52 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Bëra, many, plenty, abundant. 



Bérag, Hot with love; Elated, in high spirits. 



BërSbut, to quarrel and scramble for any object; to snatch from another. 



Bérék, to be noisy, to babble. Ulah bérék, D'ont be noisy, keep quiet. 



Bërök.ah, propitious, favourable, prosperous, blessed with success. 



Bërëkat, ar: lucky, blessed. B erekat Allah, the blessing of God. Having in supera- 



bundance, more than we can get through; victuals remaining unconsumed at a feast. 



Enough and to spare 

 Bërëkéké, a disease in growing paddy caused by a worm. 

 Bérés, in even and neat order, pretty, handsome. 

 Bërod, the name of a scaleless river fish. 



Bërod, confounded, in a mass, as Kiamat berod, things are in a miserable plight. 

 Bës, the idiomatie expression of forcing in or stabbing. 

 Bësësët, to cram or force into a small aperture. 

 Bësot, slipped out, sprung out, come out with force. 



Bet, the idiomatie expression of cutting through at one slap, as of small trees or t'wigs. 

 Bëtah, to have pleasure in, to be gratified with, to have a delight in. 

 Bé tan, as, like to, similar to. Pantan in Malay- Marsden Page 230, like, as, resembling 



probably of the same origin. 

 Bëtok, name of a fish inswamps, which is hard-lived, and survives long even out of water. 

 Bëtus, split, broken, particularly when by breaking any liquid flows out. 

 Bëubër, a sash or belt worn round the loins, to keep the body firm whilst either wal- 

 king or at work. All natives wear a bëubër 

 Bëubëuntëuran, name of a variety of grass. 

 Bëuböurëum ëndog, the yolk of an egg. 

 Bëubëut, to dash, to smash against any thing, as a tiger would smash its prey against 



a tree or rock 

 Bëu-ëus, wet, moist, wet in a less degree than Baseuh. 

 Bëuhëung, the neck; Siket beuheung up to the neck, as far as the neck. 

 Bëuhngar, Rich, affluent, having abundant possessions. Sucji ku jpikir betihngar ku akal, 



rich in thought , affluent in device. 

 B e u k a h , open , expanded , as a flower or seed head ; particularly said of Paddy when 



the ears shoot out. 

 B ë u k a s , mark , tracé ; said of a gun which has been shot off , and leaves the tracé of the 



powder. 

 Bëuki, to have an appetite for, to relish, to desire to eat, to be fond of any act even 



other than eating. To beuhi ka na kéjo, he does not like rice. Used also figuratively 



as : Sok beuizi bohong , he is fond of lying. Beuki kolot beuhi bang^or , the older he 



gets the worse he is. Beuki in this latter sense is the more. 



