34 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Ba kutrak, the fourth consecutive year of planting the same humah field. 



Ba la, people, snbjects, attendants , privates in an army. Ratu to bogah bala, a Prince 

 without followers or subjects. Ari daik pisang hudu maiva bala loba , if you want to 

 make war, you ought to bring many followers. Bala, C. 462, an army, forces , a 

 man, a male. (Skr. bala, strength, power; an army, forces. bala, an infant, a child; 

 infantine; unwise , uninstructed. Wilson). 



Bala, overgrown with brush wood and grass , obstructed with vegetation. Said of a plan- 

 tation which is not properly weeded. 



Bala bar, to get spread abroacl by report or tradition. 



Bala c hang, a superior variéty of Délan or Trasi. It is of a yellowish colour and made 

 of the choice of materials from which Délan is made. Balachang admits of the inter- 

 pretation Bala, C. 462, strength, power; young. The young part of what is vile. The 

 stuff stinks. Chan , C 191. vile, base. 



Baladah, to break ground , to begin a piece of work in the soil; to clear the ground for 

 any work. 



Baladahan, to make a commencement- to begin work in the ground. 



Baladéwa, C 462, from Bala strength, and Déwa, divine; a deity so called, according to Hindu 

 mythology; he was the elder brother of Krishna, and the third of the incarnations ter- 

 ra ed Rama. 



Balai, an ancient and sacred spot, for making offerings and prayers. They are frequently 

 found on mountain tops throughout the country , and are often still held in some de- 

 gree of awe by the natives. Baléyan, C. 469 fit or proper for sacrifice. This is very 

 likely the etymon of our Sunda word Balai , and it has penetrated into the Pacific , 

 where the Malai is well known , or was so when the islands were first discoverd bv 

 Europeans , as a place of religious observances. In mariners Tonga Islands London 

 1818- in the vocabulary occurs „Malai, a piece of ground, generally, before a large 

 house , or chief s grave , where public ceremonies are principally held". 



Bala, C. 469 is pure, clean, free from blemish, or defilement; fit to be offered- and 

 Bala-ya;=: Balai would be the object fit to be offered, or the offering. It is strange 

 that this Sanscrit word, or its modification should have found its way into the distant 

 Pacific islands (22). 



Bala mb a n g a n , the ancient name of the district now called Banyuwangi , at the East end of 

 Java. The word is probably derived from Balang , to throw away , as it was used as 

 a place of banishment by the ancient native princes of Java , and even now the Dutch 



(22) Bali, Skr. an oblation, a religious offering, presentation of food to all created beings: it is 

 the same as harden; there from is devided bdleya, fit or proper for a sacrifice; this is the same as 

 the Pali bdleya-n, and I tliink our balai. The other derivation is not to be approved of , bala meaning 

 only in the feminine form and in a circumscribed sense, ]mre, (as of a female animal, which is fit 

 for sacrifice). Fr. 



