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Jégéng, a plant in the humahs growing innumerable small seeds , of the size of a pin's 

 head, in clusters. It is called in Malay Jawa-wut. It can be steamed like rice and 

 eaten. It is much given to cage birds. The Sunda people have a tradition that their 

 ancestors lived on Jégéng before Paddy was known to them. ïhe Malay word Jawa- 

 wut is Sanscrit, composed of Jaioa and But, C. 475 Eating (ofPriests) literally Java- 

 eating- See Jaiua. {Jawawut might be Yawawat, resembling barley. Fr.) 



Jégéng, turmeric, only used about Buitenzorg in this sense. 



Jëgër, stiff, inflexible, rigid. (Bat. idem.) 



J ë g u , one of the raany names for a wild pig. 



Jëgur, the idiomatic expression of a person or animal plumping into the water; or of 

 hurriedly running away with some noise. Jëgur bai turun ha chai , and splash he 

 went into the water. Jëgur bai hasup ha lëuwèung , and dash he went into the forest. 

 (Bat. Jèbur. Jav. Jëgur, the sound of thunder, or of a large gun. Fr.) 



Jëjak, to trample on; to stamp clown with the foot. (Jav. Bat. idem.) 



Jëjalon, a lath or slip of bambu inserted lengthways in a gëdég or wattling of bambu; 

 the stick round whicli atap leaves are bent: derived from Jalu, the male of animals. 

 Hateup sa jëjalon, a single piece of Atap. (Bat. idem.) 



Jejaluk, to go about asking alms, mostly under a religious pretext. (Batav. idem. Jav. 

 Jaluh, to ask.) 



Jëjamu, medicine; medicine to be drunk. A medicinal draft. (Jav. idem.) 



J ë j a n g k u n g , stilts ; pieces of bambu with pegs in them used as stilts. (Jav. Jangkung, 

 to be in the air , like a bird of prey Batav. Jangkungan , the same as Jëjanghung. Fr.) 



Jëjëg, to stamp clown, to trample clown with violence with the foot: to stam pon. Asana 

 jëjëg amat di bilang téa , well I counted it perfectly correct. (See Jëjah.) 



Jëjélëma-an, a puppet, a scare crow, a figure dressecl up like a man. Picked men, 

 not every man, a man selected from a number. Jëjélëma-an daih hadatangan rëjëhi, 

 it is not every man who has good luck. (See Jélëma.) 



Jëjëman, to superintend work, to oversee; to arrange, to put in order. 



Jëjëritan, skitting about: a hopping run. 



Jëjuluk, a variety of grass in smamps of wich the inner nth is used as wicks for oil 

 lamps. 



Jëkat, alms. Arabic Zahat. The Jëkat on Java is generally a portion of the erop given 

 to the Mohammedan priests, and which properly is y 1 ^ of the erop. There is also a 



Jëkat of other property. (Arabic t6\^ Zakaton.) 



J é k é n g , a sort of short , sharp edged grass , resembling Ilat. 



Jélëma, a person, a human being, a man, a woman. Aya jélëma di dinjo, is any per- 

 son there? Jélëma, jangkung , a tall person. Jélëma is probably a corruption of the 

 word Janma, C. 205, born, nature, birth; nation, race, tribe, lineage. 



