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Dawa, ar. a lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority to be adjusted. 



Daweuh, a small variety of rattan , used for cords or whips. 



Da w uh, period. Dawuh Jciwari, at tliis present moment. The same as Dahu. Badatuuhan, 

 to have periods , or be subject to perlodicity. 



Da va, to deceive, to persuade to anything under false pretences. Ar'tifice, trick. Pro- 

 bably the same as Daya in the following word Dayang , and thus deceiving by a show 

 of affection. 



Da vang, damsel, maid of honour. This name is much applied to females in ancient story , 

 as Dayang Trusnawaü. The word is probably derived from Daya, C. 258 with a nasal 

 twang to it. Tender, compassionate. Love, affection , tenderness. 



Dayëuh, a chief village , a chief town; a Capital. 



Dayung, an oar, a paddie; to row. 



Dëdëg, rank, position in life; stature, height of a man. Luhur na sa dedëg , it was as 

 hi^h as the stature of a man. 



I) e d ë 1 , to press down , to force down. A post or plece of wood , a block , or chock jam- 

 med in so that it forces and holds some object down. 



D ë d ë r , to cast out seed on a seecl bed ; to raise seedling plants which have subsequently to 

 be planted out. Bédèran kopi, beds in which young seedling coffee plants are raised. 



D e d 6 r é k , a kind of plover or large snipe- like bird , making its appearance in the wet 

 monsoon; it frequents upland grasslands rather than swamps. 



Dé dés, a sort of musk cat which is plentiful in the jungles, and from which musk is 

 extracted, when kept for the purpose in cages. Horsfield lias called it Viverra Eassé. 

 Rasse being the Malay or Batavian name. The musk of the Dédés animal. 



Dëdéskën, to shove down; to stamp down. 



Dëdeuyan, to repeat, to do or say again. Derived from Beui again. 



Dëdéwan, derived from Bewa, a pagan cleity. A sort of deceptive trick or mystification 

 practised by the Sunda people. It is in some respects analogous to Biology, only the 

 operator pretends to be invested with the power of a Bewa. Kasurupan dedéwan,tobe 

 possessed of a divinity. A divinity lias taken possession of his body. Bi jampean ka na 

 dtidéivan, to use incantations so that a divinity may take possession of his body. 



Dëdogéran, to work hard at difficult work; to toil; said also of an animal walking or 

 running through boggy land, where difficulty is experienced in pulling out the feet. 



D é - é n g , raw flesh cut in strips and dried in the sun till it can be preserved without de- 

 composition. Called in Malay Be'ngdéng. 



D é - é t , shallow , not deep. 



I)ëgdëg, occurs in „Batara Dëgdög Buwana' 1 , the name of an ancient supernatural po- 

 wer or divinity, but of which the natives can give no distinct account. It appears to 

 mean: the divinity who encompasses the world, who has the world at his disposal, 

 or who pervades the universe. 



