54 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Bëurëum b u n t u t t=: Red- tail , name of a fisli in tlie rivers. 



Bëurëum p ip i [±j Red- cheeks , name of a fish in the rivers. 



B e u r i t , a mouse , a rat. 



Bëusi, Iron. Beusi Purasani, the loadstone. The word Purasani is probably a corrup- 

 tion of kJwrasani, which at Page 125 of Marsden's Dictionaryis interpreted asa Per- 

 sian word meaning „ fine tempered steel of Khorasan." 



Be ut eng, stopped, left off, as any work or occupation. Said of a person who lias lost 

 a situation or occupation. Ceased from employment. 



Bëutëung, the belly, Nyiri beuteicng , belly-ache. 



Bëutëung, properly Acli beuteung, which see. 



Beuti, any yam or bulbous root; any bulb growing in the ground, at a root. 



Bé wat, a fine, to punish by fining. Applied also to government exactions, which are 

 looked upon as fines or impositions. 



Bé wok, a long and shaggy beard. 



Bé wok, an insect resembling a Jangkrik; a kind of cricket. 



B ë w u k , a bird like an owl. 



Béya, same as Béa, which see. Custom, duty, toll. 



Béyé, soft, moist and easily giving way to pressure. Approaching a liquid state. 



Bi, an abbreviation of the word Bibi, aunt, which see. 



B ia ng! is an exclamation of surprise, either denoting fear or admiration. Also denotinc 



mistrust , and at the same time half putting the question : Do you think I am such a fooi as 



to believe you? ïhis word is probably of Sanscrit origin, and would be properly re- 



presented by abld hyang ! which will mean „ the Profound Divinity." „ The superla- 



tive divinity.'" Abhi, C. 39 is a preposition implying similarity, before (in the presen- 



ce of), separation, severally, wish, desire; also, Conjunction, as belonging to , with 



respect to etc. Abhi in Compound words implies very, emphatic, before,s\s Abhikkan- 



ta, C. 39 from Abhi, very, kanta , good excellent, good in the highest degree. Abhi- 



nya, C. 39 from abhi very, nya Knowledge, profound knowledge, super natuf al ac- 



quirements. And in the same manner we may form Abhi hyang , the most excellent 



Divinity , the supernatural Divinity. So also may be explained the name of Abiasa , 



one of the early sovereigns of Java, see Raffies Vol 2. P. 80. from Yasa , C. 572, 



fame, glory, celebrity, renown, thus Abhi-yasa, renowned in the highest degree. 



So likewise in the words Abiseka, which is still current on Bali for the anointing of 

 the Rajalis. Abhi-seka, C. 40 from Abhi before, Sikta sprinkling, an anointing, roy- 



al unction ; Sikta, C. 730 from Sicha to sprinkle, and kata affinitive-sprinkled , wet- 



ted. Abhirupa, abhi, emphatic, Rupa, beautiful, extremely beautiful (26). 



(26) Hyang, so written, is no Sansbrit; the composition of such a word with a Skt. partiele, abhi 



