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Lëlëp, to tlirust down under water, to plunge into mud or slough. (Jav. id. To sink 



under water; nglëlëppakën , to plunge under water.) 

 Lélér, to give, to bestow, to confer upon. A refined expression as applied to the act of 



a great man or a superior. Di lélérkën ka kula ku nu bogah, it was bestowed upon 



me by the owner. 

 Lëlës, the same as Kondang. Ficus subracemosa. 



Lëmah, spot, place. Lhnali pi-imahan, a spot to build a house on. Irëmah goréng , a bad 

 spot (often being considered as haunted.) (Jav. Bali. Ground , place, earth; land.) 

 Lémbano-, to wash ore; to wash the earth to seek for ore of metals. 

 Lëmbang, a small insect so called , of about size of the thumb nail, which often attacks 



and injures growing paddy, creeping up out of the mud and water in the Sawahs. 

 Lëmbing-batu, a variety of the foregoing insect. 

 Lémbong, cleared away, freed from encumbrances , put in order as a piece of ground 



or a garden. Lémbong ayëunah èuruan, the plot of ground in front of the house is now 



cleared up. Lémbong hmnahna, his paddy plantation has been weeded all over. 

 Lëmbu, cattle of the cow kind-properly Javanese. Sa kuru ning lëmbu, such as the lean- 



ness of a cow (still lots of meat on so large an animal). A proverb. 

 Lëmbu, is sometimes an appellation for a chief, especially in ancient history, and origi- 



nally means- the Buil- in the same way as 31aisa, Kèbo, Panggawa, and Ra?igga are 



used. See Raffies Vol. 2. Page 80. Lëmbu Ami Jaya; Lembu Ami Luhur. 

 Lëmbuhan, part of a native loom. The stick which separates the alternate threads. 

 Lëmbuhkën, a variety of wild pigeon. 

 Lëmbut, small, diminutive. 

 Lémék, to speak, to articulate. To bisa lêmék , he could not speak. Lémék gunung, to 



speak the mountain (language). To speak Sunda. 

 Lëmpag, to throw a spear or sharpened bambu. 

 Lémpénéng, yellow. 

 Lëmpëng, straight not crooked. Kayu lëmpëng , straight wood. Lëmpëng bai moro ka 



ima/i, and straight on he went home. 

 L é m p é n g , flat and thin like a slab of stone. 

 Lémpéngan, anything which is put up in small flat parcels like shred tobacco. Flat like 



a slab of stone. 

 Lëmpër, këtan rice made up in leaves and roasted on hot embers. 

 Lémpér, crippled in the arms or legs, said only of mankind. 

 Lëmpog, a preparation of Kadu or Durian fruit and sugar. 

 Lëmpong, the slope of a hill. Lèmpong na gunung ü ivétan, on the Eastern slope of the 



mountain. 

 Léndéh, laid flat; trampled down; as a standing erop of paddy or the like. 

 L é n d é h k ë n , to lay fiat , as any growing vegetable matter , either by trampling upon it , 



or by beating it down with a stick. 



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