hall, a place where public matters are discussed, a court house. [1]
Béchék, muddy, miry, soft and dirty as the earth after rain.
Bědag, to overtake, to come up with di udag kabedag, chasing him he overtook him.
Bědah, torn, burst, rent asunder: to open or make new Sawahs-Bhédya C. 499, broken rent, torn.
Bédah, different, varying, other, distinct, separate- Béda, C. 479 dissention, disagreement; or from Bhéda, C. 499, dividing, separating; distinction, sort, difference.(Skr. bhěda).
Bědahkěn, to make any opening for water to run out: to make a gap.
Bědak, a cosmetic for the skin, made from rice-flour and mixed with something to scent it. It is kept as -a powder and when wanted for use is mixed with a little water, and then rubbed on the skin; much used by young women.
Bědamé, at peace, reconciled, of one mind, concord.
Bědas, strong, powerful.
Bědaya, women who sing and dance before native chiefs. Called in Bantam Rejang. The Bedoyo of the Javanese.
Bědil, a gun, a hand gun, a fowling piece. Wédi or Wédilla, C. 668. shooting, explosion.
Bědodon, a kind of trap set to take fish wherever there is a small fall of water; the water passes through leaving the fish. A small temporary Saäpa.
Bědog, a common chopper, or cutting instrument worn by every native, and used for cutting wood &c.
Bědol, burst, as a dam or embankment swept away by water.
Bědug, a drum, viz. a hollow cylinder of wood with a hide stretched over only one end, the other end being left open. Such bedugs are hung up in the mosques to call the people to prayers, to give notice of a death &c, and are beat on all occasions of alarm. To nyaho di palobah bedug, he does not know where abouts the bedug hangs, a sly way of saying he never goes to the mosque to say his prayers, and thus does not even know where the bedug is to be found.
Bedul, a pig, swine; an opprobrious epithet.
Bégal, to way lay, the act of high way robbery or murder- a high way man.
Beg-breg, the breaking or snapping of sticks or young trees, as when some wild beast rushes along: to fling down in a confused heap.
- ↑ It is a corruption of the Skr. Wichara (Malay bichara), the exercise of judgment or reason on a present object, investigation, consideration, deliberation; discussion, dispute. Wilson. The Malay bichara, means to speak deliberately, to discuss. Fr.
