38 A DICïIONARY SUNDANESE 



splitting, a fissure, a division, a chasm; defeat, discomfiture. This name probably at- 

 tached to liim from the splitting of the royal authority in Java. 

 Bang'ang'ah, gasping and blowing for breath, as on ascending a liill. The etymon of 

 this word is ang which appears to imply apart , separated , but is not used ssparately ; 

 it occurs in Anggang, and Bung'ang'ang- which see. 

 Bang' at, with force, with violence, excessively, beyoncl moderation in an extreme degree- 

 severe- Bang' at teuyn dl gebugan, you strike him too severely. 'Marentak jelema ulak 

 sok bang 1 at teuyn , in ordering people d'ont be too severe. 

 Bangbaluhan, a log of wood tied to the neckofa buffaloe or other animal, to prevent 



its fighting or goring the others. 

 Bang ban, see Bamban , name of a plant- Maranta Tonchat. 



Bangbang, an expression used with reference to the Eastern points of the Compass. The 

 word is probably a dcrivative from the Javanese word abdng red , and being duplicated 

 will inclicate the ruddiness of the East or of the rising sun. 

 Bangbang Siang, the break of day, dawn , the East. Slang is Malay for earlj or day 



llgkt , and is not otherwise heard in Sunda than in this expression. 

 Bangbang wétan, the East, sun- rise. 



Ban gb ara, a black bulky kind of humble bee or Bombus, with sharp jaws which bores 



holes and nestles in timber. These insects are especially troublesome in buildings made 



of common jungle' wood, most of which they will attack, if the wood lias been out when 



young. The insect is familiarly called „the Garpenter", and in Malay is Kurribang. (23). 



Bangbét, one of the chief divinities of the Badui. The word occurs in the sense of a dï- 



vinity in several jampés. 

 Bangka, dead, said particularly of cattle that have died in the wilderness without the 



knowledge of owners , and ar thus not fit for food. 

 Bangka, the island of Banca , celebrated for its tin. {warigka, Skr. the bend, or elbow of' 

 a river , the winding course of a stream. Might the island have been called after the 

 currents of the sea about? Fr.). 

 Bangka, heard in the expression Tuwa bangka, an old obstinate or malicious person. Bans- 

 ka is probably a contraction of Bangkawara. 

 Bangkawara, malicious , bad , wicked , perverse , naughty , acting contrary to orders. Bhanga , 

 C. 486. fear, dishonesty, fraud, circumvention , cheating. Wara, C. 638. opposition : 

 thus fraudulent opposition. (Might be derived from loangka, and wara best, chief, prin- 

 cipal; meaning a person whose chief quality is bending and winding himself? Fr). 



(2i) This might be the Skr. bhramara, a bee, which occurs also in Kawi and means not the 

 honey giving, but the black humble bee, the Malay Kumbang. The corruption might be explaiued 

 by the natives avoiding two r in the same word, wherefor they left out the first r (bhamara), and 

 with their fondoess for alliteration they put in another b^ bambara, or bangbara). Fr. 



