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A KELAXTAX GLOSS ARY. 



Patau Tabu ax. 



Pekoxg. 

 Peleka. 



Pelima Gelaxggoxg. 



Pexaka. 

 Pexgas. 

 Pexghulc. 



Pexjueu. 

 Perah Perah. 



Perat Perat. 

 Perak. 



Perhisab. 



Perit Perit. 



Perlahax. 



Perxama. 



A description of dark red colour, but 

 lighter than " Nibong." Black with 

 some dark red. 



To throw = baling. 



- herau (q.v.) to take notice of, pay atten- 

 tion to. 



On the day that a bersilat pupil "passes" 



and emerges from his novitiate he is said 

 to be the "' pelima gelanggong " and 

 gives a feed and presents (a Songkok, 

 etc.) to his guru. He is now eligible to 

 be a teacher himself. 



P. dengan " like," identical with. 



Lascivious, fast, of a young girl. 



A native pleader or petition writer, general- 

 ly used disparagingly as lawyer burok. 

 (The F. M. S. Penghulu corresponds to 

 the Toll Kweng). 



A land measure. 400 square depa. 

 juru - 1 acre. 



Onomatopoeic sound for rain. ' 

 drip." 



Onomatopoeic sound for foot steps 

 pat." 



The most common word for money general- 

 ly: when speaking of coins it means 

 dollar pieces exclusively. 



(From Arabic Hisab which ordinarily 

 means " to calculate' 7 ) used in Kelantan 

 for wi to search," e.g. of a Policeman 



2i pen- 



Drip 



Pit 



searching a 

 pron. Pesa. 



house on a search warrant. 



Mata : Squinting or twitching eyes: cp. che- 

 dera. 



Chakap perlahan perlalian to speak softly 

 (not "slowly "). 



Per nam a bulan the full moon: the kampons; 

 man's ability to date an event is generally 

 confined to saying whether it occurred 

 belu m pernama or lepds pernama — before 

 or after the middle of the month. 



Pernama dlolior: about 1 p.m., i.e. the mid- 

 dle of the period. 



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