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young women use tliis plant medicinally, it relaxes the female organs, and is used be- 

 fore marriage. 



Lurauis, grown up as an animal; coming to maturity, and the hair of the skin getting 

 smooth and shining. 



Lumur, a drinking glass , a turabler. (From the Dutch Roemmer). 



Lumur, occurs in the expression Chukup lumur, to hush up an unpleasant business. 



Lumut, short moss or excrescences growing on wet stones, when long it is called Luhut. 

 (Jav. Mal. idem). 



Lumut, the oily sliminess or slippery matter on fresh caught fish. (The same as the pre- 

 ceding). 



Lunchat, to jump, to take a spring. (Cf. Lumpal). 



L u n o- 1 u m , to sit on eggs like a hen , to brood eggs. 



Lungsar, stretched out at full length when lying down 



Luno-sur, to start on a journey, as a great man with many attendants. 



Luntak, cleared off as a debt; discharged- paid off. 



Luntur, to discharge colour like a piece of bad prints: loss of colour; washed out. 



Luput, in vain, no use trying. Not getting what we try for; to fail ; to miss. 



Lurah, a head man, a chief over several villages, or a small district. Ngrurah implies 

 anything that casts a a shade- Palindungan , an umbrella ; and also the vault of hea- 

 ven. Ngrurah, Angrurd/i , and Anglurah , are on Java Lurah, a chief of the 4 th. class. 

 Friederich on Bali: Batavian Trausactions Vol. 23 Page 31. 



Luri, a beautiful, red, middle sized parrot brought from the Moluccos. (Another name 

 used at Batavia is Nori). 



Lurung, a path, a lane , an avenue; a street. (Jav. Mal. idem). 



Lusé, hungry, faint from want of food. (Cf. Lësu). 



Luséan, the warp or threads length wise in a web of cloth. 



Lutung, the black monkey, Semnopithecus Maurus. 



Lutung Kasarung, a character in the history o Pajajaran. See Kasarung. 



Luwër, muddy, opaque with dirt; said especially of muddy water. 



Luwër-léor, to wriggle as a snake moving along the ground. 



Luw uk, a place, a spot of ground. Nyambut saioah dua luwuk, to work sawahs in two 

 places. Luwuk na hadè gëusan imah , the spot is good for building a house on. Lu- 

 wuk iyo ulah di kèbonan, do not make gardens in this place. 



Ma, mother, mamma. Amnia, C. 44, a mother. Amama , C, Vol. 2. Page 372 mother. 



Ma, an expletive partiele which has its force in composition, but admits of no defmite 

 translation. Imah na ma kade, as to Iris house , it is good. It will often answer to the 

 English expression- as far as, as to. Si,i ma tilok bisa bogah urusan, as for you, vou 

 can never come right. Kalakuan nana éta ma to mèunang di wada , as far as Iris con- 

 duct is concerned , you cannot find fault with it. Ma is also a constructive partiele 

 not only in Sunda but in most of the Polynesian languages, and is an inseparable 



