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parting to the leaves and branches a black pellicle, whilst at the axillae of the fruit 



a white smut sets itself, which causes the berries to rot and fall off. 

 Brésih, clean, clear; said both naturally and figuratively. 

 Brésihan, to make clean; also applied to a child which is circumcized , in the sense of 



to make pure, according to Mohammedan law. 

 B r é s i n , to sneeze. 

 Brëum, an insect called in English- a lady- bird; a small coleopterous insect, the Cocci- 



nella. 

 Bri, to thrash, to pitch into, to belabour. 

 Br o, the idiomatic expression of giving M r ay, either breaking up easily of itself, or when 



any force is applied. 

 Brom o, the Javanese way of pronouncing Brama. The name of an active volcano among 



the Téngger mountains. Bromo in Kawi is Fire. This Volcano, theBromo, is frecpaently 



in a state of combustion. 

 Br uk, a large Cocoa nut shell usecl as a measure for any grain &c. Such a shell is 



more than half the nut, often with only one end cut off. 

 Brul, the idiomatic expression of moving off in nurabers, as a herd or fiock. Also said 



of weeds or any plants which easily pull up out of the ground. 

 Br u wang, a bear. Not loiown on Java, except as brought from Sumatra or Borneo as 



a rarity. Ursus Malayanus. 

 Buah, fruit, grain- any projecting substance on the body which by its rotundity suggests 



the idea of fruit. Hujan buah, fruit- rain, the name given by natives to hail, which 



now and then though rarely occurs in Java. Buah Kayu , tree fruit ; Buah pare , Pad- 



dy fruit, the Paddy grain. 

 Buahan, to bear fruit, as upon a tree or plant. 

 Buah birit, the round of the rump. 



Buah bitis, the calf of the leg- litteraly the fruit of the leg. 

 Buana, the universe, the world. Bhuwana C. 496 from Bhu, to be ; a world, water, 



heaven ; a man , mankind. (See Buioana.) 

 Buana pancha téng'ah. This mid world, 

 Buang, to banish, to transport for an offence. Has a common meaning with the Malay 



word Buang , which is also to throw away , in which restricted sense the Sunda peo- 



ple do not use it; but employ the word Picheun. 

 B u a t , to cut paddy : by snapping off each ear against a peculiar little blad of iron fixed to 



the hand, and which is called étêm. 

 Bubër pasar, the breaking up of a market, the period when the market or Pasar closes 



by the people going away. 

 Bubu, or Buwu. a wicker or bambu trap set for fish in a river. 

 Bubuahan, all kinds of fruit. 



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