24 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Asin, salt, saltish, salted. Daging asiu, salt meat. Chi asi?i salt water, the water of the 



sea. 

 As mar a, the same as Samara , the deity of love which see. Samara C. 710. from Sa for 



Saha, with- Mdra an enemy; having the passions unsubdued. (17). 

 Asongkën, to _push forward, to shove along, to push on to eucounter-to set afighting. 

 Asrah, to surrender, tosubmit, to give oneself up , to ask for mercy; yielded, submitted. 



Sarahken in Sunda is also to give up, to surrender anything. 

 A s r a k a 1 , the act of standing up in prayer. (ar.) 

 Asta, acubit, the measure from the elbow to the tips of fingers. Hasta C 789 the hand, 



a cubit measured by the hand and arm, from the elbow to the middle finger. 

 As taghafari llah ar: an exclamatio nof astonishment or of sudclen alarm: may God avert , 



may God preserve us. God bless me! 

 Astana, the burial ground of Chiefs or of great men. In Bali Pangastanan is a sort 



of temple where Siwa is worshipped by the mass of the people. Sthana, C. 774 from 



Stha to stay-place, spot, situation or Astliana C. 66. an assembly (of the dead as 



used for a burial place). 

 Astina, name of the Country of the Pandus, placed by the Javanese in the province of 



Pakalongan in their own Island-Crawfurd. (Skr. Hastinajmra , ancient Delhi. Pr.) 

 A s u h , to nurse a small child , to fondle an infant in the arms ; to hold such a child in 



the arms and swing it about. 

 A s ui' , to push together , particularly fireAvood or burning logs. 

 A s u r , to bribe , to gain to one's interest by gifts. 

 Asuran, a bribe , a douceur. 

 Aswalas, a term of reproach. The words are properly Javanese and Asu- alas, dog of 



the woods. Suna, C. 748. adog, derived from Stttohear, to obey , and na affirmative. 



alas forest. (gvan, Nominat. eva; cass. obliqui cun- Skr.; cf. Gr. kyön, kyn-os; lat. 



c(v)an-is; Germ. hun-d. Our form here is derived from the Nominative-cva, with pre- 



fixed a. Fr.) 

 Atah, unripe, raw , not sufficiently. cooked. 

 Atak-atak, direction, position , as Kapahang , to mjaho di Atak-atah na I lost myself 



in the forest, and know not in what direction (or where abouts). 

 A t a 1 , Orpiment , a yellow sulphurate of arsenic , with which the natives , especially at the 



east end of Java, smear their bodies, and make themselves yelloio, on occasions ofce- 



remony, especially when celebrating their marriagc ceremonies. Artal is given by 



Crawfurd who says it is Sanscrit. 



(17) Smara Skr. derived from smri, memorem esse {memorn me- smor); cf for the application of 

 the word {love, the God of love), the Latin cura. The ais prefixed, as in many words, to facilitate 

 the pronunciation Fr. 



