152 A DICTXONARY SUNDANESE 



Huru, to burn , to set fire to. Ifuru, C. 797. the Sun. 



Huru, a tribe of trees, of which there are many varieties, many of tliem good as timber 

 for house-building. They belong to tlie genera Laurus and Litscca. 



Huruhara, in confusion, always in a fuss without getting through work. Tumult, 

 uproar, disturbance. Ham, C. 787 to take: who or what takes or seizes, carries or 

 conveys. Huruhara is probably a duplication of this word Hara. The first word made 

 Huru to show a diversity of taking , and will thus imply- snatching , seizing, and there- 

 by denote the confusion which the Sundas attach to the word. (See Hiru-hara.) 



Hurun, to tie up in a bundie anything coarse and large , especially firewood. 



Hurunan, a bundie of firewood &c. 



Hurung, glowing, blazing up, kindled as fire. 



Hurup, to attack in numbers; to overpower with many. 



Husen, vide Ariya Damar. 



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Hut, the Zodiacal sign Pisces. (Arab. cjp). 



Hutang, debt, loan , credit. To borrow. Hutang sia sa braha? how much is your debt? 



Béunang hu hutang, to get by a debt, to borrow. 

 Hu-ut, fine or coarse bran , chaff. Ki-hu-ut name of a tree often covered with white 



flowers, as if dreclged with bran or flour, hence the name, which lias also partly 



been transferred to the Botanical name- Geunsia Farinosa. 

 Huwap, a morsel, a mouthful. Sa huwap kéjo, a mouthful of boiled rice. (See Huapan.) 

 H u w a p a n , to feed by putting into the mouth of another ; to stuff. 

 Huwi, a potatoe, a yam, any farinaceous or esculent root, of which there is a great 



variety, belonging chiefly to the genera Diosaorea and Convolvulus. The following 



is a list of those known to the Sunda people 



1. Bahung, a large sort. 



2. Bole'd, the same as Mantang, wich see. 



5. Butun, probably the yam of Butun , an island off the S. East corner of Ce- 

 lebes. It is planted by the Chinese about Tangërang and Léngkong. It is 

 the Dioscorea alata. Alata, introduced into Java? which would denote its being 

 originally a stranger there. 



4. Buwah. 



5. Dudung, small and round grows wild in forest. 



6. Gëdé , a large variety. 



7. Jahé , a small sort. 



8. Kalapa , a large sort. 



9. Kamayung, resembles Toropong only shorter. 



10. Këntang, the common potatoe, Solanum tuberosum, 



11. Kt tan , larse sort. 



