.
bangar. I. Putrid, of long stagnant water;
foul, in the extreme, of the smell of decaying
matter.
II. Ingar bangar: great uproar; Sh. Ul.,
20. Also engar 6. and hengar b.; Ht. Best.
See ingar, of which it is a variant for intensitive formation.
bangun. I. The act of rising to an upright
position; the position risen to; the form of
anything rising or sloping upwards, such as
the shape of a skull (Ht. Mash., 20), or
house, or as the formation of written

characters; the carriage or bearing of a man.
Terlalu takut bangun-nya: he bears himself
like a man in great fear; Ht. Best. A kan
orang muda ini bukan sa-barang orang bangunnya: as for this young man his bearing is not
that of an ordinary man; Ht. Pg. Ptg.
Jatoh b.: falling and rising; stumbling along.

B.-bangun: shape, form; the carriage of a
person; Ht. Abd., 237.
B. bangunan: (i) a fortified turret, battlements; (sometimes metmbangun) a crow's nest
in a stockade; Sej. Mal., I5; Pel. Abd., 56;
Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Koris; (2) a scaffolding of
any sort; a grand stand; Ht. Nakh. Muda, 58.
Bangunkan: to raise; to make a person rise
(from a couch); to erect a house. Menmbangunkan: id., Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Membangun: (r) to rise, to get up; (2) a
crow's nest; (3) an indemnity for a murder;
pecuniary damages or blood money, supposed
to bring the murdered man to life again so far
as his relatives are concerned; cf. diyat.
II. Bangun-bangun: a shrub rather like a
croton.
}X1 bangau. I. A large white bird like a stork;
[ ciconia capellata, Cr.; bubulcus coromandus,
C. and S. ] Berapa-kah tinggi-nya terbang,
bangau itu akhir-nya iya hinggap di-belakang
kerbau juga: however high the bangau may
fly, it ends by alighting on the buffalo's back;
if a man's tastes are low he will end by
returning to them; Prov., Ht. Abd., I15.
Bangau mtnlegong di-tepi kolam, tut-tut ayer
kering: while the stork dozes by the brink of
the pool, the water suddenly dries up (a riddle
descriptive of a lamp). Mak bangau, mak
bangau, iengapa kan kurus? Bagaimana takurus, ikan ta'-timtbul: mother stork, mother
stork, how come you to be so thin? How can
I help being thin when the fish will not rise
to the surface?
II. The curved piece of wood fixed to the
bow of a Malay sailing boat on which the
spars rest when not in use, C. and S.; possibly from I. Cf. tentayu.
bangai. The abandonment of a work
begun; the leaving undone of a work that
should be done. A kan pekerjaan sudah terbangai: as for the work, it has been left
undone; Sh. Ik. Trub., 20.
j. bapa. Father (familiar and less respectful
than ayah).
Kechil jangan di-sangka anak, bisar jangan disangka bapa: don't imagine him your child
when he is young, nor fancy him a father
when he grows old; don't bring up a tigercub or adopt a son of vicious parents; your
kindly feelings will not be reciprocated; Prov.
Saudara sa-ibu sa-bapa: a full brother.
B. angkat: an adoptive father.

B. bongsu: one's youngest uncle; usually
pak su.
B. mentuwa or b. mertuwa: father-in-law.
B. mtuda: an uncle junior in age to one's
father; usually pak uda.

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