100 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Dam ar, rosin, dammar. A torch, a candle , a bundie of split bambus used as a flambeau. 

 Dummala, C, 77 a kind of resin. 



Damaran, to throw light upon , to bring a damar to light up a place. 



Dame, peace, tranquillity , friendly feeling between parties. To do anything with mutual 

 understanding , of one accord. 



Dam pa, the munchang or kamiri fruit, when tliere are tvvo stones in one fruit. See 

 Geudul. A game of chance depending upon the number of stones in one fruit. 



Darapal, the sole of the foot ; the palm of the hand. Damjpal suku , sole of the foot ; 

 Dampal leungan , palm of the hand. 



D a m p a r , a throne , a royal seat. 



Dampas, to cut off even with the ground, as the stump of a tree. 



Dang, a designation for a young female attendant about great people. Hearclonlyin Pan- 

 tuns as Daijang Dang, a damsel who is a handmaid; a maid of honour. 



Dang 1 ah, looking upwards towards heaven ; resupine; with the heacl and eyes stretched 

 upwards. 



Dangdanan, to construct, to build , to form in order; to dress , to put on accoutrements. 

 Preparations. Pidangdaneun , materials. 



Dang dang, to clear a space in jungle which has been felled, so as to prevent fire sprea- 

 ding, which may be applied to other parts; cleared up in order; to prepare, to get 

 ready. (See the preceding). 



Dangdang, is properly a cooking pot made of earthenware , but in sliape like the cop- 

 per Sé-éng. In Malay the copper pot of this shape is called Dangdang. Tukang dang- 

 dang in Sunda , however , is the man who makes copper Sé-éngs. 



Dangdër, Janipha manihot; a shrub which gives an edible root, a variety of manihot; 

 also called manihot utilissima. 



Dangka, anything that attaches to people or times before the introduction of Mahomeda- 

 nism ; unenlightened ; almost corresponds to our heathen or Pagan. There are also 

 Dangka people , such as have not embraced Mabomedanism , as the Badui of South 

 Bantam and Dangka mountains where some heathen superstitions are still in vogue. 



Dangka in Bali is the name of a petty village official under tlie Gaduh or Mandor , 

 and are Sudras by birth. Bat. Trans. Yol. 23. On consulting Mr. Friederich regarding 

 this word Dangka , he writes me „ Dangka is not Sanscrit , (37) nor can I hnd any word from 

 which it could be corrupted. It can hardly be expected to be a corruption from Tangka , 

 in these parts. 1'angka, after all means- axe, crow, stone-cutters chisel; grief 

 upon separation from a beloved object ; fear , terror- root tan , to live in distress. To 



(37) It does not occur in the Amara Cosha, in Wilson, and in Bopp's Glossarium. The other 

 Sanscrit dictionaries are not at hand. Fr. 



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