182 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Kabita, pleased with, deliglitecl at, taken with, captivated. Evidently derived from Ka 



and Bita. Bita or BMta , C. 474 — 495, fear, alarm, apprehension , terror. From 



this we must conclude that Kabita expresses an alarm lest we shoulcl be deprived of 



the object of our delight; and is thus literally- „alarmed about it. - " 

 Ivabolér, behind in work, not able to get through a job, a task unaccomplished. 

 Kabongërëui, wishing, longing. 

 Ivabubuwahan, the kidneys. (See Buwah.) 



Kabudayan, knowledge, skill. (Derived from buddhi, Scr., wisdom.) 

 Ivabuhulan, not able to swallow ,• sticking in the throat. 

 Ivabukti, got, obtained, corae in possesion of, appropriated. Kalapa èta tachan Tcalxikti 



buah na, the fruit of that Cocoa nut tree has not yet been obtained. See Buhti. 

 Kabul, arabic, receiving what we ask for; a petition granted; acceptable, consenting, 



receiving. Favourably. 

 Kabulan, the ceremony of taking a portion of the boiled rice when praying at Sëdëkah 



bulan Mulud, which each man reserves for himself or for bis family. The word is 



derived from Kabul , granted , the petition conceded (at the prayer). 

 Ivabuli, a preparation of boiling rice with meat, butter and sweetmeats. 

 Ivabur, run away, fled, made off, escaped. 

 Kaburu, overtaken, pursued and taken. Having time to finish any work. To haburu , 



we had not time to get it done. It could not be accomplished. 

 Kabut, thrown about in confusion, scattered, diepersed. Kalang-kabut , disrupted, scat- 



tered, said either of men or things. 

 Kabuyutan, compounded of Buyut, which see. Anything which is buyut or sacredly 



forbidden. The Great grand father or Great grand child. 

 Kacha, glass for glazing; a looking glass. In this lather sense more frequently called 



ëuntëung. Kachaya, C. 118 a kind of silicious clay or earth from which glass is made. 



Or it may be derived from Chaya, bright, brilliant- CIi7ia,yE, C. 203 radiance, splen- 



dour , but the Polynesian Ka prefixed , and the terminal ya elided, and will then denote 



the object of splendour, from its being traosparent. 

 Kacha-kacha, a triumphal arch erected in lionour of a great man. An arclied gateway 



of ceremony, usually constructed of bambu. 

 K a c h a n g , a pea , a bean , pulse. Dolichos and phaseolus of wich the species are very 



numerous. 



dictionary, cJi hinnaimishana , cïi hlrmamushka , mushlcaqünya. A Eunuch is called Htwa, which means 

 the genus neutrum; he has besides a great deal of other names, Avliich mean no man, a tïdrd 

 superfiuous being, a guardian of ivomen. But none of these words resemble in form or meaning to 

 that of Kahiri (as given above in the text), We shall thus perhaps be obliged to seek for the ori- 

 gin elsewhere. Fr. 



