156 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



or ladder, yet as applied to a house is in use. This is tlms a house with steps- a 

 frame timberhouse which reguires steps to get up to it. 



Imam, arabic, a high priest of the Mohammedan religion. (*U)) 



s 



Iman, arabic, faith, the theoretical part of religion; belief (^LjI.) 



lm pas, done, fmished; cleared off as a debt. (Dutch.) 



lm pi, to dream. Naun ngi?npi tak sia, what, are you dreaming? (Jav. id. and ngimpi. 

 Mal. mimpi.) 



Impun, the name of a fish in the rivers of the South coast of Bantam, supposed to be 

 the small fry of the Ménga fish. Aplocheilus Javanicus. 



Imut, to smile , to smirk. 



Inakërtapati, name of one of the princes celebrated in Javanese romance, also called 

 Pa?iji. Ina, C. 69 the Sun. Kérta see voce, accomplished. Pati, Lord. The ac- 

 complished lord of the Sun. He was the son of Ami Luhur , Sovereign of Janggala. 

 His lady- love in the Javanese romance was Chandra Kirana Beam of the Moon , 

 which see. (48) 



Inchék, a name of compliment applied to a China- born Chinaman. (49) 



Inchi, a master, a mistress. A Malay word applied to foreign natives, especïally Malays. 



Inchit, Chintz, a piece of printed Cotton cloth. (Called Cliit at Batavia.) 



Inchu, a grand child. 



In da las, a mythic name sometimes given to the islaud of Sumatra, Crawfurd. Perhaps 

 derived frcm Hind, Hindu; and Alas , vide voce, a forest, a district; thereby indica- 

 ting the resort of the Hindus in early times. 



Indi-hiang, name of a place in the Prianger Regencies, to the South East of the Ja- 

 laga Bodas. The word Indi is probably an abbreviation IndirE, C, 69, a name of 

 Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu. Indiya, Indila, Inding , and more similar words are 

 parts of the conjugation of the verb Innawa C. 69 to sit , and as such may indicate 

 her wh o sits by Vishnu or his wife. Indima, C. 69, the act of planting or fixing 

 anything. Hyang vide voce. (The meaning is not clear, but might be Indu, the 

 moon, or Indra (?) the known deity. Fr.) 



(48) Inalcérta is rather toiun of the sim, according to the use the Javanese make of the word 

 kèrta. Cf. Surakërta (or - karta) and Yogyakèrta. This meaning is confirmed by the Persian. Fr. 



(4:9; This word is the same as the following, and applied variously to persons of some distinc- 



tion for instance toanaunt. The various application is explained by the word being Malay and 



relatively late introduced into Java. Mal. &^;} Jnchëh. Therefrom Jav. ^i?. m ,,, enchik vide 



..■ " ' ei- —' 



Gericke sub voce. At Batavia Jnchi or Jnché. Nearly all others titles are taken from the Java- 

 nese language Fr. 



