134 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



natives not being philologists enough to know that Giri in Sanscrit is a mountain, 

 use the tautology of calling the range Gunung Giri, both words having the same 

 meaning, only Gunung is strictly Polynesian. There is also a Gressik, 28 miles up 

 the Moar river in the Malay peninsula, on high banks, but apparently not mountai- 

 nons. The mouth of the Moar river is 25 miles south of Malacca. Singapore Jour- 

 nal 1855 Page 104. 



Grobogan, a district in the Eastern extremity of the Residency of Samarang, anciently 

 called Kuripan. 



Gubelan, the act of a woman seizing some part of a man's dress who lias laid with her, 

 in proof of such act; such article produced as proof to the priest necessitates the man 

 to marry the woman. (Jav Gubèl , to entangle something, to desire ardently from somebody.) 



Gubërnëment, Government-Dutch inparticular and European in general. 



Gublëg, shaking or rattling, as the contents of a rotten egg. 



Gubrug-gubrug, to shake with force, especially a post stuck in the ground, or the like. 



Gudang, a store, a magazine, a warehouse. 



Gudëg, shaking, as water in a bottle or any vessel which it does not fill. 



G u d é 1 , a buffaloe calf. 



Gugula-an, a shrub bearing a beautiful pure white and sweet scented flower. Tabernae- 

 montana divaricata. 



Gugulingan, to roll about, to wallow. 



Guguntur, to wash away earth with water; an easy way which the natives have of re- 

 moving earth or cutting trenches. A stream of water is conducted to the spot to be 

 dug out, and the earth being loosened is thrown into the water, and so carried away. 



Gugur, to crumble and fall down, as earth on a fresch cut bank after exposure to the 

 sun. To crumble away. 



Gugur ah, to purge, a medicine taken to clear the belty and the voice. Young native 

 lads take Gugurah in order to ha\e a clear and sonorous voice either for singing to 

 their loves, or for the purpose of reading the Koran or tapsir with a clear voice. 



Guguru, to learn from a Guru or teacher; to take lessons. Beunang guguru ti gunung, 

 to have been taught it among the mountains; what lias been learnt amongst the mountains. 



Guha, a cavern, a cave, a hole in the ground, or more commonly in limestone rocks 

 where the edible bird's nests are found. Guha, C. 178, a cavern, a cave. 



Gula, Sugar. Gula, C. 178 food; juice of the sugar cane; raw or unrefined sugar. 



Gula-batu, Sugar candy - literally stone - sugar. 



Gulang-gulang, attendants of native chiefs. Runners or errandmen in attendance on 

 native chiefs. 



Guling to roll over, to roll and turn like a wheel; to roll about when laid down. 



Gulingkën, to cause to roll - to roll anything. 



Guludug, the rumbling sound of thunder. Loud and heavy thunder. 





