60 A DICTIONAEY SÜNDANESE 



Bobot, a weight in the scales for weighing cotton. 



Bochor, leaky- Prahu na boclwr , the boat is leaky. Figuratively to disclose a secret , to blab. 



B o da s , white. 



Bodi, see Anchak. Bodhi, C. 4S1 knowledge, intellect, omniscience, the state of beino- a 

 Buddha. The Holy fig tree. 



Boel o, a method of preparing fish, by allowing it to partially decay, and then salting it. 

 Bodu , C. 479 — boilecl or cooked rice. 



B o d o , silly , stupicl , simple. Often used to express simply „ not ha ving knowledge" , though 

 the person may otherwise not be stupid. 



Bodor, a Buffoon; the man who, at any exhibition, causes merriment. The mountebank 

 of a set of players in a gang of ronggengs , or a set of angklung-players. 



Boëh, white cloth used for wrapping up the dead previous to burial. 



Bogah, possessecl of, having, owning. Corresponds with the Malay word Punia. Bogah 

 batur, to have a companion. Bogah imah, to own a house. 



Bogo, a variety of fish, a kind of small gabus. 



Bogoh, having pleasure in any thing, delightecl, elated with joy or love. 



Bogol, name of a piece of bambu tied to the wrists of a man in charge of the police, to 

 prevent his escape. Same as Tambalung, which see. 



Bogor, the native name of the place called „ Buitenzorg" by the Dutch. Intelligent na- 

 tives can give no interpretation to the meaning of the word. Mogor is to run about 

 after a women , and in a substantive form would become Bogor , but the natives do 

 not appear to attach this meaning to it. It is the residence of the Governor General 

 of Netherlands India. 



Bohak, laid open and gaping, like a wound from any cutting instrument. 



B o h o n g , to lie , to teil a lie : a falsehoocl. Ulah sok bexiki bohong , D'ont teil so many lies. 



Boja Naga ra, that part of the north coast of Bantam which terminates in St. Nicholas 

 Point. The same words in Javanese form are Bojo Negoro, an assistant Residency 

 belonging to Rembang. Bojo in Javanese has several meanings, viz, a wife; food or 

 provisions; the chief, the principal, whatever is of most importance. This word is 

 most probably clerived from Bajanaya, C. 455. association, union , embracing, an em- 

 brace, or Bojun C. 479 or Bojuna, C 481 , food, eating, provisions. Nagara, C. 306- 

 a town, a city. It means thus a town where food is in plenty, or a town fit to be 

 looked upon as a wife and be cherised. The people at Bojo Negoro in Rembang have 

 an idea that the name of their place implies a spot where food and the means of sub- 

 sistance are in plenty. Bojo kromo implies in Javanese , real hospitality. Raffies Vol 

 .1. P. 101. (Skr. Blioja , a country, Patna or Bhagalpur; bhojya, food; bhojana, food; 

 eating. Fr.) 



B o j o n g , the land contained withïn the sharp turn of a river , or stream of water. Land 

 projecting into water, a promontory ; also an islet in a river. 



