58 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Bisa, poison, venom ; wisa, C. 663 poison, venom. 



Bisi, in case that. Bisi to liaclé , for fear it should not be right. 



Bismilah ir ah man irahim, as pronounced by the Suncla people, being the Arabic 

 invocation at the commencement of any work or undertaking. It is used especially at 

 the beginning of prayers , and means „ In the name of God the merciful and com- 

 passionate". 



Bisnu, the Vishnu of Hindu mythology. As the word sometimes occurs in Jampé's, it 

 may be well to copy over Clough's account of him at page 662. Wishnu (wisa, to 

 enter, to pervade the universe) one of the three principal Hindu deities, and the pre- 

 Server of the world , during the periods of temporary annihilation , he is supposed to 

 sleep in the waters, floating on the serpent Sesha; Brahma is fabled to have sprung 

 from a lotus , which grew from the navel of Vishnu , and the holy river Ganges is said 

 to spring from his foot ; the different avatars or aioataras are considered as emanations 

 of tliis deity, and in Krishna he is supposed to have been really and wholly incarnate ; 

 he is usually represented as a mild and benevolent deity. The name is also written 

 Wisnu, C. 665. 



B i s o r o , a kind of fig tree- Ficus hispida. 



Bisu, dumb, unable to speak. 



Bisul, a boil, an inflammatory swelling under the skin. 



Bita, delkdit, pleasure. Bita, C. 474, and Bhita C. 495, fear, alarm, apprehensïon , ter- 

 ror, dread- see Jagabita. This word appears in Java to have somewhat altered its 

 meaning , which may have occurred from a misconception of the real meaning , which 

 is an alarm, say lest something bad might occur, and hence has been taken to ex- 

 press delight , see kablta. The alarm at loss or injury being stronger with the native 

 than the manifestation of delight , when in the enjoyment of any advantage. 



Bitis, the lower part of the leg, from the knee downwards. The leg. 



Bitu, to go off as a gun, to make a loud report, to explode. Bedil to daiken Utu, the 

 gun would not go off. 



Bitung, a variety of bambu, with thick wood, good for posts. 



B i w i r , the lips ; Biwir mata , the eye lids- called in Malay Bibir. Loba teuyn biwir sia , 

 you have a vast deal of jaw ; too much to say. 



Biyo, just now, a little time ago. Composed of the partiele Be (vide), and iyo this. 



Biyuk, stinking, putrid. CM biyuk, stinking river. 



B i y u r , an idiomatic expression indicative of birds flying away in a flock , or animals run- 

 ning away in a crowd. 



Blak, an idiomatic expression of flinging oneself down before another, as to ask for par- 

 don and surrendering oneself. Blak nangkarak , he throw himself down on his back. 



a^o. Biusa now is abliyusa , practice, exercice, (Wilson); from as with the preposition ablii studere, 

 studiose facere (Westergaard). Fr. 



