80 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



of the month. To receive sometliing in advance on account of wages which are being 

 earned. 



Changkoré, a small and crooked variety of bambu. Bambusa serpentina. 



Changkudu, Morinda Citrifolia; the bark of the root of this plant gives the red dye 

 every where used by the Sunda people for dying their cloths. They make plantations 

 of the shrub for the purpose. Changkudu is reduced to a powder for use. It is cal- 

 led in Malay Cangkudu. Marsden Page 42. ClClian, C. 201 pure, clean. Cang in 

 Javanese is red. Kudu, C. 128. powder, dust. If this interpretation is correct, we 

 raust conclude that Chang-kudu was introcluced to the Eastern Isles by the people of 

 Continental India, who began by bring the dried pounded root-bark, in the shape of 

 a powder. And when they introduced the tree, the islanders continued to call it „the 

 pure powder tree", after the article which was already known to them. (At Batavia it 

 is called Mengkudu, so that it appears, that the first syllable is a preformative. Fr.) 



Changkudu Ba dak, Fagrea morindifolia , name of a tree growing wild in the forests, 

 and resembling the true Changkudu in leaf and stem, but it does not give the dye-stuff. 



Changkwang, Pandanas horridus. A variety of Pandan with a long narrow leaf, some- 

 times made into a kind of rude matting called Salasar. 



Chang'or, open and dry, not adhesive; the opposite of glutinous. 



Chang'ri, a variety of ïepus or Geanthus , only with greener stem and leaves The fruit 

 grows in the ground like the Tepus, but it is deeper in the ground and of a swee- 

 ter taste. 



Chanir, the large projecting buttresses or roots of some trees, which act as props near 

 the ground , and out of which solid wheels for Carts or table - pieces are cut. Called 

 in Malay Banir. Marsden Page. 34. 



Chantél, the crooked bit of iron fixed to the end of the pole of a Chinese plough, on 

 which is hung the splinterbar by its Katimang. 



C h a n t i g i , a shrub in the jungle , or in open poor land , with leaf like that of the tea plant. 



Chantilan, a small hut for occasional use. 



Chanting, a small empty Cocoa nut made into a Gayung or dipper. 



Chap, supposed to be a Chinese word. A seal, a signet; mark of a seal or stamp; any 

 mark put upon anything to recognize it again; a brand or stamp. Surat chap, any 

 paper with a stamp on it. Paper stamped by government, in order to raise a tax. 



Chapang, said of BufFaloe horns which expand much; which are not curved quickly up. 



C h a p é , tired , wearied , fatigued. 



Chapéo, Portuguese, a European , s hat. 



Chap e uh, a wild herbaceous plant Conyza graveolens. The same plant is also called 



Sumbung. 

 Chap ing, A silver plate worn by female children to conceal the nudities. It is sometimes 

 but rarely in use among the Sunda people. See Ampok. 



