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Rh Anit (v. f. nganit; beanit or banii}, to sip or suck out the juice of fruit, etc. Pinang dianit tupai. The squirrel sucks the juice of the pinang nuts. Tupai ka nganit pinang. The squirrel will suck out the juice of the pinang nuts.

Anjir, adj. rancid, s. fate, destiny. Bai anjir iya bulih padi. His destiny is to get paddy.

Anjong (v. f. nganjong; beanjong or banjong'j, to convey, bring, send, take to a place, escort. Anjong ma tn. Take this luggage to...(i.e, take and deliver it). Sida nganjong silrat ka kubau. They take letters to the fort. Iya nganjong anak akupulai ka laki iya. He escorts my daughter who is going home to her husband.

Anjor (v. f. nganjor; beanjor or banjor}, to cheat, delude (literally to commence a thing first and then be the first to give it up). Anjor iya bejalai. Propose to set out with him on a journey and then turn back. Iya nganjor ka aku bejako. He commenced to speak for me and then said nothing more. Iya ngan­ jor ka aku. makai gaji. He proposed we should enlist and then did not join.

Anjur (v. f. nganjur; beanjur or banjur}, to go direct to a place, to jut, or extend out. Iya nganjur ka pejalai iya ka Simanggang. He goes right to Simanggang. Iya nyau anjur. He is gone direct, or, he is dead.

Anjur, usually ai anjur, the flood tide continuing beyond its usual time (cf. Malay telanjor.)

Ansa (beansa or bansa}, a goose.

Ansa(v. f. ngansa; beansa or bansa), to grind, sharpen. Ansa duku tu. Sharpen this chopper. Sida nadai bemunyi utang ngansa pedang aja. They made no remarks but only sharpened their swords. Aku ga mangah diansa iya. I am (naturally) hot tempered (but) he whetted my anger.

A curious idiom is:—Ansa ngeli nuan. Cause yourself to laugh. salalu ngansa ngeli diri. He is constantly laughing.

Ansak (v. f. ngansak ; beansak or bansak), to urge, egg on. Zr« ngansak bekerja ngasoh Ttuan bulih utai. He urged you to work in order that you might acquire property.

Ansal, to be scarce, to be almost run out of anything. Kami ansalpadi. We have very little paddy.

Ansang (beansang or bansang), the gills of a fish. Baka kli dalam ai besambi isi be­ sambi ansang. Like the kli fish in the water their flesh and gills are the same.

Ansang' (beansang or bansang'}, s. the voice, v. to speak noisily. Anang kita nebah ansang dia. Do not make so much noise there.

Ansar (v. f. ngansar; beansar or ban­ tar}, to shift the feet about, rub on. Anang bangat ngansar ka kaki nuan enggai aku ninga Do not shift your feet about so; I cannot bear to hear it.

Ansat (v. f. ngansat; beansat or bansaf}, to shift, move. Iya ngansat ka antara timai kami. He moved the boundary of our farms.

Ansau (v.f. ngansau; beansait or bansau), to look about in search of anything. Iya ngansau pemakai. He looks about for food.

Ansing (v. f. ngansing; bcansing or ban­ sing}, to set dogs to hunt. Anta (v. f. nganta; beanta or banta), s. a dandy, v. to be a dandy, gay, fond of fine clothes and jewellery. Pungka laki nya ngan­ ta bendar. That man is very fond of dress­ ing himself up. Indu nya. salalu nganta. That woman is always wearing fine clothes and jewellery.

Antah (beantah or bantah'}, paddy that still remains after being pounded, in the cook-; ed, or raw, rice. Bras tu maioh antah. This rice has a lot of paddy in it. Aku makai endct masok laban maioh antah di asi. I could not eat properly on account of the lot of paddy there was in the cooked rice.

Antam (v. f. ngantam; beantam or ban-, tarn}, v. to strike, go on with, adv. also, because of (equivalent to laban). Prauh iya diantam glombang. His boat was struck by a wave. Antam me. Go on with it. Nadai tau tindok antam batok. Could not sleep be­ cause of a cough.

Antap (v. f. ngantap, beantap or bantap},s. a cover, patch, lining, v. to place above, put in lining, patch. Kain tu enggau aku ngantap kalambi. This cloth is for the lining, of my jacket.

Antara (v. f. ngantara; beantara or bantara), prep, between, s. a boundary, interval, interim, v. to separate, make a division or. boundary. Iya ngantara ka lava kami enggaup inggai sa singkap. He ended (or put a boun­dary to) our quarrel (by paying) a plate.' Udah antara tiga hari baru iya kitu. After an interval of three days he came here.

Anti (v. f. nganti; beanti or banti}, to wait, lie in wait for. Ngadang kijang dalam babas, nganti ai enda dras. To watch for a deer in the undergrowth (is) to wait for the river’s current to become slow.

Antin-antin, (beantin-antin or bantinr. antin'), ear rings, pendants.

Anting (v. f. nganting; beanting or ban­ting}, to cut off small branches from trees, Iya agi nganting dan kayu. He is still cut­ting off the small branches.

Antoh (v. f. ngantoh; beantoh er bantoh), adj. kind, gentle, v. to be kind to, or gentle with. Zya ngantoh kadiri kamaiatu. He hasnow become kind.

Antok (v. f. ngantok), to be sleepy, drowsy,; Auang ngantok leboh nuan jaga. Do not be sleepy when you are on guard.

Antu (beantu or bantu}, a ghost, demon, spirit, familiar spirit, a dead body when car­ried to the grave. Iya nya bisi .antu. He has a familiar spirit.

Antu, saturated. ''Kayu tu brat bendar. antu olih ai.'' This wood is very heavy as it is saturated with water.

Antu, a great multitude of people. Engkah di patong engka tetigong ka antu bala. pengabang. Put it. on your knees in case you