136 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



a pure Sunda word associatecl with what appears to be a Sanscrit one. See Sari. 

 The mountain of flowers , of beauty. 



Gup ai, to beckon to come to; to call with a motion of the hand. 



Gupak, to wallow as buffaloes in mud. 



Gupakan, a mud hole where buffaloes wallow. 



Gurami, a species of fish much reared and kept in ponds, often sent about in tubs as 

 presents. The word may perhaps be the Javanese Grami, Trade and Lauk Gurami 

 would then mean „the fish of trade," as it is reared in ponds for use or for selling. 

 Or Gurami may be derived from Gramaya, C. 188, a village, a hamlet-implying fish, 

 kept in the villages, in contradistinction to fish which swims at large in the rivers or 

 in the sea. The word is often heard pronounced Grami. Ophromenus Olfax. 



Gurat, to make a mark on any hard substance as by engraving. To mark, to engrave. 

 This word has a sort of diminutive in Gèrët, which see. 



Gurat Batu, literally engraven on stone, means figuratively any fixed tax or contribu- 

 tion, especially a fixecl tax on Paddy lands. 



Guriang, the mountain genii; the spirit of the mountains. Derived from Guru , C. 177, 

 a preceptor; a religious teacher; one who explains the law and religion to his pupils. 

 Eyang — See in voce — Divinity. I am indebted to Mr. Friederich for this solution. A 

 designation evidently derived from ' Budliist or Brahminical times , though the wild 

 fanciful idea may have been of a still earlier date. The name still lives among the 

 Sunda mountaineers , and considerable supernatural importance is often attached to it. 

 Beunang nanya ti guriang, to have enquired after it from the Mountain Spirit. 



Gu riling, the act of rolling over and over again, as a stone down a hill. The plural 

 of guling from the repetition of the act. 



Gurinda, a grind stone. 



Gurnita, known to all the world. Publicly known. (Seems to by the participle of ghürn, 

 volvi, circumagi, volutari. Fr.) 



Guru, a religious teacher , as well in olden and heathen , or Hindu times , as now adays amongst 

 Mohammedans. A model to go by, a muster to work by. Guru, C. 177 a teacher, a 

 schoolmaster ; a religious teacher who explains the law and religion to his pupils. See Batara. 



Gurudag, a rattling noise. To arrive with a fuss. The fuss of attendance about a great 

 man. Gurudag bai datang , He arrived with much fuss. 



Guru Desa, the village Monitor. Called also Kërëti which see. The constellation Pleia- 

 des by which the villagers are guided in their yearly Paddy plantings. Guru, a tea- 

 cher, Desa, village. Vide voce. 



Guru h, a thundering noice; a dull heavy roar. The noise of an impetuons torrent of 

 water, or of many people or animals in motion. Giguru, C. 173, thunder. 



Gurumutan, said when work is to bedone by many people, every man just a handful 

 of work. A simultaneons onset at work. 



