236 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Kuriang, name of a personage in ancient native lore, called mostly Sang kuriang. Per- 

 haps ~Kuru hyang, from kuru, C. 131, a bud, a bow, a tortoise; thus the supernatu- 

 ral Tortoise god. Or Kura, C. 13 1, a dwarf, a pigmy; any male animal stinted in its 

 growth. Sang Jcura hyang, the supernatural chvarfgod. 



Kuring, I the personal pronoun ; used by an inferior to a superior, and is a very hum- 

 ble designation of self. (Perhaps from Ku^ Aku, I, with addition of ring, in. Fr.) 



Kuripan, name of a private Estate, South from Batavia. The ancient name of the pre- 

 sent Grobogan, in the residency of Samarang; derived from hurip , living, thriving, 

 prosperous. Ka-hurip-an the place of thriving or prosperity. 



Kuris, the small pox, variola. Tukang huris , the man who vaccinates. 



Kurog, a pretty brown coloured bird, size of a dove. 



Kuru, lean, thin, meager. (See above Kolcoro.) 



Kuruchuk, a pole or straight thin piece of wood: a stake for a fence. 



Kurung, to confine, to shut up, imp'rison; to enclose, to include. (Jav. Mal. id.) 



Kurungan, a cage, a coop, a place of confinement. Kuda kurungan, & stall horse kept 

 in a Kadogan, as distinguished from one which always runs loose. 



Kurunyung, sneaking out into view ; coming leisurely along. Kurunyung bai bij il, and he 

 came out leisurely into view. 



Kurupuk, the thick hide of the neck of some animals, especially of deer or buffaloes, 

 which is scraped clean , and then roasted or burnt for eating ; much relished by the 

 natives. 



Kurusuk, to sneak or creep about any tangled thicket, as the jungle, in the way a ti- 

 ger does, or as a man who is hiding himself. 



Kurusukan, to walk into or through the jungle; to struggle or make your way through 

 any tangled jungle. 



Kusar, the zodiacal sign Sagittarius. (,^£1) al-Kaus, the bow, used in the Indian way 

 as a zodiacal sign en lieu of Sagittarius; the Greek sign Sagittarius is also known to 



the Arabs under the name of Al- Ramt J '}, the bowman. Fr.) 



Kusial, jumping out into view, coming suddenly in sight. 



Kusuma, a warrior, a brave man, a hero; a rebel, a man in arms against established 



government. Kusuma, C. 134-, a fiower in general, and hence has been applied in 



Java to represent valliant men. Dewa kusuma, the fiower of the gods ; the name of a 



prominent hero of old Javanese romance; he flourished in the early part of the lOth. 



century A. D. and sent his children to Continental India to be educated. Kaffies Vol. 



2 Page 88. He was the grandfather of the celebrated Panji. 

 Kusut, entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate. (Mal. Batav. idem.) 

 Kuta, a fort, a fortified place, a stronghold; a walled town. Kuta, C. 127, a waterpot; 



a house; a mountain; a fort, a stronghold; a hammer. Ngadangdavgan Jcuta, building 



a fort. 





