106 A DXCTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Desa, country, region, village- littl e used, and not applied to the villages as in Javanese, 

 Desa, C. 288, a country, a region whether inhabited or uninhabited. Guru-desa, the 

 village monitor, the constellation Pleiades. (In Bali this constellation , Krëttikd, Skr., 

 is also the monitor for rural occupations. Fr.), 



Dëudëul, a stanchion, a prop, a shore. 



Dëudëulëuhan, sight. See Dëulëuh. 



Dëudëur, beaten as a path, worn smooth by frequently passing over. 



Dëuhëus, near, close, in proximity. NgadeuJieusan, to approach, to draw near to. Deu- 

 Jieus Jca imah, near to the house. 



Dëui, again, more. Siji deui, one more. SaJeali deui, once more. Deui di peupeuliken, 



again I told him. 



Dëukëut, near, close to, nigh. Deukeut ka lumbur , close to the village. (Malay dëkat; 

 Tiv or> ) 



Oa\ . iu) tai nsnjt \ J 



Dëukëutan, to go near to, to approach. 



Dëukëutkën, to bring close, to cause to come near. 



Dëulëuh, to see, to view; behold! look! DeudeuleuJian, sight. 



Dëung'an, other people, strangers; no relation, not of our family. Di chachag deung'an, 



strangers have chopped him, or wounded him. Ka je'lëma eta ma, dëimgan bai, to 



that man I am no way related. 

 Dëung'dëung'an, other folks, the rest of the people; some one else than ourself. 

 Dëupa, a fathom; as much as a man can embrace with two arms extended. (Malay dëpa). 

 D ë u r ë u s , seeing that , taking into consideration that ; deureus Jeu anyar JeénéJi , seeing that 



it is so new. Also said of any improper act that is presumingly often repeated, Deu- 

 reus teuyn sia lalêwa you too often repeat your monkey tricks. 

 Déwa, a heathen god, divinity. Deities of the Hindu mythology. Deiva, C. 285, a deity, 



a god, a divine being. In old Javanese history Dewa , is often applied, as is still the 



case on Bali, to Kings or suprème rulers. Dewa kusuma, is the name of a King of 



Janggala , celebrated in Javanese romance , and Dewa Agung , is still the nominal suprème 



king of Bali, and ruler of the petty state of Klongkong. 

 Déwata, a heathen god, a deity; sometimes a demon. Dewata, C. 286, a god, a deitv , 



any divine person. 

 Dé wek, I, mine. Using this word the person neither puts himself very high nor very 



low. It is thus a rather independent appellative of self. 

 Déwi, a goddess; the feminine of Dewa which see. Dewi, C. 287, the feminine of Dewa. 



Deioi Sri, the geddess Lakshmi, the deity of prosperity, Ceres. 

 Di, a partiele prefixed to a verb, by which it becomes passive, in the same way as in 



Malay. Di bérê, it was given. Di gitih, he was thrashed. Di buJea, it was opened. 

 Dï, the preposition- at , in, upon. Di Jiandap , below. Di imaJi, at home; Di jero , inside ; 



Di luar , outside. By seeking in the (L : ctionary for the word which follows di, the 



