90 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Chika, gripes in the stomacli; any sudden and violent pain in the stomach. 



Chika-chika, the fire-fly. Elater noctilucus. 



Chika 1, the first born, the eldest child; the first or prime of anything; on e of the chief 

 divinities of the Badui is called Chikal. 



Chikaniki, name of a river which flows from the Gunung Kendang over the .Eaneffuns 

 and Jambu Estates , into the Ghidani. Kaniki is not Sunda , so we are driven to at- 

 tempt an etymology in Sanscrit. Kanyaka, G. 104, a girl, a maiden. The word is 

 fnrther rendered female by making it termate in i. Chikanyaki ö Chikaniki , maiden 

 river. See voce Kaniki. (Kant means also a girl , Kanika is very small ; cf. kana and 

 kanaka (both with the cerebral n) small. Only a form kaniki or kaniki seems not to 

 exist in Sanskrit. Er.) 



Chikénéh, just now, a short time ago. 



G h i k i - i h , piddle , urine , stale. Also some liquid compounds especially for soaking threacl 

 which lias to be dyed; a mordant in this latter sense. 



C h i k u a h , name of the ingredients for dying thread of a red colour , after they have been 

 boiled together. 



Chikur, an aromatic plant of which the root is much used when bruised in all native 

 medicine. Kaemferia Galanga, called in malay Kënchur. 



Chiladaëun, name of a river in Bantam falling into the Ghibérang. See Ladaewi. It 

 is warmer than the Ghibérang. 



Chilëgok, holding open the mouth, pouring in water and swallowing it as it falls. 



Chilénod, swept away by water, fioated away. 



Chilepot, just done, just let go, this instant finished. Just started. 



Ghilëtu, said of paddy when just a few heads or ears begin to show themselves. In the 

 act of coming into ear. 



Chileuh, the mucous matter which forms in the eye. 



Chilëungchang, rain water on the surface of the ground ; rain water which soon drains away. 



Chilëungchangan, said of rain which has been hard enough to run on the surface of 

 the ground. 



Chilik, a petty mandor in Bantam. Chili, little in Javanese. (Chilik is also Javanese Fr.) 



Chilingching, a liane or creeper in the jungle, lasts well in water. 



Ghimata, a tear, literally „water of the eye". 



Chimata-an, ci-ying, literally „ giving out water from the eye". 



China, a Chinaman; the country China. 



Chinchang, to chop, to cut in small pieces. 



Chinchëratan, a species of Nauclea; a good timber tree. 



Gh inch in, a ring, either to wear on the finger, or for any other purpose. 



Ghinclawa, Saltpetre. Chindawa is probably a corruption of Sindudbhaiva , C. 1S4> rock 

 salt, derived from Sindu C. 733 the ocean, the sea, the Indus; the Country along the 



