A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language : with a preliminary ...

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DISSERTATION.
Javanese ; panjurit, " a warrior/^ in Malay, is a corruption of
the Javanese prajurit with the same meaning, and itself from
jurit, " war ;
" pagawe, in Malay, " a tool," is the same
word in Javanese, meaning " work," and taken from the verb
gawe, " to do " or *' work ; " juwita, " a princess," in Malay
is the same word in Javanese, meaning " a woman ; " suri,
" a queen," in Malay, is from sore, " a woman," in Javanese
pangawa, " a chieftain," in Malay, is from pangawa, " a coun-
cillor," itself from gawa, " to bear " or " carry," in Javanese
pangawan, " a messenger," in Malay is from the same root in
Javanese, as the last word;" paugalasan, "a messenger," in Malay
is from alas, " a forest," in Javanese ; titah, " a royal command,"
in Malay is from titah, " to create," in Javanese ; karau, " the
dry season," in Malay is from karo "second," and, also, the
second season of the Javanese rural year; ganjaran, "a gift," in
Malay is from the same word in Javanese, itself from ganjar,
" to bestoAV ;
" kaprabiian, " regalia," in Malay is from the
same word in Javanese, meaning " royal property," itself from
prabu, "a king;" kukus, "distillation,^' in Malay is from
kukus, " vapour," or " steam," in Javanese ; kongkonan, " a
messenger," in Malay is from the same word in Javanese,
itself from kongkon, " to order," or " command." There are a
few other words of which the origin is not so certain, but which
are probably Javanese ; as pandoman, " the mariner^s compass,"
which may be a verbal noun from dom, " to subdivide," and
sambahayang, " worship," or " adoration," which may be a
compound of sambah " an obeisance " or " worship," and
ywang, " a god."
Besides Javanese words naturalised in Malay, there are
others occasionally used, but well known to Malay scholars
to be Javanese and not genuine Malay. These are chiefly
found in writings taken from the Javanese. The following
are examples:— jaksa, "a judge;" rangga, "the title of a class
of ofKcers;" rama, "father;" ratu, "a king;" gusti, "lord,''
or " master " ; alas, " a forest " ; tapili, " a pettycoat
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;
kampah, " the lower part of a man's dress ;
" sakar, " a
flower ; " and from it, makar, *' to flower," or " blossom ; " edan,
" mad," or " fooHsh ; " anom, " young ;
" gring, " sick ; "
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