one day is drawn again the next day
ban poey [蠻皮] thick-skinned and tough
ban si be ho [萬世無好] incorrigible
banchu (bancuh) to shuffle
■ banchu daon to shuffle playing cards
bandela (bandela)
■ bandela / bandera / Belanda bosted fat and rotund
bandera SEE bandela
banding (banding) to ponder
banduan (benduan) rough and tough like a labourer
bangka (bangka) old and elderly
bangkay (bangkai) carcass
bangket (bangket) SEE kueh
bangket
bangket (bangkit) referring to past deeds; to revive (old squabbles)
bangkong (bangkong) a foursome Nyonya card game (the cherki)
bangku (bangku) stool
■ bangku Boyan Boyanese-made wooden stool
■ bangku panjang long bench
banglay (bonglai) a ginger (Zingiber cassumunaar)
bango (bangau) white egret
bangsa (bangsa) race; descent
bangsal (bangsal) an open wooden shed without walls
bangsat (bangsat) unfair; cheating
bangsawan (bangsawan) Malay opera
bangun / mangun (bangun) to rise up; to wake up
■ bangunkan to waken (someone); to help set up
bank (bank) bank; water-closet
bantair / bantal (bantal) pillow
■ bantair budak a post-delivery Chinese herbal preparation taken by the Nyonyas
■ bantair Cheena pillow and bolster with respective rectangular eight-sided or round-shaped silver or gold-plated pieces sewn at the opposite ends
■ bantair kampek rectangular-shaped pillow
■ bantair kepek two small bolsters (usually placed on each side of the baby)
■ bantair pelok Dutch-wife; bolster
■ bantair sandaran a triangular-shaped pillow
bantal SEE bantair
bantay (bantai) to inflict a hammering
banting (banting) to dash against
■ banting diri to throw oneself about in a tantrum
■ banting kepala to resort to mental effort
■ banting tulang to work hard; to strive
bantot (bantut) to abort; to postpone
■ ter bantot aborted
bantu (bantu) to assist; aid; succour
■ bantu-membantu assisting one another; cooperative effort
banyak SEE manyak
baok (bauk)
■ berbaok having hair along the line of the jawbone; having side-burns
bapak (bapa) father
■ bapak angkat adopted father
■ bapak joget one who manages joget dancers
■ bapak tiri stepfather
bapok an effeminate male
bara (bara) live coal
■ bara api live embers
barang (barang) thing; item
■ barang baik slang for male's private part
■ barang-barang stuff; wares
■ barang jahat evil entity
■ barang mainan toys; playthings
■ barang makan foodstuff
■ barang pakay items for use on the body
■ sebarang anything
■ sebarang hantam reckless actions
baring (baring) lying down; supine
baris (baris) parade; march
■ berbaris parading; marching (in rows)
barot (barut) long wrap worn by a mother after childbirth
baru / bahru (baru) new; just now
■ baru-baru at the early stage
■ baru tadik just a moment ago
■ baru tau just discovered the truth
barua (barua) pimp; procurer
basa SEE bahasa
basah (basah) wet
■ basah kuyup soaking wet
basi (basi) stale
bat-bat [密密] tightly
batang (batang) shaft; handle; stem; rod of penis (slang)
■ batang changkol wooden shaft of the changkol
■ batang idong ridge of nose
■ batang idong dia the person
■ batang kayu tree stem
■ batang kelor stem of the Moringa plant
■ batang leher column of neck; throat
■ sebatang kara all alone in the world; to have no kith or kin
batek (batik) wax-resist dyed cloth from Java, Bali and Sumatra
■ batek Lasom batek-sarong from Lasem in Java which on washing is said to bring out its peculiar perfume
batok (batuk) cough
■ batok galak incessant cough
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