42 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



or be a modification of the plural of wani ^ warana or wararani, daring, courageous. 



Bar at, the west-Barat is a word very generally used for West, not only in Sunda, but 

 in Malay and Javanese. The Sunda people have also a still more commonly used word , 

 viz kidon of the same import. It strikes me that Bar at may have a Sanscrit origin 

 from Bahinawa, C. 466 to go down, to set as the Sun- or more probably the first 

 syllable of tliis word Ba, which is also heard in Badii/a C. 468 from Ba and diya 

 water, the ebb or reflux of the tide , low- water. Rata, C. 581, a country, a district 

 and by contraction Barat , the Country of the setting sun. 



Baraya, Relations, of the same descent or blood , kindred. Probably the same as Bharaya 

 C. 492 , charge , custody , derived from Bhara , which in its turns is from Bhrae to nourish. 



Barelih, uneven, rough, shaggy. 



Bar eng, at the same time, together , simultaneously. 



Barëngan, to work in concert, to do at the same time. 



B a r é r a , the piece of wood used to strike the threads together in weaving. 



Baréto, formerly, some time ago. Poi baréto , the day before yesterday. 



Bareubëui, name of a large forest tree. Gynotroches axillaris. 



Barëuh, swollen , inflated, a tumefaction in the flesh. 



B a r i , stale , old from keeping , as provisions ; musty , mouldy. 



Bari, Indeed, even though. Bari saha nu daik , Indeed who would like it. 



Bar im bit, a general fear caused to the inhabitants of any part of the Country, by the 

 presence and ravages of tigers. A general panic. 



B a r i n j i 1 , uneaven , rough. 



Bar is, a line, a stroke , a row, a range. Military array, to drill- of the rank or quality 

 of. Baris ménak , of noble birth , of the quality of a nobleman. Baris kuring, of the 

 common people. 



Baron, proyo Nusa Baron , an island off the South coast of Java , near its last end , 

 off the districts of Lamajang. Can this be an island risen by volcanic force from the 

 waves within the ken of man , and hence callecl Baru-an ;=• Baron , by Malay traders 

 along the South coast in ancient times , as Baru is not Javanese or did the traders 

 from India fmd Marabolans upon it and then gave it the name of Bara C. 461, the 

 three noted Myrobolans , viz. Terminalia Chebula, emblic, and belerica? 



Baru or Wang baru, Ten Copper doits or two stivers. Baru is a Malay word and means 

 New. The Sundas use also Tahun Baru, the new year, of Europeans or Chinese. 



Baruang, Poison. The bear of Sumatra and Borneo. 



Baruang alas, literally interpreted , Forest poison, is a large caterpillar-looking insect, 

 which the natives say poisons water when immersed in it. It is the Cladomorphus 

 Phyllinus of zoology. 



Barujul, the native plough for dry lands, composed of a crooked piece shod with iron, 

 and a beam to drag it by. 



