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A Manual of the Malay language

Note 24 — PART IV.

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Jawab (a word of Arabic derivation) has been borrowed by the Malays from Hindustani.

25. Duduk, to sit, means also (in some districts) to live, inhabit.

26. Pe-luru, a missile, “that which goes direct,” a substantive formed by the particle pe- and the word lurus, direct, straight.

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