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12. Kiara, large and branching out like the fingers, or the root of the Kiara tree. 



13. Kumëli, a small round yam, the bulb of the Plectranthus Tuberosus. Vide voce. 



14. Lampuyang. 



15. Lilin, nearly the sarae as kalapa. 



16. Manis, large sort and sweet. 



17. Mantang, the sweet potatoe, a small native yam called also Boléd, Convol- 

 vulus Batatas , called in Javanese and Malay Katéla , and ubi Jaioa. It is said 

 that the Malay name is also sometimes heard as Kastitla, as if of Castille ancl 

 tlms idtroduced by the Spaniards , but its having two pure Suncla names Man- 

 tang and Boléd pleads for its being indigenous. 



18. Orai, long and crooked. 



19. Sabut, grows of itself in the forest- a poor variety barely eatable. 



20. Tapak. 



21. Toropong, the telescope, long and straight in yam- and very good. 



22. Tunduk. 



23. Wolanda, Dutch or Holland's yam, the name given to the Cassave or Ja- 

 tropha Manihot, from which we must conclude that it was introduced into 

 Java from the West Indies though now every where very common. 



Hu wis, grey-headed, grey-bearded, anything that is hairy and grey, thus there is a 

 variety of Tundun or Rambictan, which is called Tundun Jiuiois from the hairy projec- 

 tions on it being grey. 



Hyang, usually pronounced Hiang in compound words. It means Divinity — Godhead as 



used in the Buddhism or Brahmanism of ancient Java , and of wich traces still remain 



in the language. The word Hyang in the sense of Divinity occurs constantly in con- 



junction with Sanscrit words, but Clouglï's dictionary does not appear to contain simply 



this word for a godhead, unless it can be tracecl in the following roots. Yanga, C. 



567 , pleasure, joy, happiness , enjoymeut. Yanya (Yajna) C. 568, from Yaja to offer worship, 



a sacrifice, a ceremony in which oblations are presented. Yaja, C. 567. A root signi- 



fying- to offer, to worship, to present, to endow. The following words may each be 



consulted in voce, in'to the composition of which Hyang appears to enter- viz- 1 Bi- 



ang, 2 Diyëng, 3 Eyang, 4 Guriang, 5 Hariang, 6 Indi Hiang, 7 Ki Hiang, 



8 Kuriang, 9 Moyang. 10 Ngahiang, 11 Parahiang, 12 Priang'm , 13 Sëngyang, 



14 Turiang, 15 Rumbayang voce Puachi Rumbayang Jati, 16 Réyang, 17 Tai- 



hiang, 18 Wayang, 19 Wayu-hyang, 20 Sakiang Santan. On the Bolang Estate 



near Gunung Handarusa occurs a small pool of water on an upland plateau , 



which is called Situ Iliang or Siiu Hyang , which may be interpreted — „Divinity 



pool 11 from the unusual position it occupies on a hill , where no rivulet can run 



into it. It is supplied by rain water, ancl may originally have been the wallowing 



hole of the Rhinoceroses. Similar Siiu hiangs may probably be found elsewhere in 



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