250 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Lëncll, name of a fish inhabiting pools in caverns in the ground. 



L én eng, beardless as paddy; without awns. 



Leng, the idiomatic expression of telling to walk off, or of walking off. Zeng , gêrrah 



haditu déui, be off! and bear a hand and go there again. Zng bdlih ha imah, and off 



I went on my return home. 

 Lëng'ër, naughty as a child. 

 Lénggang, the swinging about of the arms, either in walking or in dancing. A pole 



tax called Pajèg lénggang , exacted from those who do not plant and therefore do not 



pay a regular Paddy tax. The synic idea conveyed is that such persons are taxed for 



swinging their arms about. 

 Léngkéh, a small waist; a mark of beauty in a native^ idea. 

 Léngkéng, The celebratecl Chinese nut and tree of this name. The dried nuts are much 



imported from China. Euphoria Litschi. 

 Léngkéng, afflicted with the venereal disease. 

 Lëngkëp, complete, perfect, prepared beforehand. 

 L é n g k é t , clammy , viscous. Said of Kawung toddy which will not boil to sugar and set , 



but remains like molasses or treacle. 

 Lënglëngan, daft, imbecile; not in a right state of mind. 

 Leng' o, unloaded, not carrying anything with one, unincumbered ; unmarried. Nuntun 



huda leng'' o , led an unloaded horse. 

 Leng sar, smooth and even on the surface; free from asperities. 

 Léngsér, a petty official. A subordinate used by men of rank. 

 L ë n j ë n g , straight , not crooked. 

 Léntah, a leech, a bloodsucker. ïïirudo. 



L é n y a p , to disappear , to vanish. To hëbël dëui lényap bai , not long afterwards he disappeared. 

 Léob, to boil, to cook in water. 



Léor, a variety of long gourd- Cucurbita villosa. Called in Malay Baligo. 

 L é o s , to act contrary to orders , to be perverse. 

 Lep, the idiomatic expression of folding clown, or laying down in layers. This is the ety- 



mon of the lap in Salapan , Dalapan , the numbers nine en eight , which mean literal- 



ly - one fold down - two folds down , from the ten fingers held up. 

 Lëpan, a fold down, a layer. Lëpan pare, a layer of bundies of paddy as piled in store. 

 Lëpéhkën, to spit out the superfiuons saliva from the mouth, which accumulates in che- 



wing beetle. 

 Lépot, let go, let slip, slipped out. 

 Lépotkën, to let go, to release, to set free. 



L ë p u s , every where examined , and carefully investigated , especially as a country , a dis- 

 trict, a forest , or a plantation. 

 Les, the idiomatic expression of getting out of the way, of sneaking off. Zës bai ngilës, 



and he suddenly sneaked off. Zës owo/i , and in a jifiey he was gone. 



