178 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Jon tor, a projecting point, any large rough thing which sticks out. A headland, a pro- 



montory. 

 Jotang, name of a plant, Spilanthes acinella. 

 Jotang, name of a plant, Eclipta erecta. 

 Ju al or Ju wal, to sell. Daik dijmval, will you sell it? Ilanto di jinval , it is not 



for sale. (Mal. Jav. idem.) 

 Jubag, crippled, laid up with desease in any part of the body. 

 Jubung, a circle of platted bambu set in a pan wherein sugar is boiling, to prevent its 



boiling over. 

 Jubur, the anus. 



Ju dab, Jeddab on the coast of Arabia. 

 Jugang, a cross piece of wood ar bambu to distend any thing and prevent its collapsing, 



as a cross piece between two sides of a roof or other construction ; a distender. 

 Jugang-j aging, walking backwards and forwards, with a swinging gait. 

 Jugja, and Jugjakarta, name of one of the present native seats of government, viz of 



the Sultan , in the native provinces of Java proper. Jugja is a corruption of Ayudya, 



the name of the kingdom of Eama in the Ramayana. Crawfurd. Ayodya, C. 45, a 



neg. Yodya, war- not tobe warred against. The modern Oude the capital of Rama. 



Kavta, auspicious , fortunate , accomplishecl. 

 Jugjug, to direct the course to; to wish to get at; to aim at, to steer at, to drive, to 



chase away. 

 Ju gul, a bit of bambu with a notch slit in it, serving to show the distance at wich ataps 



may be regularly laid on a roof, generally about four inches apart. 

 Juja, arabic, the Zodiacal sign Gemini. (Arab. ; ) :»:»!} Al-Jauza; probably from Scr. Tujau, 



the twins.) 

 Jujul, a stake or piece of wood, which being to long for its use, projects unnecessarily- 



sticking out. 

 J u j u n g , a fresh water river and pond fish , something like Gabus. 

 Jukung, name of a variety of cargo boat, in use on rivers. 

 J u k u t , grass , of which the natives enumerate a great many varieties , always prefixing the 



word Juhut to each name. 

 Ju kut Bau, stinking grass, Ageratum conj'zoides. A plant which grows very rapidly 



amongst the mountains, and without care chokes all other plants, especially young 



paddy. It is called in some places Babadotan. 



The following are some of the most usual grasses known to the Sundaese, inclu- 



ding those most sought after for cattle; Beubëunteuran ; Bibitungan ; Girintingan ; 



Jampang; Jampang pahit; Kalam mëta or Lambëta; Pingping kasir; Tëki; Tiké, a 



sort of grass on the sea shore, and Walingi. 

 Julang, a variety of the Buceros or Rhinoceros bird, it resembles the Rangkung. 



