82 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Charieu, a liane in the jungle, producing a long big pod, set full of seeds of size of 



spanish dollars. The fruit resembles Peuteui only it is much larger. Entada mono- 



stachya. 

 Charirang, name of a largo forest tree. 

 Charita, a relation, a tale, a story, ancient legend. Charita and Charitra, C. 195 a 



fixed institute, a proper or peculiar observance, an observance, acustom, amode. (33). 

 Charita ken, to relate, to teil the story, to narrate. 

 Charulang, a gramineous plant with fine seeds upon it like pin's lieads; it is sometimes 



eaten by man, but frequently given to cage birds. The head of the plant splits into 



5 — 6 or 7 divisions, and each is covered with the seeds. 

 Chat, the idiomatic expression of climbing , or getting up anything as a tree , a hill , the 



top of a house &c. Up he went. Manuk chat ka lahur imah, the bird perched upon 



the top of the house. 

 Chat, Chinese , Paint. 



Chatang, a log of wood ; a tree which lias been cut down , and had its branches lopped off. 

 Chatangan, said of running water. Chai chatangan , running water , river water , sweet 



water as distinguished from Sea water. Chatangan is properly like a Chatang or log. 

 C h a t o , a kind of bill-hook used by natives , a bedog with square , blunt end. 

 C h a t o k , to cut a piece of wood or other material so that there comes a step or hitch in 



it. To notch at the end. 

 Chatur, dry and clean. Said of land which after having been swampy or boggy in wet 



weather, has become dry and firm with the return of fine weather. 

 Chatur, Chess , the game of chess. Said to be Sanscrit. Chatu C. 196 cheating, decei- 



ving, misleading. (Chatur is four; the name of the game of chess is in Skr. Chatur- 



angga , the four parts (of an army) , being elephants , war- charriots , horse and foot- 



soldiers. Fr.) / 



Chatut, Tweezers. The native has often tied to the corner of Iris handkerchief a variety 



of little conveniences callcd collectively Ambar - ambar , and the Chatut forms one of 



these, with which he pulls out any hairs which may be found growing on bis face 

 or chin. 

 Chaung, name of a fish in the rivers; he is a filthy greedy beast, and swallows all he 

 finds floating , which in Indian rivers is often none of the nicest, as they serve the 

 natives for Cloacae. 

 C h a u r , that part of the weaving apparatus which fixes to the lower part of the back of: 

 the woman who weaves , so that when she sits back she streches the web into a pro 

 per position. 



(33) Charita, as a participle means also what has happened, id quod actum est; so it could be 

 taken in the meaning of liistoiy , tale. Fr. 



