212 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Këbo, a title given anciently to Javanese cliiefs, and is the same as Maisa, meaning Buf- 

 faloe. Munding another word for Buffaloe was also formerly used to designate the 

 chiefs. Lëmbu a buil or cow, also occurse in a similar way in the composition of the 

 names of ancient chiefs. Këbo has had also extensive application in this sense on Balt. 

 See Bat. Trans. Vol 23 Page 24. It occurs in the history of Java, see Raffles Vol 2 

 Page 105 in the name of Këbo Mundarnng , the minister of the king o Këdiri, and 

 again Page 135 in the person of Këbo Kanigara, the chief of Pajang. The word Kalm 

 given in Raffles is no doubt meaut for Këbo. 



Këbo-grang, name of a fish at Jasinga; the same as Sanggaringan. 



K ë b o n , a garden , a plantation , a cultivated bit of ground. The same word is also Malay. 

 It might have been expected that the islanders would have had a pure Polynesian word 

 for such a thing as a garden , or bit of planted land , but nevertheless Këbon seems 

 to have borrowed its root from the Sanscrit Bu, the Earth, the world , Clough 477, 

 and with the constructive Ka before and an after, would make Kabuan , the u and o, 

 by a very common rule coalesce , and form O , making thus Kabon or Këbon , a bit 

 of earth, a bit of land- a garden. 



Këbut, to be blown about by the wind. To fan, to blow up a fire. 



Këbutan, to fan, to cause a current of wind to pass over anything by waving some in- 

 strument by way of a fan. To dust, to blow away the dust. 



Këchap, Catchup, a dark coloured sauce prepared by the Chinese. 



Këchap, to speak, to utter a word. Sa këchap , a word. (Mal. Jav. Kawi Uchap , word, 

 tale; Kochap, spoken. Këchap, Jav. the act of opening and clossing the mouth when 

 pronouncing a word. The following article is certainly the same, the time for pronouncing 

 a word being no more than the twinkling of the eye. Fr.) 



Këchap, a twinkling of the eye; any short space of time; immediately. 



Këchërik, a small variety of hand fishing net. 



Këdëngan, to lie down upon. Mèja di këdëngan, he laid himself down upon the table. 



Këdëngkën, to lay down, to place in a recumbent position. Këdëngkën di na mèja, lay 

 it down fiat upon the table! 



Këdér, fearful, uneasy in mind, startled. 



Këdih, firm in character, not to be talked over. 



Këdiri, name of a residency at the east end of Java, and the supposed site of the ancient 

 kingdom of Daha. It was here that a remarkable woman , called Kili - Suchi , lived , 



would neither pretend, that karabha is our learbau, notwïthstanding that in a similar way the 

 Western nations called the Elephant »Indian ox" (Aleph Hindi, Pott.) the Romans even »hos Lu- 

 canus" because they had seen the animal first in Lucania in the war with Pyrrhus: nor that the 

 word Jearabha or learbau is derived from the root Icri, to do, to work. The buffaloe is known in 

 India and his principal name is mahisha, which is well known on Java and Bali. We might leave 

 the learbau {Hbo) to the Polynesians, even as the word Munding. Fr. 



