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lontar|ˈlɒntɑː(r)|
[Malay.]
= palmyra; also, a manuscript written on leaves of this palm.
1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archip. I. iv. 443 The Lontar, (Borassus flabellifer), the Tar, or Tal of Western India, grows abundantly in the Indian islands. 1935I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula I. 348 Lontar is also the best-known Malayan name. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali (1972) vii. 193 In Singaradja there is a library of these manuscripts,..where are preserved some splendid old lontars with illustrations... These are masterpieces of the art of illustration, with miniature pictures incised with an iron style on the blades of the lontar palm. 1952‘W. March’ October Island i. 11 He moved majestically towards the four tall lontar palms. 1953C. A. Gibson-Hill Malay Arts & Crafts §Hats & Dish-covers. Other fibres are employed, including strips from the Lontar Palm. 1961P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion ix. 152 You know about lontars? Good. Well, in one important lontar is written, ‘It is fair to lie to wifes [sic] and enemies.’ |