176 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Jilid, arabic, to tan, to make leather; a skin, a roll, a volume. The covering or bin- 



ding of a book. (Arabic, jd.=*, Jild, the hide; leather. óSs\*, mujallad, coverecl 



with leather, a book, a tome.) 

 Jimat, an amulet, a talisman; spell, written charm, an incantation. It is the Arabic 



word Azimat of same import- /Lu:r). 



s 

 Jin, arabic, evil spirit, demon; the race of genii. ( .»-, Jinn, demons, genii.) 



Jingjing, to lift up with the hand, to carry away in the hand without tying to a car- 

 rying stick. To carry off as a tiger carries its prey. This appears to be a sort of 

 diminutive of Jungjung , to lift up. 



Jingjingan, the stick in the native weaving loom, used to raise the alternate threads, 

 by means of pieces of string tied to the same and the woof. 



Jin is, the original true article; the Simon pure; that from which others are derived. 



(Seems to be the Arabic ,pia- , Jins , which is taken from the Greek ys vo%. Latin 



genus. Fr.) 

 J i n t ë n , cummin seecl. 



Jin ten, name of a plant with thick hairy crenulated leaf, often kept growing in a bas- 

 ket on the roof of houses and used in cookery. It is called in Malay Daun Kucliing. 

 Jirak, name of a tree Dicalyt tinctorius, the bark is used in native dying processes. 

 J i r a t , a noose with a limber stick bent down to it. A springe , a gin , a sliding knot. 



(Jav. aS-(u,(tsr^\ Jirët idem.) 

 Jitun, olive. This word is Arabic- Zeitun. A variety of Jarak is called Jarah jitun, 



the olive atropha. Europeans call it vulgarly Palma Christi. (Arabic, ^t*!)-.) 



Jiwa, the soul, life. Jhva, C. 212, life, existence; the sentient soul. 



Jochong, sticking out stiff, rigid. 



Jodo, a term applied te" marriages where the parents on both sides give their consent, 

 but the young people cannot made up their minds or agree. Jodo, Crawfurd- a pair, 

 a brace, a couple. mate, match. (Jav. «^^(ïom Jódó, with the meaning given by 



Crawfurd.) 

 Jodog, the open landing place at the entrance of a native house, which is ascended by 



steps. The open balcony at a native's door. 

 Joged, a variety of fish trap for catching lélé fish. It opens downwards and the lêlé has 



to make its way up. 

 Jogjërog, to trot; to jolt and shake on horse back. In contradistinction to the native pa*. 



A derivation of the following word. 



