AND ENGLISH. 251 



Lésang, smooth and slippery, as the liair on a cafs back; without any asperities. Slip- 

 pery , as the surface of anything. Slippery and smooth but not oily or greasy which 

 is expressed by Lëu-ëur. 



Lëslësan, running away and disappearing , sneaking off; creeping out of the way. 



Le'sot, let go, parted hold, relinquished. 



Lésotkën, to let go, to loose your hold, to relinquish. 



Lësu, languid, a feeling of aversion to exert one self. (Jav. Mal. Batav. idem.) 



Létah, the tongue. Goreng lètali na , his tongue is bad; as we woulcl say- foul- mouthed, fond 

 of talking evil. (Jav. Mal. Liclah, which T. Roorda wants to derive from Scr. Lidha licked.) 



Létah badak, Ehinoceros tongue, Opuntia, Cactus for feeding Cochenille worms. 



Létak, to lick with the tongue. 



Létakan, to lick. Uching ngalétakan manéh, a cat licking itself. 



Lëubëut, having abundance of fruit; fruit hanging in abundance on a tree. Mangga na 

 lëubëut tahun iyo , the mangoes have an abundant erop tliïs year. 



Leuchir, smooth and fair, pretty; free from asperities. Budak bikang lëuc/tir, a fair young 

 woman. Lëuchir bëunang aing ngabresihan, it is smooth now that I have made it clean. 



Lëu-ëur, slippery, without friction, possessing oliagenous properties, greasy. Jalan na 

 lëu-ëur , the road is slippery. Kulit na lëu-ëur bëunang ngaminyakan , his skin was slip- 

 pery from having had oil rubbed on it. 



Lëugëut, gum, bird-lime, any clammy exudation from a tree. Manuk bëunang ngalëu- 

 gëutan, a bird caught with bird lime. 



Lëuhang, hot water containing astringents or some medicinal herb forabath, prescribed 

 in some diseases. 



Lëukëunan, to stare at, to look with a vacant stare. To look on with indifference. To 

 hadê di lëukëunan , It w'ont do to look on with indifference. 



Lëukrah, scattered about; loose and disconnected. Tulang bëdul geus léukrah, the bones 

 of the hog are separated , scattered about. 



Leuk sa, a creeper in the jungle, with pretty pinkish campanulate fiower. 



Lëulëu-ëur, any application made to make a thing slippery. Any oily or greasy matter 

 rubbed on to anything to make it work easy, to destroy friction. (See Lëu-ëur.) 



Lëulëus, soft and pliant, flexible, not stiff; the reverse of Jegër which see. Hoih lëu- 

 lëus, the flexible rattan, a variety in great request for splitting and using in number- 

 less ways. Called also Hoih lilin, the waxy rattan. Is of the thickness of a man*s lit- 

 tle finger. 



Lëulëuyi, slack as water, without current; slowly moving, sluggish. 



Lëumëung, common rice, not Këtan, cooked in a joint of bambu stuck in the fire. The 

 same as lului, only that in the latter instance the rice is Këtan. 



Lëumpang, to walk, to go away, to proceed on a journey. To bisa lëumpang, he cannot 

 walk. Geus lëumpang, he has gone away. Geus lëumpang munggah haji, he has pro- 

 ceeded on the journey to become a Haji, 



