20 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



A p a 1 , versed in , skilied in , well acquinted with any matter. 



Apëm, a kind of confectionary or paste made with rice flour. Appa C. 63. a kind of cake 



or muffin made of rice flour. 

 Apës, delicate, easily laicl up with illness; pretending to be disgusted; nice, in the sense 



of not liking rough work ; Babari apes , tere mepes , easily disgusted , yon will soon 



be at a loss- that is , you must not shrink from disagreeable work if you mean to succeed. 

 Api-api, to feign, to sham , to counterfeit ; dissembling. 

 A p i - a p i name of a tree with hard stem , growing in mnd on sea-shore. It makes good 



fire wood. Aegiceras majus. 

 A p i k , careful , attentive at any work ; guarded in conduct ; neat , smart. 

 Apiokkën, to put together, join or unite together for any defmite purpose. 

 Apis, as Apis buntut , the crupper of a saddle. 



Apiun, ar: Opium- See Madat- the inspissated juice of the poppy. 

 Apok, in conjunction, along with, met, put together. 



Aprok, to meet, to find, to be in conjunction with, to meet while out and abroad 

 A p u , lime , either burnt from shells , coral or limestone. 

 Apu-apuan, Calotropis gigantea , a plant otherwise called Badori which see. The leaves 



are largish with a whitish pila on them, which looks as if lime had been dredged on 



them, hence the name which alludes to tliis peculiarity. 

 A p u n , a rank of birth below mas , and above Uyang. 



Apung, to fly, to dart, or to fling up into the air ; to jump up ; to toss up the head- Ma- 

 nuk apung , the lark. 

 A p u s , the crupper of a saddle; a rope ; a string. 

 Apus, a variety of Bambu. Bambusa apus. 



Apus or Sa Apus, is a quantity of three lioyas of Plantain fruit. 

 Arab, ar: an Arab, Arabian, Arabia. Nagara arab , the country of Arabia. O rang arab 



an Arab person. 

 Ar ad, a drag-net to catch fish with. Di arad, to drag a net for fish. 

 Arafat, ar: a hill to the Eastward of Mecca , to which the pilgrims resort, and which 



ceremony forms part of the process of becoming a Haji. The visit to the hill of Arafat 



is made on the 9 tl1 of the month of Haji, and terminates on the 12 th . Arafat is sorae 



15 or 16 miles to the Eastward of Mecca. 

 Ar ah, to wish for, to covet , to desire, to have in mind to get. To di arah deui, it is no 



longer desired, no further use will be made of it, 

 Arak, an ardent spirit made from rice, palm wine and molasses, Arrack-Arakku , C. 45. 



Arrack , a spirituous liquor. 

 Arak, a kind of hardwood; vitex leucoxylon ; the same as Laban. 

 Arak, to carry in triumphal procession, especially as the bride at a marriage, or children 



just before they are to be circumcised. 



