cough associated with tuberculosis; dry cough
batsat / bagsat [木虱] bedbug
batu (batu) stone; rock; boulder; pebble; gem
■ batu api instigator; flint for striking a light
■ batu api tak berabok a regular instigator
■ batu asah piso grinding stone for sharpening knives
■ batu belah silent and unresponding
■ batu besi granite stone
■ batu bo [磨] grinding stone slab
■ batu bo makan gegat SEE jat berejat
■ batu delima pale ruby
■ batu giling grinding stone slab; a set of grinding tools comprising a roller and a flat stone
■ batu karang coral rock
■ batu lubin floor tiles
■ batu nesan gravestone
bau (bau) odour; scent
■ bau apak musty smell (of old flour, grains, clothes)
■ bau asap smoky smell
■ bau busok stench
■ bau hamis fishy smell
■ bau langgor raw vegetable smell; burnt smell
■ bau pesing sharp smell
■ bau wangi sweet scented
bau SEE bahu
bawah (bawah) position under or below; beneath
■ bawah kain derogatory term to describe a man under the wife's control
■ bawah tanah underground
■ bawah tangan an assistant to a senior
bawair / bawal (bawal) SEE ikan
bawair
bawak / buat (bawa) to bring with one
■ bawak diri conduct; behaviour
■ bawak lari to run away with
■ bawak maot to result in death
■ bawak mulot tale bearer
■ bawak naseb trust to luck; to resign oneself to one's fate
■ bawak perot cadge for a meal
■ bawak untong naseb to fulfill one's destiny; to put up with what comes along
■ buat berat to cause extra weight / load
■ buat kuluair to take out
■ buat masok to bring in
■ buat naik to carry up
■ buat pi to carry away elsewhere
■ buat tang to bring
■ buat turun to take down
■ pembawak a person's destiny; fated; birth traits
bawal SEE bawair
bawang (bawang) of bulbs generally
■ bawang Benggala SEE bawang menggala
■ bawang besair imported big onion
■ bawang kechik shallot
■ bawang menggala imported big onion
■ bawang merah shallot
■ bawang puteh garlic
baya (baya) age; age group
bayair / bayar (bayar) payment; fulfilling an obligation; paying a debt
■ bayair bunga interest paid for money lent
■ bayair niat fulfillment of a vow
■ bayair pengerair to fulfill obligation of earnest gift to a deity
■ bayair pukair to pay a lump sum
■ bayair renchet-renchet payment by instalments
■ bayair upah to make payment for services rendered
■ bayair utang payment of a debt
bayak (bayak) to waddle
■ terbayak-bayak waddling
bayam (bayam) spinach (Amaranthus tricolor)
bayang (bayang) shadow
bayar SEE bayair
bebal (bebal) dull; stupid; doltish
beban (beban) obstinate; intractable (of a child)
bebas (bebas) freedom from restraint
bebek (bebek) pursing of the lips (of a child when about to cry)
bebet SEE bembek
bebotok SEE bobotot
bechara (bicara) legal proceeding in court; court case
bechia [馬車] (becak) rickshaw
bedak (bedak) face powder
■ bedak langeh small coloured powdered balls placed in an anchak
■ bedak pong hun face powder in solid form
■ bedak sejok cooling face powder
bedal (bedal) to beat up severely; to eat heartily or greedily to the fullest
bedebah SEE bedebair
bedebair / bedebah (bedebah) palpitation
bedek (bedek) to tell a fib
bedel (bedil) SEE obat bedel
bedenting of excellent grade or quality
bedik to beat up
bedukang / belukang (bedukang) SEE ikan bedukang
begeletair SEE geletair
begini / gini (begini) in this way; thus; so
■ gini gitu this and that
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