74 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Burusut, slipped out , glided out ; said of a child or animal as it comes from its mother 



or dam; protruded. Anak na anyar Tcéneli burusut na, lts young had just been pro- 



truded (born). 

 Burut, a hydrocele, hernia, rupture, a swelling of the Scrotum. 

 Bus, the idiomatic expression of shoving or putting in. Bus hasup ka imah, he popped 



into the house. 

 Busal, a wild pig or boar with bosses or knobby bony excrescences on the face. Sus 



Vittatus. 

 Busiat, a word of contempt or of scorn. Diga busiat, like a good-for-nothing thief. 

 Busik, entangled and twisted together, as hair which is never combed. Said also of other 



thino-s which are neolected and in confusion. 

 B u s u k , Malay but often used in Sunda ; foul , stinking , rotten , and more particularly 



applied to foul actions. 

 Busung, having a swollen belly from discase ; the dropsy ; daik busung , may I become 



swollen bellied or dropsical, a very strong asseveration or appeal to truth. 

 Buta, properly Malay- Blind. Frequently used in the expression Buta rata, where no 



tracé is left, obliterated, entirely disappeared. See Wuta. Buta-rata would also ad- 



mit of the meaning, Goblin-level , as if the goblins had distroyed all before them. 

 Buta, a goblin, a malignant spirit; the word is used in Pantuns and traditions. Bhuta, 



C. 496, a goblin , aghost, a malignant spirit hunting cemeteries, lurking in trees, 



animating carcases, and deluding or devouring human beings. A name of Siwa. 

 Butak, bald, no hair on the head; said also of a high mountain where no vegetation 



exists ; Gunung Butak , the Sajira hill in South Bantam , said to be bare about the top. 

 B u t u h , in distress for want of food or money , hard up , pinched , destitute. 

 Butun, or Huwi Butun , a large variety of yam. 

 Butun, name of a tree growing on the South coast of Bantam, with fruit of the size of a 



raan's fist , with four sharp corners or ridges. 

 Bu-uk, hair of the head of human beings. 

 B u - u t , a squirrel , Sciurus Plantani of Horsfield , such as are found about the villages in 



the Cocoa nut trees. ïhere is another variety found in the jungle called Kékés, which 



is rather smaller. 

 Buwa, fruit, see Buah. 

 Buwana, universe , see Buana. Buwana pancha téng^ah this mid world. (This suggests 



the idea that the people formerly believed in the existence of five worlds , ours being 



the middle one. Fr.) 

 B u w u , see Bubu , a sort of fish trap. 

 B u y a m i n , Benjamin , a proper name- Arabic. 

 Buyung, a largish earthernware jar, mostly of coarse brown unglazed manufacture, for 



holding water. 



