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putting into the mouth preparatory to eating, and implies tliat the man was eating it with- 

 out knowing that there was any harm in it, or suspecting the stuft' of being bad or poi- 

 sonons and yet simply the act of eating is sufficiently implied by di hakan , he eat it. 



So also of top , which implies taking hold of seizing top bal di baioa, laying hold 

 of it, he carried it away. We might say that he could not carry itaway with out taking 

 it in soone way, and that di bawa he carried it away, was sufficiënt; and so it is, even 

 with a native, but when they prefix top, though we can give no precise translation, the 

 idea is conveyed that there was no harm done in taking it, that no one opposed the act. 

 The full force of these idiomatic expressions can only be learnt and appreciated on lear- 

 nin£ the languan-e and hearing; them used by the natives. 



I have throughout the whole dictionary endeavoured to give the etymologies of the 

 proper names of places, of the Archipelago, of the Residencies and of chieftowns in Java, 

 of rivers and mountains, in short of the chief features of the country, whether in the Sunda 

 districts or elsewhere. which may perhaps throw some light on these matters, and is at 

 least an interesting topic of speculation. For examples of these attempts I would refer 

 to the words bali , bantam, boro budur , jawa, sunda, sumatra , prambanan, prawu, 

 priang'en, progo, japara, and many others. An extensive and interesting class of words 

 associated with hyang , Divinity, will be found on reference to this word. Under the 

 heads of awi, cliaw , hoih , huwi , pare, orai will be found an extensive classification 

 of the diiferent varieties of Bambus, Plantains, Rattans, Yams, Paddy and Snakes, which 

 are known to our Mountaineers , and which may occasionaily prove interesting or instruc- 

 tive. The varieties of Paddy were determined many years ago by collecting samples of 

 them , and getting together a commission of natives to assign the names and point out 

 their differences, which are often only trifiing. 



Weights and measures have been attended to , and when possil.le a comparison given 

 between Dutch, English and Javanese articles of this kind. For which purpose reference 

 can be made to the words bauh, pal, koyan , pikul, pond, kati, kaki, eilo, tumbak , 

 gantaruj, sangga. The comparative details of which have been taken from Doursther's 

 weights and measures, a work in the French language. 



It may be also well to give here in a concise fonn the numerals used in Sunda, the 

 particulars of which can be referred to , under each word in the Dictionary, where an 

 attempt has been made to tracé many of the words to their original meaning and indicate 

 the process bv which thev have been arranged. 



1 



S ij i , Sahiji , Sa. 



2 



Dua, Duwa. 



3 



Tilu , Talu , Tolu. 



4 



Opat. 



5 



Lima. 



6 



Gënap. 



7 



Tujuh. 



8 



Dalapan. 



