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86a. Melt, to : tu (too), in the magic
formula : tu (too) mahum (mnhoom)
nia-loi k(zping inctkatop, yeh ma-kor
mahum (mrthoom), tu (too) mahum
yeh ma-loi mahum [ma-
(mahoom) ;
hoom) pe metkatop, rendered by
"melted blood (I) tlirow up against
the sun ; I cut blood ; melted blood,
I throw blood against the sun," Sem.
Stev. (Mater, ii. 108). \Stieng tu,
"to melt (honeycombs)."]
87. Memorial (?) : jaman, Des. Songs
[1 Mai. Ar. zaman, jaman, "time"].
Memory : K 62.
88. Mfimpglas leaves, used as a substitute
for emery powder (? Tetracera
spec. ) : chengat, Bes. K. L.
89. Mend, to [Mai. baik-ki) : ya-b'la
(doubtful), Pang. U. Aring \y Mai.
bela].
Menses : B
249 ; M
ABORIGINAL DIALECTS 657
161. _
89.\. Menstruate, to: bohiya (bohija;
bohii-ja, "deep a"), Sen. A'. Ken.
[? = B 249 + F 16].
Menstruation: P 219.
Mention, to : S 360.
90. Mfiranti (tree), Shorea spec. ? :
mSnesa' (mnsa), Scm. Buk. Max.
91. Meranti : pahioh (phiuh), Sem. Pa.
Max. [For the varieties which the
Malays call m. puteh, m. benut
m. bunga, m. darah, Sem. Pa. Max.
adds pitu, benut (bnut), bunga,
darah, and Sem. Buk. Max. piltau,
92.
bgnut (bnut), bunga, aung (au') to
the respective generic names, M 90
and M 91.]
Mkr.-^NTI : klai, Mantr. Malac. Cha.
93. Mer.\nti : b'ranti, Bes. Songs ;
banti, Bes. Sep. \Mal. meranti].
94. MSrbau tree, Afzelia Palembanica :
[a) berebau, Serau ; merbau, Mantr.
Malac. Cha. ; mSrbau gading, Bes.
Songs. Afzelia coriacea : mSrbau
kunyet, Bes. Songs [Mai. merbau].
(i) Mfirbau: (spec. Mai. m. tandok),
Afzelia coriacea: mfiluai (niluai), Sem.
lamglih (I'mmlih), Sem.
Pa. Max. ;
Buk. Max. ; (spec. Mai. m. bunga):
mgluaih bunga (mluih bunga), Scm.
lamfilih kom ? (I'mmilh
Pa. Max. ;
ku'm), Sem. Buk. Max. ;
(spec.
Mai. m. darah): meluaih darah (mluih
darh), Sem. Pa. Max. ; lamelih mahum
(ISmmlih mhum), Scm. Buk. Max. ;
(spec. Mai. m. tanglong ?) : meluaih
tanglong? (mluAih tnglung), Sem. Pa.
Max. ; lamglih tanglong (I'mmlih
tnglu), Sem. Buk. Max.
95. MErbau : long apel [or apell),
Songs.
Bes.
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96. MErbau, a forest tree, said to be
the : rempeg, Sem. Kedah.
97. M^rtanah? (tree spec.) : niAtAnah ?
(matanh?), Sem. Buk. Max.
98. Mew, to : ys.-wa.u, Pang. [/.Aring;
ya-wafi (wau), ex. kuching jfibeg o'
wau [Mai. kuching jahat mSngiau
(sehaja)), "it is a bad cat, (always)
mewing," Pang. Sam, Pang. Gal. ;
ayau, Bes. Sep. A. /. Sound of
mewing : 'yau-'yau, Bes. Sep. A. I.
[Onomatop. cf. C 45 and Mai.
mi5ngiau ; Cham, moyau ; Khmer
ngav [ngaw], "to mew."]
Mias : M M 140.
; 73
Midday : D 33-35 ;
M
D 42, 43 ;
140, 141 ;
100.
H
99. Middle or centre (.)/(//. tcngah) :
ta-hll, Setn. Kedah ; tahil (thil).
Sem. Pa. Ma.v. In the middle of
between: ha' tahil (ha' thil), Sem. Pa.
Max.
100. Middle or centre [Mai. t6ngah) :
(?^ kg-pedek, Sem. Jarum. Central
[Mai. di - tSngah sakali) : kgpedi'.
Pang. U. Aring; pedi', Pang. Sam,
em-pa-di,
Pang. Gal. Between :
Sak. Plus Cliff. ; O 26. Half : pedi
(podi), ^'(';«. Midday: padid, Ben.
New. pedi (pedee), Bes. Stev. ; ; pedihis
(/c'i/?-his), Sdm. (podihiss),
;
Sak. Kerb.; D 35 pgdih are pfidi'
; ;
are, Bes. Sep. A. I. ; p6di' are'
(pedr arSk), Bes. Songs; D 43.
Midnight: pgdi - tob
Sdm. ; D 17. [N 19
{podi-\.oh].
is similar in
form and perhaps related. Cf.
Bolot'cn khadei ; Niahon di ; Laze
khadi, "middle" ;
? cf. Mon pdoa
[pdai], "in"; Palaung kadai,
" between."]
In the middle of: S 198.
Midnight : D 16-18 ; M 100.
Midrib (of palm-leaf) : B
336.
181.
D
B
Midwife :
loi. Milk ; raking, Ben. A'ew. ;
294 ;
B
385-
387-
102. Millet, Chinese (il/a/. ekor kuching);
sekua, Sak. Bat. Pad. (21 I.S.B.
163) ; sekoi jawa' (sekoi jawak),
Tcmbi [Mai. sekoi].
103. Millipede {Mai. gonggo') : lalus
(IjIus), Sem. Buk. Max. ; kfilui,
Bes. Malac. , Mantr. Malac. [Khmer
khlos, " a small species of centipede
that does not sting " ; ? cf. Bahnar
lola, " cockroach."]
103A. Millipede :
Sem. K. Ken.
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