102 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Dar o, the ancient name of the Sultan's Canal cut from the Chidurian by Sultan Tirta 

 Yasa. Perhaps this name is the Sahscrit Daru, C. 267, agiver, a donor, one inclined 

 to make gifts : a liberal and munificent man , thus conveying an idea of the munificence 

 in causing such a work to be accomplished. (Ddru is Skr.) 



Darurung, the rafters of a flooring, to which the pla.nks are nailed, and in a native's 

 house the round bambu rafters on which are laid the Palupuh or flooring of the house, 

 and which are tied together by the sarang, or slips of split bambu. See Sarang. 



Dasar, custom, habit, practice. Dasar na, because, for the reason that. 



Da sar, bottom, the floor of any place; the lowest layer of anything. The bottom. The 

 bottom of water, the bed of a river. The floor or ground under any water. To nepi 

 ka dasar, It does not reach the bottom. 



Dasar, name of the flat ground which surrounds the Bromo in Probolingo. The Bromo 

 is the erator or central mount in this extraordinary Volcano. Probably it has its ori- 

 gin in Daliasara, C. 268, from Dalia, burning, Sara togo, a place where dead bo- 

 dies are burnt. Dahasara would easily contract into Dasar. Offerings are still made 

 in the Dasar by the Tenggerese to the ancient heathen gods of Java. In Hindu times 

 the Bromo may have been looked upon as a natura! burning place made by the gods. 



D a s t e r , Persian , a turban , such as worn by Hajis. 



Dat, de vin e essence, substance. Properly zat which is arabic. 



Da tang, to come, to arrive. Unto, until. Geus datang , he has come. Datang ka anggeus, 

 unti'1 it is done. 



Datangkën, to cause to come, to produce, to bring forward. 



D a t a r , flat , in contradistinction to hilly. 



Datu, chief, chieftain; used of foreign chiefs, not those of Sunda. Data Palémbang , such 

 a chief of Palémbang. It seems to be a modification of the more usual word Batu. 



D a u d , arabic. David. 



Dauk, iron-grey, the colour of a horse. 



Da u lat, ar: Prosperity, welfare, fortune, wealth; Prosperons, fortunate. Crawfurd. See 

 Dadaulatan. 



Daun, a leaf; also sometimes heard as Daioon. The word is probably derived from Dahu, 

 a periocl , a particular time , or season , and compounded with an is Dalman , which by 

 usual contraction would become Da/ton or Dawon, and would then signify anything 

 having a periodicity. This idea of periodicity has been applied to leaves from seeing 

 them fall off and change , whilst the stem or tree remained permanently. Many trees 

 in the tropics cast their leaves entirely before getting a new erop , though the usual 

 rule is , that the change is made imperceptibly. 



Daun aksara, the alphabet leaf. A small but very curious and pretty leaf which grows 

 on a humble plant , generally on a lump of rock in a moist mountainous position. The 

 marks are thought to represent the Alphabet. 



