Malay-English Vocabulary/N
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na'bi (Ar.), a prophet.
na-bi'ah (Ar.), prophetess.
na'bu-at (Ar.), prophecy; properly nubuat. Cf. nabi.
ber-na'bu-at, to prophesy.
na'di (Sk.), the pulse.
na'fas (Ar.), breath, respiration.
ber-na'fas, having breath or life. Cf. nyawa.
na-fi'ri (Pers.), trumpet.
naf'kah (Ar.), expenses, cost of living.
naf'su (Ar.), desire, appetite, passion.
ha'wa naf'su, sensual desires.
naf'su du'ni-a, worldly desires or lusts.
na'ga (Sk.), dragon, fabulous serpent.
nah' (132), there; also = lah.
na'hu (Ar.), grammar.
na'ik, to go up, come up, ascend, rise, mount. Cf. daki.
na'ik da'rat, to go ashore.
na'ik ha'ji, to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca.
na'ik her'ga, to rise in price.
na'ik ka'pal, to go on board a ship from a boat. Cf. turun.
na'ik k-re'ta, to ride in a carriage.
na'ik ku'da, to mount a horse; on horseback.
na'ik mm'p-lai, to be a bridegroom.
na'ik pang'kat, to rise in rank.
na'ik p-ra'hu, to go on board a vessel.
na'ik ra'ja, to become king.
na'ik sak'si, to become a witness.
na'ik tu-run, to go up and and down (as a road in hilly country).
na'i-ki, to mount upon, get up on, climb on to.
na'ik-kan, to raise, elevate, cause to ascend.
k-na'i-kan, that on which one mounts, a horse, elephant, carriage or ship.
na'jis (Ar.), ceremonially unclean.
na'jis-kan, to defile.
nak', abbreviation of hndak.
na'kal, naughty.
na-kho'da (Pers.), the captain of a ship. Cf. kapitan.
’nam, see anam.
na'ma (Sk.), name.
na'ma bu'sok, a bad reputation.
na'ma yang ba'ik, a good reputation.
ber-na'ma, named, called.
ter-na'ma, famous.
na'ma’i, to name, give a name to, call.
k-na'ma’an, renowned.
nam'pak, to appear, be visible; also tampak. Cf. lihat and rupa.
na'nah, pus, matter.
na'nas, pineapple.
nang'ka, the jack fruit. Cf. chmpdak.
nan'ti, m-nan'ti, to wait; used colloquially as an auxiliary verb to express the future (45-48). nan'ti d-hu'lu, wait a bit.
m-nan'ti-nan'ti, to keep waiting.
nan'ti-kan, to await, wait for.
nar-was'tu, spikenard.
na'sar (Ar.), vulture; usually burong nasar.
na'si, boiled rice. Cf. bras and padi.
k-rak' na'si, the burnt crust left in the pot after cooking rice.
ma'kan na'si, to take a meal, lit., to eat rice.
na'sib (Ar.), fate, destiny, lot in life.
na'si-hat (Ar.), exhortation, advice, admonition.
na'si-hat'kan, to advise, exhort, admonish.
nas'khah (Ar. nuskhah), manuscript.
nas-ra'ni (Ar.), Christian, especially Roman Catholic. Cf. srani.
na'wong, shade, shadow, shelter; also na'ong. Cf. bayang.
na'wo-ngi, to overshadow, shelter.
’nche', see inche.
’ndah, see indah.
’ndap, see hndap.
neg'ri (Sk.), country, state, territory, city, town. Cf. tanah, bnua and bandar.
neg'ri a'sing, a foreign country.
neg'ri o'rang, a country other than one's own.
a'nak neg'ri, native of a place.
i'si neg'ri, inhabitants of a town or country.
k-pa'la neg'ri, the capital of a country.
n‘emat, see n‘imat.
nen'da, polite form of nenek.
ne'nek, grandfather, grandmother. Cf. datok.
ne'nek mo'yang, ancestors.
da'tok ne'nek, ancestors.
nesan, see nishan.
nga'nga and ter-nga'nga, open (of the mouth or a door).
nga'nga-kan mu'lut, to open the mouth.
nga'um, m-nga'um, to roar (of tigers).
’ng-chek (B.) (Chin.), uncle; a form of address to fathers and other elderly persons.
’ng'gan, to object, refuse, be unwilling.
ng'gan-kan, to refuse or reject a thing.
’ng'gang, the hornbill or rhinoceros bird.
ngilu, see nyilu.
’ngkau, see angkau.
’ng-ko' (B.), elder brother.
’ng-koan' (B.), father-in-law.
’ng-kong' (B.), grandfather.
’ng-ku' (B.), mother's brother.
ng-ri', to shiver, shudder; terrible, horrible.
ni-a'ga, ber-ni-a'ga and m-ni-a'ga (Sk.), to trade; also bniaga.
per-ni-a'ga’an, trade, commerce.
ni'at (Ar.), intention, purpose, resolution, vow.
ba'yer ni'at, to pay a vow.
ber-ni'at, to intend, make a resolution or vow.
ni'bong, a palm, the wood of which is very hard and durable. ni'kah (Ar.), marriage; to marry. Cf. kahwin.
nikah-kan, to unite in marriage.
ni'la (Sk.), indigo.
ni'lai, m-ni'lai, -kan, valuation; to value.
ni'lam (Tam.), the sapphire.
n‘i'mat (Ar.), favour, benefit, grace; pleasure, enjoyment, delicacies.
ni'pah, a palm-like plant which grows in marshy land.
ni'pis, thin (as opposed to t-bal', thick). Cf. tipis and halus.
ni'ra, the sap of the coco-nut palm, which becomes tuak by fermentation.
nischaya, see nschaya.
ni'shan (Pers.), gravestone, monument; also nesan.
nis'ta, m-nis'ta, -kan, abuse, invective; to abuse, insult.
n-la'yan (Sk.), fisherman.
nntiasa, see sntiasa.
no'bat or nau'bat (Ar.), a large drum used only by reigning princes.
noktah, see nuktah.
nom'bor (Eng.), number.
nona, see nonya.
bu'ah no'na, the custard apple.
no'nya, married woman, Mrs. (in the Straits used only of Chinese women; in the Dutch Indies, nyonya = married woman, whether European or Chinese, and nona = a young unmarried woman).
n-ra'cha (Sk.), a balance, scales. Cf. daching and timbang.
n-ra'ka (Sk.), hell. Cf. jhannam.
ns-cha'ya (Sk.) (138), certainly. Cf. tntu.
’n'tah, it is doubtful, it is unknown, I don't know.
’n'tah..a'tau.., whether..or..
’n'tak, to bump.
nubuat, see nabuat.
nugraha, see anugrah.
nu'jum (Ar., stars), astrology; also ’ilmu ’n-nujum.
ah'lu ’n-nu'jum, astrologers.
nuk'tah (Ar.), vowel points, diacritical marks. Cf. baris.
nur' (Ar.), light.
nu'ri, paroquet.
nya'dar, deep, profound (of sleep). Cf. llap.
nyah', go away! be gone! to go away.
nyah'kan, to send away, drive away.
nya'la, m-nya'la, flame; to blaze.
ber-nya'la, flaming, blazing.
nya'la-kan, to cause to blaze up. Cf. galak.
nya'man, health; healthy, in good health. Cf. sihat.
nya'mok, mosquito.
nya'nyi, m-nya'nyi, to sing.
nya'nyi-an, song.
nya'ring, loud, shrill (of sounds).
su-a'ra yang nya'ring, a loud voice.
nya'ring-kan su-a'ra, to raise the voice.
nya'ris, almost, nearly. Cf. hampir.
nya'ta, plain, evident, clear, manifest. Cf. trang. nya-ta-nya'ta, openly.
d'ngan nya'ta, openly.
nya'ta-kan, to make manifest, expose, reveal, explain, prove.
k-nya'ta’an, explanation, proof, manifestation, revelation.
nya'wa, life, the vital principle. Cf. hayat and jiwa.
nya-wa-nya'wa i'kan, more dead than alive.
bu-ang' nya'wa, to risk one's life.
ber-nya'wa, having life, living.
nyi'lu, the sensation of having the teeth set on edge; also ngilu.
nyi'ru, an instrument used for winnowing rice and other grains.
nyi'ur, the coco-nut palm. Cf. klapa.
bu'ah nyi'ur, the coco-nut.
nyonya, see nonya.