THE ADJECTIVE 59 coco-nul; pinang nyiur pandan, pinang yang tinggi or dari-pada pinang nyiur pandan, yang tinggi pinang of belci, coco-mut, and screw palms, the betel is the tallest. (d) intensive adverbs kurang less, leboh, lagi more, tĕrlalu, tĕrlampau, amat, sangat, sa-kali ray. pinang nyiur (yang) lěbeh tinggi pinang; pinang nyiur pandan, yang terlalu tinggi pinang. kěba- nyakan kaya dari-pada yang miskin there are more rich than poor; jikalau terlampau dari-pada adat besar- nya itu if it is bigger than ordinary; kebanyakan tanah yang tinggi dari-pada tanah rendah there is more high land than love. III. The superlative absolute (as opposed to the relative where there is comparison) may be expressed by (a) reduplication: tinggi-tinggi pokok lěmbari vay fall is the lembari tree; jimat-jimat di-něgĕri orang be very careful in a strange land; kěchil-kěchil anak rimau although it is very liny it is a tiger cub. (6) sa+reduplication: děngan sa-běsar-besar harap with the highest hopes; dengan sa-boleh-bolch-nya with the best endeavours. (c) the aforesaid intensives-often more than one is used; sa-orang putĕri tĕramat sangat elok sa-kali a princess of most exceedingly beautiful countenance. (d) by a few phrases: bukan kepalang literally not middling, bukan olah-olah without shilly-shallying; bukan main no child's play. medan-nya elok bukan kepalang the field was very fine; nyamok bukan main banyak-nya mosquitoes very numerous.
