56 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE. 



under which, in cutting, the straw is snapped, and wliicli is tlien pulled off- di paut. 

 Bi kan g, female, a woman, the good wife. In many parts of the country Bikang is 



not applied to a woman but reserved for animals, especially Buffaloes. This is the 



case about Buitenzorg. 

 B i k ë u ri , to give , to hand over. 

 B i k o , stupid , foolish. 

 Bi la, occurs only in the expression Apa blla, whenever, at the time when , which thongh 



properly Malay, is sometimes heard in Suncla. Both Marsden and Crawfurd give Bila 



as Sanscrit meaning : Time , point of time , when , at the time that. It is probably 



the same as Wela C. 672 Time. 

 Bi lang, to count, to teil over, to reckon, to number. Jélema na Lilang lieula , count 



the people first. Probably Bila — see above — with the Polynesian ncj suffixed. 

 Bilangan, an account, enumeration, to be of account or value. To hasup hilangaii, it 



cannot be taken into account; it is not of the number. This word is sometimes pro- 



nounced Wilangan. 

 Bilatung, maggots, worms in putrifying flesh. Bilatungan, having maggots in the flesli. 

 Bi lik, split and platred bambus to answer the purpose of partitions; bambus so wattled 



answer the purpose of boarding for houses and buildings. 

 Bilis, a small sea fish , not larger than a minnow, now and then appearing m great 



swarms off the South Coast of Bantam ; after them a small island off the South coast 



of Bantam is called Pido Bilis. Engraulis Grayi. 

 Bilis Alanat or more correctly Iblis lanat, which is arabic and means the „ DeviPs cur- 



se. 1 '' An opprobrious answer to any one, amounting to our — „go to the Devil. 11 

 Billahi, arabic, by God! 



Bi luk, to veer or turn round; in sea language , to luff up, to beat to windward. 

 Bi ma, name of the East end of Sumbawa, noted for its good horses. Kuda Bima, a Bi- 



ma horse. 

 Bi ma, C. 49 4< Bhima a name of Siwa, he who inspires terror, from Bhhna, fear, terror. 



Bima, a son of Pandu and Déwi Kunti, one of the five Pandus in the war of the 



Mahabarat. 

 Bimbang, properly Malay, but sometimes made use of; being overelated with joy; so 



pleased as to forget your daily occupations or what you are about. Said of a person 



in love who hardly knows what he or she is about. 

 B in , arabic , the son of. A contraction of Ilm. Mohammad bin Hassan, Mohammad the son 



of Hassan. 

 Bina, very, excessive as Kahina-Jjina teuyn, that is carrying the thing to an extreme, 



or being excessively troublesome , or going further than necessary. 

 Binchurang, the bone which g02s up the front part of a man's leg, from the ankle 



to the knee. The Tibia. 



