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Bai, only, just, simply- a favourite and familiar interjection. Siji bai, only one: Kadlijo 

 bai, just corae here. Kade bai, very goocl. (See Note 2). 



Ba ia wak, a kind of guana- an animal of the lizard tribe- In raalay it is Béwalc, (At Ba- 

 tavia benjawak and menjawak). 



Bainat, evident, apparent to every one, a clear result. 



Baiombong, a house centipede, found among old thatch, a couple of inches long, and 

 with venomous sting. 



Bait-ullah, ar: the house of God- the Kabah or sacred Teraple at Mecca. 



B a j a g , Pirates , sea - rovers. 



Bajirah, as Karang bajirah, a variety of limestone which is blue and very hard. 



Bajirah, a variety of white ant which is luckily scarcer, but is more destructive than 

 the comraon Rinyu. It is found more under cover, or in buildings. It is long in the 

 body, and milk white with small red jaws. It will sometimes even creep up between 

 the piaster and brick work of a wall to commit its depredations. It never builds up 

 houses or passages of earth like the common Rinyu or white ant. It is a variety of 

 Termes. Wajra C 616 a thunderbolt in general, or the thunderbolt of Indra-crystal , 

 glass- Hard , impenetrable , adamantine. Perhaps both the limestone and ant have their 

 origin or their name in this word. The former from its hardness , and the latter from 

 eating their way through every thing. 



Bajogol, a liane which is very serviceable in tying up the wood of dams in rivers , as it 

 endures a long time. The root is of a yellowish colour and stinks. 



Baka, mangroves, a particular kind of tree growing in Saltwater. 



Bakakas, tools , implements , utensils. Furniture, moveables. Chattels. (Malay : pa- 

 kaJcas). 



Bakal, the raw material; the rough stuff to be workecl up. To promise or have the ap- 

 pearance of. Bakal luhur, it will become high. Bakal goréng éta, that will turn out- 

 badly. (As a verb it is an auxiliary indicating the future time Fr ). 



Baka tul, the fine bran obtained in pounding rice clean. It is often baked in leaves and eaten, 

 and as such is called Pais bakatid. 



Bak o, Tobacco- Nicotiana Karcotica, called also Tambako. To bogali bako , I have got no 

 tobacco. The name betrays its introduction by Europeans , probably by the early Por- 



tuguese. 



Bakti, good and meritorious actions in obedience to the word of God. Ngabakti , to do 

 good actions, to do what a maii's faith or religion requires. Bhakti, C. 485, faith, 

 fidelity, devotion , worship, adoration. (Skr. the same). 



Baku, a turn, a rotation , an assigned day or period for the performance of any work or 

 duty. 



Ba kul, a large basket, such as usecl in Pvice milis. 



Bakung, a kind of lily with white fiowers. Crinum asiaticum. 



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