98 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Dadaun, that part of a kris sheath, which sits cross ways and holds the broad hiltof the 

 kris; it is often curled up in an ornamental manner. 



Dadawuhan, to have periods, or be subject to periodicity, as a tree which becomes bare 

 when it changes its leaves. A period when any particular fruit comes intp season. Said 

 also of birds which appear to migrate , and are only seen at certain seasons , as snipe , 

 or plover. (At Bali it means the measuring of time by a kind of clepsydra). 



Dadu, Dice; Mata-dadu, Dice pattern, said of a cloth *with pattern in small squares. 

 Portuguese Dados, dice. Dadu is also Singhalese. C. 265, a kind of nut or large 

 seed used as dice in playing a certain game. The Singhalese , no doubt , have the word 

 also from the Portuguese. 



Dadung, a thick rope for tying a buffaloe. 



Da dut, weighty, bunchy and large. 



Daftar, Arabic, a list, inventory, register. (A word of Persian origin , introduced into 

 Arabic. Freytag). 



Da gang, to trade, to buy and sell. Tulzang dagang , a merchant, a trader. 



Dagangan, merchandise, goods for sale. Anything which we wish other people to take 

 over from us, as to adopt our views &c. A choice of alternatives. 



Dagangkën, to put up for sale, to exposé for sale. To try to induce other people to 

 joïn our views and do as we do. 



Dage, the fruit of any tree, as of Gocoanut, Pichung, or of the pulse called Kachang, 

 which is set aside to mellow and soften or even to partly rot, as in the case of the 

 cocoanut, that the oil, by such process, may be easily separated. Pulp. 



Daging, flesh, animal substance. The grain of wood. 



Daging, a variety of mangga so called. 



Dago, to wait, to tarry. Bi dago wat to datang , we waited but he did not come. Kami 

 hudu di dagocln, you must wait for me. 



D a g o a n , to wait for any one 



Dagor, hit, struck , rapped. Dagorkvn, to rap, to strike. 



Da ha, name of an ancient kingdom of Java, of which the capital was in the province of' 

 Këdiri , called in Javanese Doho. It was one of the numerous petty states , into which 

 Java was divicled, on the death of Déwa Kasuma in the 9th centurv. Daha, C. 263 

 a lake or pond in which the lotus grows. 



Da har, to eat, to partake of; a fine expression and said of great meu's eating. Kiai ZukZur 

 dahar , the old gentleman is taking refreshment. 



D ah dar, presents of clothes, of catables &c, but not of money. 



Dahëuan, a brother or sister of our wife , who is older than her. 



Dahi, as di dahi, to cut and trim the eyebrows, as young coquette native girls do. 



Dahu, period, precise time, the moment when anything is to occur. Geus datang ka da- 

 hu na, its time had come. (See above Dadawuhan). 



