210 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



lu, would be the Eighth. Perhaps originally these festivals were kept in an eiglith 



month. (65). 

 Ka wan, five nyèrê of thread; and expression among the weaving women. 

 Ka wan, a companion, an associate. Rarely usecl, being considered Malay, nevertheless the 



word occurs in Pandakawan which is a good Sunda expression , which see. 

 Ka was, as, like, resembling, as if, to bear the appearance of. Kawas na to daik mayar, 



he looks as if he did not intend to pay. (Perhaps from Awas Jav. ciear, manifest.) 

 Kawasa, having power, or authority; able, capable; might, ability. Probably derived from 



wasa, C. 630, authority, mastership; with the constractive ka placed before it to give 



it an adjective form. (Jav. Mal. Kawasa and Kmcasa.) 

 Ka wat, wire, fine drawn thread of any metal, but without a qualifving noun, generally 



means Iron wire. Kaïvat tambaga, bi'ass wire. 

 Kawatir, to have any anxiety about, doubt, distrust. To be troubled with uncertainty 



how a matter will turn out Ulah kawatir, you need not be in trouble about it. (Jav. 



Kuwatir, afraid, fearing danger.) 

 Kaw-auw-oh, a liane, the bark of the root of which is used to prevent Kawung toddy 



from turning sour. 

 Kawawa, to bear, to endure. To kawawa, I c'ant endure it. It is more than I can 



carry. (Jav. Kuicawa , to be able to do , to be in state of doing anything.) 

 Kawawëuhan, acquaintance, any person with whom we are aequainted. (Jav. Waxouh, 



to have acquaintance, to be friend of.) 

 K a w a y a h , intermittent. Muriang katcayah , the intermittent fever. 

 Kawël, to tie or fasten by twisting and turning round with string. (Jav. Kuwêl.) 

 Kawih, to sing, to warble. Kaui, C. 115. Poetry, songs &c. a learned or wise person. 



Kawiyama, C. 122, a posm, poetry. Kaxcya, C. 122, a poetical composition, a poem. 



Kaïui, without the finaFasrirate is no doubt the same word and implies the old lan- 



guage of Java, in which the Hindu literature is preserved, and which was in use as 



connected with the Hindu religion. (Kawi Scr. a poet.) 

 Ka win, Persian, to marry, to wed, to espouse. The usual term for to marrij in both 



Sunda, Javanese and the Malay of Java. Ngaicin in Sunda and Javanese is to carry 



spears in procession , and Pangawinan are the people who so carry the spears. May 



not this have arisen from carrying spears in procession wlien the men (the intended 



father and son- in law) go to confirm the marriage. See Tijdschrift voor loeder landsch 



(65) Walu is the Kawi-form of icolu; it is written also ivwalu. Kawalu might bealsotbe eighth 

 day of a, month, the Hindu festivals being more commonly called after the day (of the white or 

 black half) of the moon , on which they happen. This custom we find back on stone inscriptions 

 of Java and Sumatra. The eightb day is indeed a holy-day, being the commencement of a new 

 phase of the moon. Fr» 



