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A KELANTAN GLOSSARY 



Lelek. 



Lempar. 



Le-It. 



LereH. 



Liar. 



Li chin Leyeh T 



or [ 



Lichin Daltk J 



LlKONG. 



Loh Lah. 



Loh-Loh. 

 Loh Ikt. 



Lorat. 



Loh Leh. 

 Mak. 



Mak Chik. 



Mak-Xgah. 



Mai. 



Mal. 



Mas. 



Masok Kira. 



Menda. 



Mengeting. 



Menpmor. 



(1) The same " alike :" it can be used alone 

 or following sa-rupa. " Moga ini leklek 

 dengan itu," " This article is exactly the 

 same as that." 



(2) ' Verily, in truth' lek Id- dia pukul 

 Aicang, telapi ta' mengaku, he truly did 

 hit A, but won't admit it." 



To cast or throw. Cp. pekong. 



= Latitat, "fine/' of flour. 



Orang lereh, a rolling stone, one who does 

 not stick long at one job. 



= Cherdik (common). 



All spent, all finished (of money). 



To surround. 



Ignorant, stupid, often followed by bodok 

 — Generally in a limited sense of stupid 

 = hasty, of a man who goes and does a 

 thing straight off without taking suffi- 

 cient thought. 



Immediately, at once. 



(Pronounced la un i) now = sakarang. 



(? From gelorat, = gelora) = bangat " to 



hurry/' 

 To dawdle. 

 Be?- Mak-anak = bermadu, the relationship 



of 2 wives to the same husband. 

 Aunt. 



= Late, unpunctual. 

 Bert mal - to suckle, menyusukan. 

 Bichara mal = A civil case. 

 Sa-mas = 50 cents. 



Dia selalu masok kira = he is a busy body, 

 meddler. (Cp. Pahang Ganggu, sele- 

 iveng). 



Belt menda = to get a thing cheap. 



To claim = tuntut. 



" To adopt Eastern habits," said of a per- 

 son just returned from a more civilised 

 country e.g. Johore, Singapore, or even 

 from the F. M. S. (though not east of 

 Kelantan) and adopting un-Kelantan 

 talk and habits which include the saying 

 of punya every other word. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



