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stabbing the body with krisses or knives &c, but which are merely clever sleights of 



hand. These games are mostly practised by men who pretend to be great proficients 



in the knowledge of the Mohammedan religion , and thereby to have attained their 



skill. 

 Gëclég, a flooring of split bambus wattled together, and used in any way on bridges, 



ferries , any passage or road &c. &c. 

 Gédéng, a bundie of paddy consisting of two smaller bundies tied together and of a 



certain weight. The most usual size is of 16 catties weight. Each half of this gendeng 



weighs 8 catties and is called Sapochong. 

 Gédéng, steep, precipitous. 

 Gédéngëun, on the side of, near the side. Said of men of high birth. When said of 



common people it is gigirëun. 

 G ë d ë r , the noise of a quarrelsome dispute ; a continuous noise. 

 Gédér, startled, frightened, discomposed. 

 Gëdig, a big chap, a big person; any person or thing which is large and makes much 



pretension. 

 Gé dog, to shake together, to joggle together, as grain or any other loose material in a 



basket or measure. 

 Gëdogan, a stall for a horse, a native stable which consists of a kind of cage under a 



roof, into which a horse is turned in loose and then barred in. 

 Gëdong, a mansion, a great man'shouse; the houses of Europeans are called Gëdongs, 



especially in the country. Gëdong BZchara the Town Hall the Mension House , where 



public business is conducted. 

 Gëdor, to strike, to hit, to hammer at; to strike with a heavy mallet 

 Gëdubus, to put a man to work to pay off his debt by bis labour. 

 Gëdug, occurs as a name as Gëdug Leng^ur- a clesignation of some ancient Mythological 



character. It is not otherwise heard in Sunda. Gericke's Javanese Dictionary gives- 



Gëdug , in order that, entirely; the extreme, the last; and Gëgedug , the pre-eminent, 



the first in rank; chief, leader. Lëngur has not been traced. Friederich. 

 Gëduk, shaking, agitated ; thumping on the ground or on any other object. 

 Gë ga ding, the horizontal bars in a wooden building, to which are nailed the planks or 



attached the bambu pagars. Gading - gading in Malay are the floor timbers of a ship. 

 Gëgah, mighty, valliant, spirited, full of activity as a young horse &c. active and pleased. 

 Gëgandén, a mallet , a large hammer made entirely of wood. A maul. 

 Gëgandët, a mark as of a cut or notch. A ridge or impediment. See Gandët. 

 Gëgasah, to rub the body against any object, as a tree, a wall &c. Said of a horse or 



animal which rubs itself against a tree , a post or the like. 

 Gëgëdén, Big folks, great people. Derived from Gëdé , great. 

 G ë g ë 1 , to bite , to layhold of with the teeth ; also to lay hold of in general. 



