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Mègai, a very small bitterish Chokrom or Térong. Solanum Pseudo-Saponaceum , called 



also Takokak. 

 Mëgar, to come out of the shell, as chickens. To slough the skin , as a snake does. Toopen, 



as the bud of a flower , &c. &c. 

 M ë g r i b , arabic , the close of day ; just at dark. Sambayang mëgrib , vespers , prayers at even- 



tide. Maghrab , Marsden 325 the west, the western regions. Tanah Maghrab, Africa, 



Barbary. (ujyU and c-yU Maghrab, Maghrib. Freytag). 



Méh, nearly, very nearly , all but. Méh thoas, I nearly had an accident. Méh pa-ih , nearly 



dead. Méh bal, it was all but. Méh to tulus, it was all but not taking place. 

 Me' hm at, comfortable, easy. Tranquillity. 

 Méhméhan, a verbal duplication and more forcible form of méh which see. It Avas all 



but over. It was within an ace of happening. Méhméhan to di beré, It was within 



a shave of Iris not giving it. 

 Méja, a table. Mesa, Portuguese for table. 

 Mékah, the town of Mecca in Arabic, whither all good Mohammedans are bound to pro- 



ceed once in their lives to visit the Kabah. Mékah is about 50 or 60 miles inland 



from Judah. 

 Mëlai, flexible, easily bending, weak. 

 Me lak, to plant. Mëlak pare, to plant padcly. To plant out the first few heads of paddy 



seedlings , at the Pëmpuhunan, the general planting being called Tandur. Melakhuwi, 



to plant potatoes. 

 Mélang, name of a fish in rivers; it inhabits holes in the banks and is only very indif- 

 ferent eating. 

 Mëlang, anxious about, caring for, having an affection for. Melang ka Pajajaran, having 



an affection for Pajajaran. 

 M ë 1 a t i , a small , white , sweet-scented flower in round buds , much used by the women 



to put in their hair. Jasminum Sambac. Malati, C. 539, the great flowering Jasmine; 



a bud, a blossom, The word is probably derived from Mala, C. 539 , a string, a chain, 



a necklace; as the Malati flowers are generally strung together and worn as a wreath 



or garland. 

 Mëlëndung, bending outwards in a round shape ; bulging out. 

 Mëlëng'ëk, sorrowful in mind, vexed in spirit. Feeling regret 

 Mëlëntung, burnt , scalded. 



M ë 1 ë p u h , burnt , scalded ; rising in plishes , as the skin from burning. 

 Mëlësat, slipped out of place or position ; broken away from its true position. 

 Mëlinching, skulking from work; seeking to avoid your liabilities. 

 Mémang, as a matter of course , naturally, as a natural consequence; for the precise 



reason. Mémang to daik daiavg , for the precise reason that he does not intend to 



come. 



