122 A DICTIONAKY SUNDANESE 



Gr a nj il, of oneven number, odcl, not corresponcling. (See Gangsal.) 



Gantang, a measure for rice and any other grain. About ten gantangs of rice weigh one 



pikul. The gantang is a trifle short of one English Imperial peck. 

 Gantar, a piece of bambu or tick stiff rattan on which clothes &c are put, especially 



in the sun to dry. 

 Ganti, to change, to exchange , to tak e one tliing or person in place of another; to shift; 



to repair by using fresh materials. A substitute, a successor. 

 Gantung, to hang as a person who is executed; to hang as an object suspended; to 



suspend from an office or service,- withheld as payment. Eelatives high. Said of a 



water way which wants deepening to allow the water to flow along it. 

 Gap, the idiomatic expression of biting at, of snapping at, as a dog does. Gap bal Jeu 



maung , and the tiger snapped him up. 

 G ar aha, an Eclipse. Grahana, C. 187 literally taking, seizing, an Eclipse of the sun 



or moon , because of the idea which Indian astrologers have of an Eclipse. Rahu , one 



of the inferior planets , having in consequence of certain unfair actions committed against 



him both by the sun and moon conceived an eternal hatred against them, at certain 



seasons takes the advantage of laying hold of them with his mouth, or hand, threa- 



tens them with destruction , and the darkness is caused by his gripe. Clough voce. 



Eclipse. (The word is in Scr. Graha, eclipse; also Eahu himself; we find in several 



Sundanese words the tendency of placing a vowel sound between two consonants fol- 



lowiug each other; see above dërigama. Fr.) 

 Garai, to gammon a rope, viz. after twisting a round and round, to lash those strands 



ag;ain at the middle , so as to draw them still closer and faster too;ether. 

 Garang, as di garang , to fry or roast on hot embers. 

 Ga ranggang, a bambu sharpened at one end, and thrown as a spear. The tamiang is 



especially used for tliis purpose. 

 G a r a p , to speak quickly ; speaking so fast that the words run into each other. 

 Gare m bul, eating more than common ; voracious. 

 Garéték, vexed, boiling with anger, enraged. 

 Garing, dry, perfectly dried, desiccated. Garing expresses a higher degree of dryness 



than Tuhur or Tu-us. 

 Garinjël, any surface which is not perfectly smooth; having small inequalities. 

 G ar in tul, having knobby projections; Garintul is in a higher degree what Garinjël re- 



presents in a smaller one. 

 Garis, a mark, a scratch; to make a mark with a pointed instrument. A limit assigned. 



Ulah ngaliwat garis , do not exceed the limits assigned. 

 Garisul, high and low places adjoining each other. Deep and shallow places, side by skle 



in a river. 

 Garombol, small thick- set bushes. Thickets. 



