18 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



the Moluccos, where it is called Kayu Lengoa Mr. Friederich informs me that in 

 Saricrit Asana has also the meaning of „ sitting in some peculïar position , as is the cus- 

 tom of devotees" May the word asana , as the etymon of our Angsana tree have had 

 its origin in this tree being often selected for the place where former devotees chose to 

 sit and meditate , and from this holy character of the tree , it was planted about the 

 graves of the deceased? (1!5). 



Angsërot, a syrringe , a squirt-usually made of a bit of bambu and used for sqnirting 

 Tuba or intoxicatino- water at fish in holes. 



Angsëuk, to push forward to, to attack, to force forward. 



Angsur, to push forward, to shove together, to push along the ground Suluh na angsur- 

 ken deui, push the fire wood together again , when mending a fire of logs lying on 

 the ground. 



Anjërogkën, to eome to a crisis, to come to the denoument of story. 



Anjian, to copulate, said only of brutes. 



Anjing, a dog, canis- a term of reproach; the big-headed ants, which bite so hard, and 

 appear to be the guardians in a hillock of white ants. 



Anjing awéwé, a female dog, a bitch. 



Anjingan, to kunt or bait with dogs. 



Anjog, Prematurely, too early, untimely. 



Anjukan, haughty, overbearing, always having one's own way. Jêlema anjukan,a bully, 

 an unruly person. 



Anjur, a kind of shovel shaped instrument made by fixing the upih ofa Pinangtree, or 

 a bit of broad bark of any kind , between a forked stick for the purpose of throwing 

 up water from a hole ; for baling out water. 



Anom, properly Javanese- young , youthful. 



Anta, brackish , having a taste of sea water. 



Anta Boga, The presiding deity over the lowest region of the universe ; he was in shape 

 like a dragon. He caught in his mouth the Chupu with its Reina Dumila as it feil 

 from the hands of the superior deities and swallowed it. The Ketna Dumila subse- 

 quently became the Dayang Trusnawati , who presides over Paddy cultivation. Anta Bo- 

 ga afterwarcls delivered up the Eetna Dumila to Sengyang Guru. The name Anta 



(15) Asana and Angsana are no doubt tlie samc word-; out of some hundred, where the Javanese 

 liave put a nasal sound into a Sanscrit word , it sufïïce to name the word angkasa in place of Skr. 

 akaca. Asana with first long a now as wel as Asana and Aqana, have besides some other meanings 

 also that ofa tree, Terminalia alata tomen tosa, which seems to indicate the same as our Pterocarpus 

 Indica. Clough speaks according to Ce3 r lonese information. Asana » sitting in the position of a devotee" 

 has certainly given the origin of the tree being also called, he sharing the holiness of some kinds of 

 ficus , which were selected for the same purpose. Fr. 



