162 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Ja hé, ginger, zingiber officinale. 



Jahil, arabic, malicious, mischievous, disposed to do harm. "* See Maringkil. Jaliil ma- 



ringkil, maliciously disposed. (JjbU., Jahil, ignorant, stupid. Cf. müdah Skr. and 



Bal. stupid. Jav. Mal. Young and foolish. 

 Jahir, unreasonable , unjust. 



Jahudi, arabic, a Jew. Jewish. (^J*^.) 



Jajadén, derived from Jadi which see. Persons or things which have become metamor- 

 phosised, a metamorphosis or transformation. As men who have been turned into Ti- 

 gers or other wild beasts. In a certain clegree, spectres, ghosts. The reincarnation 

 of a deacl person. 



Jajah, to go about and examine, as a chief does his district, to inspect a country. 

 ((j^«^^\, Jajah, Jav. to tread on the ground; to go over and through something, to 



go about to seek for something. Gericke.) 



Jajahan, in the neighbourhoad of, in the environs of. District, province , territory. Ja- 

 jahan Bogor , in the neighbourhood of Buitenzorg. The district of Buitenzorg. 



Jajal, to try, to test anything or weapon; to take a trial to see if anything answers its 

 object. To make an attempt , test , trial or experiment. Gehang na dl jajal ka na 

 daging maung, he tried his gobang on the flesh of a tiger ; of course on a dead one, 

 to see if the gobang would cut, as the natives believe that iron is like some men, 

 afraid, and you cannot be sure till you try, whether it would cut such a fierce thing 

 as a tiger. So also they are fond of trying their Krisses. (Jav. id.) 



Jajantung, the heart (anatomically) ; the heart of a vegetable, the core. (Mal. Jav. id.) 



Jajar, a row , rank, arrangement. Bi jajar, to set in a row, to arrange. See Pajajaran. 



Jajar, to put together to see if they fit; said of carpentry or other work in hand. 



Jajar uman, to sprout , to begin to come up, as fresh planted paddy. To show like a 

 Jarum or needie. 



Jajawarikën, extraordinary , surprising. (From «ro-m or «oti, Juwara, Jawara Jav, 



y^MaL!) 



Jaka, an unmarried youth, a name for a young man of good family. In little use now 

 adays. Derived from Ja, birth. See Jata, C. 209 born , produced; a child , offspring. 

 Jatafca , C. 209 , born , produced ; of which our Jaka appears to be a contraction. 



Jakatra, a town in the island of Java, on the site of which the city Batavia was foun- 

 decl about the year AD. 1619. The district bore the name of Sunda Kalapa. Marsden 

 Page 103. A part of the present old town of Batavia still retains this name. 



Jakatra is compounded of Jaya, C. 206, victory, conquest, and Karta, which on 

 Java usually means peace, but is a past participle of Karanaica, to do, and means 





