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Rh Bai, only, just, simply- a favourite and familiar interjection. Siji bai, only one: Kadiyo bai, just come here. Hadé bai, very good. (See Note 2).

Baiawak, a kind of guana- an animal of the lizard tribe- In malay it is Béwak. (At Batavia benjawak and menjawak).

Bainat, evident, apparent to every one, a clear result.

Baiombong, a house centipede, found among old thatch, a couple of inches long, and with venomous sting.

Bait-ullah, ar: the house of God- the Kabah or sacred Temple at Mecca.

Bajag, Pirates, sea-rovers.

Bajirah, as Karang bajirah, a variety of limestone which is blue and very hard.

Bajirah, a variety of white ant which is luckily scarcer, but is more destructive than the common Rinyu. It is found more under cover, or in buildings. It is long in the body, and milk white with small red jaws. It will sometimes even creep up between the plaster and brick work of a wall to commit its depredations. It never builds up houses or passages of earth like the common Rinyu or white ant. It is a variety of Termes. Wajra C 616 a thunderbolt in general, or the thunderbolt of Indra-crystal, glass- Hard, impenetrable, adamantine. Perhaps both the limestone and ant have their origin or their name in this word. The former from its hardness, and the latter from eating their way through every thing.

Bajogol, a liane which is very serviceable in tying up the wood of dams in rivers, as it endures a long time. The root is of a yellowish colour and stinks.

Baka, mangroves, a particular kind of tree growing in Saltwater.

Bakakas, tools, implements, utensils. Furniture, moveables. Chattels. (Malay: pakakas).

Bakal, the raw material; the rough stuff to be worked up. To promise or have the appearance of. Bakal luhur, it will become high. Bakal goréng éta, that will turn out- badly. (As a verb it is an auxiliary indicating the future time Fr ).

Bakatul, the fine bran obtained in pounding rice clean. It is often baked in leaves and eaten, and as such is called Pais bakatul.

Bako, Tobacco- Nicotiana Narcotica, called also Tambako. To bogah bako, I have got no tobacco. The name betrays its introduction by Europeans, probably by the early Portuguese.

Bakti, good and meritorious actions in obedience to the word of God. Ngabakti, to do good actions, to do what a man's faith or religion requires. Bhakti, C. 485, faith, fidelity, devotion, worship, adoration. (Skr. the same).

Baku, a turn, a rotation, an assigned day or period for the performance of any work or duty.

Bakul, a large basket, such as used in Rice mills.

Bakung, a kind of lily with white flowers. Crinum asiaticum.