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Atar, ar: the planet mercury. 



Atas, considering, with reference to, as to, since. 



Atas p eikara itu, with reference to that affair. 



Atas di béré, daik bai, since you give it, I am willing to tak e it. 

 Atawa, or- Sia masih kénêh daik chiching , atawa daik undur , do you still wish to re- 



main , or do you wish to go away. It is perhaps the same as Tawa, C. 225, more, 



yet, still , moreover. (Skr. athawa, or; cf. utawa, lat. aut. Jav. ataioa, utawa and utawi. Fr.) 

 Atër, a variety of bambu, with substantial but not very thick stem; much used for boat- 



hooks. Bambusa Thouarsii. 

 Atëul, ltchy, having an itch to do something, ticklish, prurient- 

 Ateul biwir , itchy in the lips, disposed to blab. 



Ateid leungan, disposed to make use of one's liand's to thrash others. 

 Ateul suku, disposed to wander about. 

 Sireum ateid , the itchy ant- a red variety of ant. 



Sireum ateidan, said of things which are not even and alike, as some goocl, some bad- 

 some light, some heavy. 

 At oh, pleased, delighted , elated, glad. 



Atu, an expletive, as Atu ho! well yes- Atu ulah! now d'ont. 

 Atua, or, either- atua sia , atna batur , either you or your companion ; see atawa. (Is the same 



word; awd corrupted to ua). 

 Atua, old- used only with icong person, as wong atua, the old people, parents. 

 Atua in the Pacific, almost every where, means God, Divinity, and lias no doubt its ori- 



gin in the Tua or Atua of the Archipelago, meaning old, as old age every where 



commands respect among these people-see Tuwa and kituioa. Wong -atua. 

 Aub, shade, shelter, used in conjunction with Payung an umbrella, as Aub-payung , lite- 



rally the shade of the umbrella , but figuratively a duty that devolves on any person , 



or a right that may appertain to him. Saha nu bogah aub payung , who possesses the 



natural right? 

 Audabila men éshétan irajim, the way in which natives pronounce Audzu billahi men 



Sheitani r-rejimi by the aid of God , against the accursed devil- see Marsdens clictionary Page 



20o. a form of prayer used by the natives when in trouble, and especially used when 



a sudden flash of lightning is seen. The words are Arabic. (*a^J) ^ILjuuIJ ^ iól» &*c) Fr) . 



Aulia, ar: Saints, friends of God. Although an Arabic plural, it is equally used in the 

 Archipelago as aSingular, conformably to the genius of the languages-Crawfurd. 



Awab or awap, vapour, exhalation- the breath or animal perspiration visible from colcl. 



Awak, the body, person, the trunk. 



A w a k , a pronoun , thou , you , used towards an equal , and is neither so low as Sia nor 

 so high as Andika: little used except in songs and Pantuns. 



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