32 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE. 



Bagëdur, the soft centre of a plantain tree near the root, sometimes eaten. 



B a g ë r , upright , good , sincere ; serviceable- a term of wonder. Jélema bager , an upright 

 good man , a man in his right senses- Kayu na bager kênéh , the wood is still serviceable , 

 still sound and good. Lain bager, how wonderful- how strange: literally, otherwise 

 tlian upright or sincere. Nu bager, you d'ont mean it, can it be really so. 



B a g i , to divide , to share , to allot , to portion out. Kudu di bagi you must divide it. 

 Bagaya, C. 467, a part, a portion, ahalf. Baga, C. 467 and Bhaga , C. 490 part, 

 portion, share. (Skr. bhügya, to be portioned or divided). 



Bagia, the fated luck of any individual, either for good or for evil. Fortunate, happy, 

 lueky. Bhaga, C. 485, fortune, prosperity, happiness. Bhagaya, the final yn is an 

 adjective constructive form. Bhagya, C. 490, destiny, fortune, luck. Bagya. C. 467. 

 good luck. (The same as the preceding, which means also in Skr. destiny, fortune.) 



B a g i a n , portion, share , division. Bagian hula ma saheutik my share is only a little. (bhagja-an). 



Bagi n da, a designation , an appellative for a person of royal birth , either male or fe- 

 male. His Majesty, His Highness. Probably derived from Dagei in Malay, as, like, 

 resembling , and Endah , good , excellent- Bagei- Endah :=! Baginda. Ali the son in law of 

 Mohammad, and fourth Caliph is always called Bagind' Ali, His Highness Ali. (see Note 3). 



B a g o n g, swine , a wild pig. 



Bagus, handsome, pretty, of good quality, welldone. 



Bagus, a title given to illegitimate sons of native princes, when they are generally cal- 

 led „To Bagus", which is probably a contraction of Ratu bagus. As To Bagus Buang 

 was a celebrated rebel in the Bantam territories in the middle of the last century , and 

 was an illegitimate son of one of the Sukans of Bantam, (cf. agus). 



Bahan, a plank, a board. 



Bah as, drooping and clead. 



Ba hé, to pour out, to spill, spilled. The etymon of this word is Bah which alone does 

 not occur in Sunda , though it is probably heard in Sawah , Wahangan. In malay it 

 means aflood, inundation. "Wahinawa, C 641, to pour, to shed. Wahinawa, C 633- 

 to rain, 



B a h ë u 1 a , formerly , originally ; original , ancient. 



B a li ë u m a n , to gobble up , to swallow , often in an uncooked state. 



Bahu, see Bauh, a measure of land. Baha C 633 from Baha to bear, the shoulder of an 

 ox, any vehicle or means of conveyance; bearing, conveying. Baha C. 640 a carriage, 

 a conveyance,- a carrier, a porter- the arm (21). 



(21) Skr. bdhu and baha, tlie arm; the other forms of Clougli are in Skr. written with w; all 

 derive from the root vak to bear. Fr. 



