126 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Gëgëlan^, ancient name of a place in the district of Pranaraga in the residency of Madiun. 

 Gëgëndhir, a long stout staff, as long as a man, carried partly for support and partly 



for a weapon of defence. Callecl at Batavia Limbuhan. 

 Gégép, pincers, a forceps; a blacksmith's vice. 

 Gégéréntélan, having curly hair, curly locks. Said of anything which is put in small 



round bits or in pellets. 

 Gëo-ëroan, roaring, crying, bellowing. Di gegeroan, to roar at a man to call his attention. 

 Gëo-ëtuk, to mash up taleus , or the fruit seeds of the Nangka Beurit; this being mixed 



with Jao-o-ory Sugar and cocoanut is eaten as a delicacy or treat. 

 Gëgolak, to boil up as hot water, to be in a state of ebullition. 

 Gé heng, burnt clean up; said of fire which makes a clean sweep and consumes all it 



comes against , as in the humahs. 

 Géhgér, giving the alarm, crying out; showing discontent. Uproar, tumult. Géhgéran , 



the sensitive plant. Mhnosa Pudica. 

 Ge'jég, attendants at a native feast; servants at a festival. 



Gek, the idiomatic expression of sitting down. Gek bai diyeuk, and down he sat. 

 Gëladag or Gladag, as Kuda geladag , a hack-horse: a horse used for carrying goods 



or other rough purposes. A Pack -horse. 

 Gëlap, contraband, what cannot bear the light of day; unlawful, forbidden. 

 Gëlap, a thunder bolt, a stroke of lightning. 

 Gëlas, a glass, a tumbler. Derived from the Dutch word Glas. 

 Gelat ik, the Java sparrow. A pretty little bird so called, with red bill and legs. The 



general colour of the body is a pretty slate colour, with white spot on breast. Frin- 



gilla oryzivora. 

 Gëlatik mung'ut, perhaps originally Pung'ut which is in Malay to gather up. A sort, 



of game in which the players of the Angklung bambu music piek np with their mouths 



money or other objects thrown to them by the bye standers. 

 Gëlëbëg, a pedaty wheel made of one disk of wood. A small cart on such wheels. 



Pansmat geleheg , those spanish dollars which bear two circles or spheres on them , 



which are taken for representations of Pedaty wheels , and not as indicative of autho- 



rity over the two worlds. 

 Gëlédég, Lightning. The flash of light attending thunder. 

 G ë 1 ë d ë g , indicative of the impetuos rush of fire , of water , or of a flood. Said also of 



people or animals running off hastily in numbers. Geledeg bai cha-ah, down rushed 



a flood. Seuneuli geledeg bai ka imali, kahuruan, and the fire rushing ivp the house 



in a lambent flame , burnt it. Kebo na geledeg bai lumpat , and off the buffaloes ran 



Avith impetuosity. 

 Gëléntér, to spread out one by one in the sun to dry. Said especially ofnewcut pad- 



dy so treated. 



