262 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



prefix giving a verbale power to a substantive or idiomatic expression , as Mabur , to 

 run away, from Bur , which see. 

 Ma-akham, burying grouncl, a place of interment for human beings; a cemetery. Ma- 



kam, arabic, place, situation. Makamkën in Malay, to bury, to inter. (Arab. Jjt^Ma- 

 qdm remaining at a place ; a place). 

 Ma-ap, arabic, absolved, pardoned, excused. The word is in common use for asking 



pardon , or begging excuse in occurrences of every day life. Pardon me ; Excuse it. ((__jU^). 



Mabok, drunken, intoxicated, as with strong drink. Made giddy, deprived of your right 

 senses by any deleterious matter taken into the stomach. Exhausted , giddy from fa- 

 tigue or exposure to the hot sun. Perhaps it has a common origin with the Bo or 

 crude part of the verb Bonoiva, to drink, see Lambrick's Singhalese grammar Page 

 85. The ma prefixed is the Polynesian constructive partiele. (Mal. ^Lo Mdboq). 



Mabur, to run away, to skulk off; to make off without leave. (Jav. To fly, to get off 



quickly). 

 Mach ét, close fitting, said of clothes which fit close to the body, as sometimes worn by 



native coxcombs or belles. 

 Madang, to eat, to make a meal. To take a snack af ter the great meal of the day 



from remnants. See Mumuluk, which is to take a snack, nearer the next great meal. 



{sAcih\ Madang, Jav., to eat rice). 



Madang, name of a tree, a variety of Huru or Litsaea. The Madang, Litsaea Elliptica 

 is covered with blood red leaves, when they first evolve, but turn green after a few 

 days. 



M a d a t , a preparation of opium , boiled down to a black substance resembling treacle ; 



i in this state it is sold by the opium farmers and ready for smoking. (Jav. Mal. idem). 



M a d ë t , pressed together ; forced down in close contact as by pressure. Especially said of 

 earth which has been well trodden down. 



Madion, name of an inland residency of Java. Madija, C. 512 the middle, centre. Yon, 

 C. 576, a caste, a race; also the the Elu form of Yawana or arabic. Quere also of 

 Java, and thus „the centre of Java". (Written in Jav. &> «?, «m mj>\ Madii/un). 



" r. " 



Madraséh, arabic, a college or academy tor learning the Mohammedan religion. (& M a^ 



Madrasat, gymnasium, academia, collegium). 

 Madu, Honey. Madhu, C. 513, honey, the nectar of flowers. (Scr. Madhu). 

 Maduk, hit against, coming in contact with, clashing, mutually opposing. 

 Madura, an island next last to Java and forming part of the residency of Sourabaya. 



Madhura, C. 514 from madhu, honey, ra, to have or get. Sweetness, the sweet taste; 



sweet, pleasing, agreeable, liked. [Madhura, Scr. sweet taste , sweetness; adject. sweet; 



pleasant). 

 Magah, to teach, to instruct, to have an idea of, to entertain opinion. Magah na kakula 



