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Péjét, a speckled fowl , white and black. 



Pëkih, arabic: a high priest; a man well versed in the Mahomedan religion. A Mahomedan 



hio-h priest attached to the old court of Bantam; an official of tliis designation is still 



consulted in some of the native law courts in Bantam. 

 Pëkir, arabic: a man well versed in the Mahomedan religion. A theologian. 

 Pëkir masakat, the poor theologian, a man who studies the Mahomedan religion , but 



being poor is forced to beg. A religious mendicant. 

 Pëlak, to plant, to put into the ground. Pelak guriang (vide voce) said of fruit trees 



and bambus found growing wild in the forests and mountains. Planted by the raoun- 



tain spirits. 

 Pëlëkat, instructions , mandates, precepts, behests. (From the Dutch plakaat, publica- 



tion , notification). 

 Pëlëkatan, to give instructions or precepts, to issue behests. 

 Pëlëm, pleasant and luscious to the taste. Anything whicn is grateful to the taste, 



neither too dry nor too moist, as for instance ripe fruits , or well savoured meat. 

 Pëlén, entire, ungelded, — is usually applied to buffaloes or bulls. Kebo pelen, an en- 



tire buffaloe. 

 Pëlëpës, said of seed-paddy which will not come up, being either too old, or from 



having laid piled in large heaps by sweating has lost its power of vegetation. Said 



of a Are when burning off jungle, which has subsided or is dying out. 

 Pëlér, the penis, — used as a word of insult. 

 Pëlés, the Dutch flesch, a flask bottle, a case bottle; square bottles , such as gin is 



imported in. 

 Pélét, the wood naturally mottled black and white, and which is in great request for 



kris sheaths. It is procured from the Tangkèlé tree. 

 Pëlit, deceiving, fraudulent. Acting contrary to promise. 

 Pëlkara, same as Përkara, which see. 

 Pélla, viz Hoih pélla, name of a variety of rattan. Makes good Iasliings when split 



up, and much used in house building. 

 Pélor, a ball, a bullet, for cannon or gun. Peloaro, (Portuguese), a ball. 

 Pëluh, imbecile, wanting in manly force. Non potest feminam subire. 

 Pëluk, to hug, to clasp, to embrace, to hold in the arms. The idiomatic word Luk, a 



bending , with the prefix Pa , made short Pe = Peluk , a bencling or embrace (of the arms). 

 Pëlus, a very long and thin gourd, about a couple of feet long. 

 Pëmpëurëuman, an involuntary twinkling of the eye. 

 Pëmpuhunan, the place in a paddy plantation , either in sawahs or in humahs, where 



the first paddy is transplanted in a sawa-h, or the first grain dropped in a humah, 



which is done with many superstitious observances. The Pëmpuhunan consists of the 



twigs of several various trees, which are consiclered emblematic of healthy growth. 



The etymon of the word is from Puhu, the lower stump of a tree, hence Pulm-an 



