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MALAY-ENGLISH VOCABULARY.

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gan'ti-kan, to succeed, take tlie place of a person.

gan'ton?, ber-gan'toig, to hang,

suspend; to rely upon. gan'torg-kan, to hang up.

ga'iyut, hard, not mealy after cooking (of had potatoes).

ga'ram. salt.

tin' pat ga'ram, salt cellar. ga'ra-mi, to salt, cure.

ga'raig, fierce, savage, furious. Cf. ganas.

ga'rau, loud, deep, hoarse (of

sounds).

gar'fu (Port.), a fork. gar'ham, see gerliam.

ga'ring, a basket slung on the hack.

ga'ris, a scratch, score, groove,

incised mark = goris. miy-ga'ris, to score, make a scratch.

ga'rok, mig-ga'rok, to scratch,

scrape.

ptg-ga'rok, scraper, rake, curry- comb.

ga'rut, a scratch. Cf. garis.

ga'sak, mrg-ga'sak, to beat, strike with a stick. Cf. Mai.

ga'siig, a child's top.

ma' in ga'siry, to play tops.

ga'tal, itchy, itching; the itch; also lascivious.

ga'yoig, a ladle made out of a coco-nut shell. Cf. chebok, which has no handle.

g-doig', storehouse, barn. Cf. gudaty.

ge'lek, mrg-ge'lek, to roll with a roller or rolling pin; to be

run over by the wheels of a carriage. Cf. gilirg. ge'leig, mtg-ge'lerg, to shake the head.

ger'baig, the gate of a fortress, town or castle; also pin'tu ger'barg.

ger'baig, mrg-ger'barg, to let down the hair in disorder.

ge'rek, mtg-ge'rek, to bore, drill.

pig-ge'rek, a drill. ger-ga'ji (Sk.), saw.

ger-ga'si, a fabulous race of giants.

ger'ham, a double tooth, molar;

cf. gigi. tn'larg ger'ham , jaw bone.

gerhana, see graliana.

ger'sek, coarse sand, gravel. Also kersek.

ger'tak, mrg-ger'tak, to stamp, strike with the feet (as a person urging on a horse), strike weapons together in order to intimidate ; hence to threaten.

ger'tak gi'gi, to grind the teeth. Also kertak gigi.

ge'sek, mnj-ge'sek, to rub, cause friction (usually of rough things). Cf. gesel, gesir and gosok.

ge'sek bi-o'Ja, to play the fiddle.

lg-ge'sek, the fiddle bow.

ge'sel, mig-ge'sel, to rub to- gether.

ge'sir, mig-ge'sir, to rub between the palms of the hands.

g-gak in the phrase :

g-gak' gm-pi'ta, a loud con- fused noise.