style="font-size:15px;"> ■ bengak-bengok very twisted; zigzagging
Benggala (benggala) SEE bawang
Benggala
bengal SEE bengair
Benggali SEE Menggali
bengis (bengis) a serious nature; lacking a sense of humour
bengka SEE kueh bengka
bengkak (bengkak) swollen; inflamed
bengkak (bengkang)
■ bengkak-bengkok tortuous (of a road)
bengkok (bengkok) crooked; bent
bengkong (bengkung) waistcloth worn by Nyonyas after childbirth
bengok (begok) mumps
bengot (bengot) out of line; awry
benguak (menguap) yawn
bentair (bentar)
■ sebentair in a moment; awhile
bentan (bentan) ailments due to poor post-natal health management; relapse; return of sickness
bentang (bentang) to spread out; to lay out
■ bentang tikair to spread a mat
bentok (bentuk) shape
benua (benua) awed by everything
beradu SEE adu
berair / beras (beras) uncooked rice
■ berair Belanda pearl barley
■ berair goreng roasted rice
■ berair hanchor broken rice
■ berair kapor uncooked rice mixed with lime as preservative
■ berair kunyet rice stained yellow with saffron
■ berair Rangoon rice from Burma
■ berair Siam rice from Thailand
■ berair sua jadi nasik, nasik sua jadi bubor an irreversible state of affairs
berak (berak) to defecate
■ berak chayer to pass watery stool
■ berak darah dysentery
■ berak kapor passing whitish (lime-like) excrement
■ terberak-berak diarrhoea
berandam (andam) in the traditional Baba wedding, the ritual of dressing the bride's hair above her forehead two days before the wedding
berang (berang) fury; rising anger
berangan (berangan) SEE mati
berangan
berani SEE brani
berapa (berapa) how much (if spoken interrogatively); to some extent
■ berapa chantek how lovely
■ berapa manyak? how much?; how many?
berapi SEE api
berarak / belarak (arak) procession
■ berarak wangkang religious procession involving a model of a Chinese ocean-going junk
beras SEE berair
berat (berat) heavy
■ berat sebelah heavy on one side; showing favouritism
beray SEE cheray-beray
berbana SEE rebana
berbani (perbani) SEE ayer
pasang berbani
berbaok SEE baok
berchang-chang long and pointed
berchaya (percaya) to believe; to trust
■ keperchayaan belief
berechik / merechik (recik) splash
berenang (berenang) to swim
berengair (lengas) to feel humid, sticky and clammy
berenget (rengek) prolonged and non-stop
berengkali / mengkali (barangkali) perhaps; maybe
berenti (berhenti) to come to a stop; stop
■ berenti penat to rest; to recover one's breath
beresing (bersin) sneeze
beriani SEE nasik beriani
bergangsi (gangsi) having the freedom of space and movement
beridong SEE kasot beridong
berkat (berkat) divine blessing; blessing
berkelai / merkelai (berkelahi) to quarrel
■ berkelaian quarrelsome
berkeliairan swarming all over
berlaga (berlaga) to fight over; to rush over; to compete
berlagau SEE lagau
berongkong to crawl on all fours
beroyan / meroyan (meroyan) nausea due to pregnancy
bersemungka SEE mungka
bersepah SEE sepah
bersibair SEE sibair
bersih (bersih) clean
bersio / bersiol (siul) to whistle
bersiol SEE bersio
bersiong SEE siong
bertapa (bertapa) to retire from the world and devote oneself to a life of austerity and asceticism and be a recluse in remote surroundings
bertau (beritahu) SEE tau
berteh (bertih) parched rice (used in spiritual rites)
■ berteh dalam kuali noisy chatterbox
bertonya to mull over (as during a meal)
beruang (beruang) bear
berubah (ubah) to undergo a change
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