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248 Lědug. muddy, when said of water; turbid. Thick dust flying about.

Lé-ěh, melted, softened with heat; to become liquid.

Lěg, the idiomatic expression of swallowing, of bolting down the throat. Lěg bai di těurěui and he gulped it down his throat.

Lěgah, broad, roomy, extensive, wide. Sawah lěgah, an extensive sawah; Enggon na lěgah, its hole is wide.

Légé, a cockchafer, melolontha vulgaris. The beetle, shape of the onggrét grub, which see.

Lěgědu, dirty, muddy.

Légér, a leager. The Dutch word legger; a water cask.

Lěgět, a property of well boiled rice. Adhering together when squeezed in the hand and still not clammy: nearly the same as Pulěn. which see.

Lěgěuděut, to move in mass, to slip down in a heap, as the side of a hill when saturated with rain. To move as a crowd of men or an army.

Lěglěgan, to swallow, to gulp up.

Lěgok, hollow, having a cavity. A hole in the ground. A depression on the surface. A deep narrow valley.

Lěgon, a small bay or inlet of the sea. Quere? is the English word lagoon this word adopted?

Lěguk, a draught of anything to drink, a gulp of water.

Lého, snot, mucous matter coming from the nose.

Léjét, a variety of gourd. The outer skin or shell is thick, hard and firm, and when the soft contents are extracted, the shell is in very general use for a drinking vessel or for holding drinking water. Cucurbita idolatrica.

Léko-léko, the bends and recesses of a winding river.

Lěkoh, strong of ingredients, as tea or coffee made too strong. Said of a flood or inundation which comes down in the shape of very muddy water.

Lėla, a long and thin native brass cannon, generally turning on a pivot.

Léla, pleased, content, satisfied, as the natives say, but it is apparently arabic to correspond with Lahir and Batin, and may thus mean- events or times which are gone by. Occurs in the expression Léla, lahir, batin, an expression which conveys the idea of full and unreserved consent and approval. Léla, approved of; or what has occurred in former times; Lahir, what is seen, or the present; Batin, what is yet in futurity, and thus not known. As if a man gave his consent regarding all that which had gone before, what now exists, or may exist hereafter. Past- present and future. (Scr. Lîlâ, play, sport, pastime. Much used in Kawi.)

Lělah, weary, faint, tired from exertion, exhausted.

Lélang, an auction, a public outcry. Leylam or Leilao, Portugeese, a public sale. Surat lélang, a newspaper, literally a written paper about auctions.

Lélé, a fish found in swamps or stagnant pools, and also in rivers. It is provided with sharp spikes at the end of the fins, near the head, which give painful wounds. Clarias punctatus.