148 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Hihirian, to shïrk orders; to sliove upon others what we ouglit to do ourselves. 

 Hikayat, arabic, history, tale, story, fable. Hikayat Iskander Zulkamain, the history 



of Alexander the great. (LlCs»-") 



Hikëuh, a fish found in raountain streams; in size it is intermediate between the Kan- 

 chara and Soro, which it resembles in shape, and excellence of taste. 



Hilëud, a Caterpillar. 



Hilëuclëun, ha ving a swelling about the nails of the foot or hand. A whitlow. 



Hiling, to get out of the way. Clear the road! 



Hilingkën, to teil to get out of the way; to drive out of the way. 



Hilir, down the river, with the stream , in contradistinction to Girang up the river. 

 People among the mountains speak of the sea-board generally as Hilir. (Mal. Jav. 

 Milir ; Opposite Mudik , to go up to the higher country. Fr.) 



Himi-himi, name of a short of scaly fish in the sea, of a peculiar formation. 



Hina, common , mean , of low birth and manners. In Malay it is also used, and Marsden 

 gives the example of Hina dan dina the mean and low. Hina, C. 794. deficiënt 

 defective, bad, vile. Dina, C. 273, poor, indigent, needy. Ina , C. 73 mean, low, 

 Ino , in Sandwich Isles, bad. (Skr. Hina, defective; vile, bad; abandoned. Wilson.) 



Hindés-an, the small hand mill, consisting of a pair of wooden rollers revolving in op- 

 posite directions to clean cotton of the seeds. Derived from Nindés or Tindés , to 

 press, to crush, which words are not, however, Sunda, but are Javanese and Malay, 

 from one of whom we must thus suppose that the Sundanese learned how to clean 

 their cotton. The cotton passes through between the rollers, but the seeds are arres- 

 ted and drop in front of the machine. 



Hinggu, assafoetida. Hingu, C. 792. Assafoetida. 



H i n g k i k , the owl. 



Hinis, scrapings of bambu; before bambu can be split fine, the epidermis is scraped off, 

 and this refuse is called Hinis. The outer part of bambu, the Silicious epidermis 

 of bambu as contradistinguished from Haté or the inside and soft part. Hinis takes 

 a sharp edge, and is sometimes used for temporary knives, as some varieties of bambu 

 when properly sharpened will cut flesh. 



H i n t a n , Diamond. 



Hiras, to induce one's neighbours to give assistance, by making some trilling present, 

 giving a chew of betle, or something to eat. 



Hiri, or hiri-hiri, an exclamation of fear, or of frightening some other person- As 

 oh for God's sake d'ont! 



Hirian or hihirian, shirking orders, shoving what is to be done upon the shoulders 



of a neighbour. (See Hihirian). 

 Hirian, to offer for , to make overtures to buy. 



