114 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Embung, unwilling, I w'ont; not being disposed to do anything. (The ë is ratlier not 



heard) . 

 Emés, a climbing plant found in gardens , or planted about the huts in humahs ; a cucur- 



bitous plant. Luffa Foetida. 

 Émpang, a fish pond. Any pond of water artificially made. 

 E mpé t-ëmpétan, a child's trumpet made of Paddy straw, something after the fashion 



of a Clarionet, and played by sticking one end in the mouth. See olé-oldan. 

 E m p 1 ê k , a piece , a small bit. 



Empuk, soffc like a pillow ; giving way to pressure. 

 En, only. En kari siji deui, there is only one left. En dua only two. 

 Éndah, good, proper, fit, excellent. 

 Éndahan, to be friendly with, to respect, to treat courteously, to be good to. Nu gedé 



Jcudu di éndahan, great men must be respected. 

 En deuk, to have a mind, to purport. (Cf. daik.) 

 Endog, an egg. This word is of Sanscrit origin. Anda, C. 17 an egg. (Jav. idem. It 



is possible that this is formed from andaka ; compare tandak with tandaka Scr. Fr.) 

 Endog, a variety of mangga so called. 

 Endogan, to lay eggs. 

 Éng'ang, a sort of wasp among the forests in the mountains, which gives a very pain- 



ful sting. It is as large as the Tiijuwan, but quite black without yellow marks. 

 Enggon, place, spot; a place to live in. (Jav. idem.) 

 Enggonan, to make room for , to give place. 

 Éngké, to limp, limping. 

 Enjot, to jirk, to move with a jirk. 

 Enj ot-ënjotan, moving by jirks, lifting by bit and bit, first from one place, then to 



another, as a heavy weight which can just be moved. 

 É n t é 1 , a small skein or hank of thread. 

 É n t é n g , moderate , light in the sense of not oppressive- not in that of not heavy , which 



is hampang. T>i pénta pajeg sapuluh gédéng pare, éntèng , he demands a rent of 10 



bundies of Paddy which is light or moderate. 

 É n t é p , arranged in regular order , as bricks in a wall &c. laid in layers. Especially said 



of anythings which are pilecl up, as Paddy &c. Entép seitreuh, piled like sëurëuh 



leaves. This is a simile which the native often employs to denote anything which is 



pilecl up in apple-pie order , as sëurëuh leaves when gathered for use are always neatly 



piled together. 

 E n t o d , keeping in constant motion , always moving , never quiet. 

 Entod lëunchang, a bird, a sort of water- way- tail which keeps moving its body even 



when it stands. 

 En tol, a petty epithet of distinction for a man; a petty rank of birth. 



