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

MAW—MAJ [ 99 ] MAJ—MAL
Persian, and may possibly be a corruption
of ma\vur, '• to scatter or disperse,"
the allusion being to the application of
rose-water.
Mawiu- (JAV). To scatter, to disperse.
Maya (s). An illusion, a dece^^tiou; a
phantom, a spectre.
Mayam. Xame of a gold and silver
weight of the Malay peninsula of 52
grains, containing 12 sagas or scarlet
beans, and 16 of which make a bungkal
of two Spanish dollars weight.
Mayang (j. the flower of the areka or
betel palm). The flower of palms.
Mayin. To play, to sport, to frolic; to play,
to toy ; to dally amorously ; to game,
to gamble; play, sport, amusement;
toying, dalliance, caressing ; artifice,
contrivance ;
gaming, gambling, play.
Mayin-mayin. To play or sport on, to
sport continuously ; playfully, sportively.
Mayin-mayinan. Play, sport, amuse-
toy, plaything.
ment ;
Mayiu-sanjata. To exercise with arms ;
literally, " to play at weapons."
Madangai. Xame of a forest tree.
Mada/t (a). Eulogy, encomium.
Madi (jAv). A sprite, an apparition.
Madinah (a). Medina, in Arabia.
Madrasah (a). A college, an academy, a
public school.
Madura (j). The island of Madm-a; v.
Madura.
Mad'ang (jav). To cut with a sword, to
sabre.
Mad'ang-kamolan (jav). Name of an
ancient kingdom celebrated in Javanese
romance.
Mafawah (a). Loquacious, full of talk.
^lafhum (a). Understood, perceived,
comprehended ; contents, tenor, sense
of a letter.
Magah. Famed, renowned ; v. Gah.
Magah (bat). Haughty, an-ogant.
Magat. A Malay title ; a young noble ;
noble by the mother's side.
Ma^lub(A). Conquered, subdued, overcome.
Ma^rab (a). The west; countries west of
Ai-abia.
Ma,'tabat (a). Love, afifection; friend-
ship.
Ma^amad (a). Mahomed, the founder of
the Mahomedan religion; a frequent
proper name of men, meaning one
deserving commendation.
Ma/tarab (a). The most elevated pai't of a
mosque where the preacher stands.
Maharam (a). The first month of the
Arabian yeai'.
Majad (a). Glorious, sublime ; glory,
grandeui-, gi-eatness.
Majalfis (a). An assembly, a meeting, a
convention.
Majnim (a). Mad, crazy.
Makar (jav). To blow, to bloom, to
flower.
Makasar (bu. maugkasara). Macassar, in
Celebes.
Makayangan (jav). The abode of tho
gods; V. Kayangan.
MSkah (a). Mecca, in Ai-abia.
Makeh (j. bakik). To scream, to shriek,
to shout.
Makmal (hin). Muslin.
Maki-amat (a). Honom", glory, dignity ;
liberaUty, gcnei'osity.
Makrub (a). Sorrowful.
Makruh (a). Hated, odious, abominable.
Maksa (jav). To force, to compel; v.
Paksa.
Maksih (jav). Still, yet ; v. Maksih and
Taksih.
Maktub (a). Written ; a letter, a writing
scripture.
Makut'a (s). A crown, a coronet, a diadem;
V. Makut'a.
MaAam (a). Place, situation; resident,
staying, stopping.
MaX;amkan. To bury, to inter.
Mai-adas (a). Holy, sacred, sanctified,
consecrated.
Mai-im (a). An inhabitant ; a district or
parish.
Maksud (a). Intention, wish, inclmatiou,
Malabar (eu). Malabar.
Malaikat (a). Angels ; an angel.
Malaka (j). Name of a tree, Emhlica qfi-
;'
cinalis ; Malacca v. Malaka.
Malaku (laku). To pass, to go, to proceed.
Malakukan (laku). To cause to go, or pass;
to execute, to accomplish, to effect;
to do, to perform; to conduct, to
manage ; to treat, to use.
Malaliii (lalu). To pass, to go beyond,
to pass through ; to exceed, to surpass
; to ©Impose, to contravene ; to
transgi-ess ; to traverse, to wander over.
Malamarkan
man-iage.
(lamar). To demand in
Malambai (lambai). To beckon ; to wave ;
to brandish.
Malambai-lambai. To beckon repeatedly.
Malambaikau ; v.' tr. To wave, to brandish.
Malambatkan (lambat). To prolong, to
put off; to delay, to defer ; to procrastinate.
Malanchong (jav). To play, to toy, to
trifle ; to lounge, to idle, to loiter.
Mdlanjut (lanjut). To extend, to lengthen.
Malantak (lantak). To peg, to fasten
with a peg or nail ; to ram, to drive in.
Malantas (lantas). To pass through, to
permeate ;
to pass on, to speed on.