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276 Mawa, to carry, to bring. Mawa ka dio, bring here. Mawa ka ditu, carry yonder.

Mawar, the rose, the rose tree. Ayěr mawar, Rose water. The word Ayěr is not Sanda, but Malay, and shows whence the designation has come.

Maya, visual illusion, phantom, apparition. Used chiefly in Pantuns and in the history of the Hindu demi-gods. Maya, C. 537, according to the Hindus, philosophical illusion, idealisin; unreality of all worldly existence. In the plural this word becomes Mayu, vide Indramayu.

Mayakpak, full of, covered over by. Chai mayakpak bai di sawah, the water is abundantly spread over the whole Sawah.

Mayan, a variety of large sized bambu. It is, however, of little use as the worm soon destroys it.

Mayang, even course, continuous, without interruption; said of anything which keeps steadily in the same course or state.

Mayang, name of a sea- going native craft, sharp at both ends, and carrying a large lugger sail. They sail fast and well, and may have obtained the name from the circumstance of keeping steadily along with a quick speed.

Mayang, the flower bunch of the cocoanut and pinang, or areca Palm, as well as of most other Palms.

Mayang-Bingbing, name of a fish in rivers, rather scarce.

Mayar, to pay; see Bayar.

Mayat, sloping gradually. or gently, going gradually off, or away. A long and gentle slope of a hill. Working long and evenly, not all at once in hurry. Steady and secure.

Mayit, Ar: a dead body, a corpse, a deceased human being. Buntěl mayit, a corpse wrapped up for interment. The term applies to a peculiar formation of some horses tails, which is considered as prognosticating no good. (ميت Mayyit, mortuus).

Měběr, to flee, to run away, to skulk away.

Měchah, in abundance, in great numbers, exuberance.

Mědar, spread out, opened out; to spread or open out to the sun in order to be dried. To set out one by one. To expose (goods for sale and the like).

Mede, a tree called in Malay Jambu monyét, the monkey Jambu, the cashew apple, Anacardium occidentale. See Kaju. The name Jambu monyet is given from the small excrescence of the kernel at the lower end, which is thought to resemble a monkey coiled in a heap.

Medina, a twontown [sic] of Arabia, where Mohammed found refuge when he fled from Mékah.

Mědok, wet and slippery, sloppy.

Méga, a cloud. Mégha, C. 556, a cloud.

Méga Malang, a long lowering cloud; frequently alluded to in Pantuns.

Méga Měndung, where the clouds form a dam or embankment; clouds hanging lowering. Name of a celebrated pass on the high road from Buitenzorg and Chianjur, upwards of 4700 feet above the sea.