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MALAY-ENGLISH VOCABULARY.
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ja'mah, mn-ja'mah, to touch.

jam'ban, a latrine.

jam'bang, a flower pot; usually jam-ba'ngan. Cf. pasu.

jam'bu (Sk.), the generic name of a number of fruits.

jam'bu biji, the guava.

jam-bu'a, the pomelo.

jam'bul, tuft of hair or feathers.

ja'min (Hind.), bail, security.

o'rang ja'min, one who stands bail.

jam'pi (Sk.), magic formula.

ja'mu, mn-ja'mu, a guest; to entertain at a feast.

per-ja'mu-an, a feast.

jan'da, widow, widower; man or woman separated from his or her consort. Cf. balu and bujang.

ja'ngan (73), do not, lest.

s-pa'ya ja'ngan, lest; also a'gar ja'ngan.
ja'ngan-kan, far from, not only, not merely.

jang'gal, awkward, unsuitable, badly arranged, not sounding right, discordant. Cf. changgong.

jang'got, beard.

jang'ka, fixed quantity or measurement.

jang'kar, rootlets hanging down from the branches of banyan and other trees. Cf. akar, banir and tunjang.

jang'kit, mn-jang'kit and ber-jang'kit, infectious to spread, be catching or infectious (of a disease or conflagration). Cf. rayap.

jan'ji, promise, agreement, contract.

min'ta jan'ji, to request the fulfilment of a promise.
o'bah-kan jan'ji, to break one's promises.
sam'pai-kan jan'ji, to perform one's promises.
ber-jan'ji, to promise, make an agreement.
per-janji-an, an agreement, contract.

jan'tan (87), male (usually of animals). Cf. laki-laki.

jan'tong, the heart (anatomically), cf. hati; also that which resembles the shape of the heart, as:

jan'tong b-tis', the calf of the leg.
jan'tong pi'sang, the knob at the end of the banana blossom.

ja'rak, the castor oil plant.

minyak ja'rak, castor oil.

ja'rak, interval, distance between two objects. Cf. jarang.

ja'rak-kan, to place at intervals.

ja'rang, seldom, rare, scarce, at wide intervals, far apart.

ja'rarg-kan, to space out, place at wide or wider intervals.

ja'ri, the fingers, a measure = the width of a finger.

ja'ri han'tu, the middle finger.
ja'ri ka'ki, the toes.
ja'ri k-ling'king, the little finger.
ja'ri ma'nis, the third finger.
ja'ri t-lun'jok, the first finger.
ibu ja'ri, the thumb.

ja'ring, a large fishing net, a trammel, a net for catching birds or animals.

ja'rom, a needle.

ja'rom chu'chok, bodkin.