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Manchak, ground disposed in consecutive flats, like the steps of stairs. 



Manchal, said of water which rises in a flood and overflows the land. CJiai na manchal 



ka dar at , the water rosé and overflowed the land. To jump up , to hop. 

 Manchal, said of a woman who goes to the priest and asks to be divorced form her 



husband. Probably a simile taken from the foregoing word and expressive of an un- 



natural course of events. 

 Manchas, a method of taking fish, by enticing them into an enclosure, which can be 



shut up when the fish are in , so as to prevent escape , when they may easily be groped out. 

 Manchat, to climb up, to scramble up, to ascend. 

 Manchër, and manchëran, said of the sun when in the zenith. Eight over head. 



Mata poi manchèran tèng'ang'ni, sun stood right in the zenith or overhead; exactly noon. 

 Manching, to fish for news , to try to get information slyly. The Malay word Panching, 



to fish with a hook , is not in use in Sunda , as the people use instead Usëp ; but the 



derivative simile is of frequent occurence. 

 Man chi rang , the flower of the Tipus or Geanthus Coccineus ; it grows not upon the 



stem of the plant, but from the root, and shows itself sessile on the ground near the 



root of the Tëpus; it is a pretty scarlet and yellow flower. 

 Manchuh, presents made to the parents of an intended wife by way of securing her. 

 Manchung, the spatha of a Palm fruit , the case which envelops the unexpanded spa- 



dix. When these are dry, they are collected and being tied together, serve as flam- 



beaux. 

 Manchung, a hooked nose. What is called a Eoman nose. 

 Mandala, a Sanscrit word often used in the composition of proper names. It is evidently 



Sanscrit word mandala, C. 507, the disk of the sun or moon ; an orb , a ball , a 



globe, a wheel ; a proAance , a region , a district; a assemblage; a sort of mystical diagram. 

 Mandala giri, is the Pantun name by which the Jasinga mountain , usually called the 



Gunung Gedé, is known; it is thus the mountain of the province , or the orb mountain, 



from not forming part of a chain. 

 Mandapa, a porch, a portico, an open hall. (Scr. In Javanese Pandoppó). 

 Man de g, to hault, to stop, to cease. (Jav. Balin. Adëg, Madëg , sla?iding , exercising power , 



reigning). 

 Mandi, to bathe, to dip the body in water. IVanawa, C. 318 bathe; Nanta, to bathe. 



Nandd, C. 308, the tank of Sakra in the garden of Swarga or the region of the 



gods , in which that god is accustomed to bathe. (Mal. idem. Bal. Mandus. Kw. Madyus. 



Jav. Adus or Dus). 

 Mandian, to bathe or wash another person, as a child. To wash a dead person prepara- 



tory to burial. 

 Man dor, a native headman , a village chief. A foreman over work. It is the Portu- 



guese ISandhar, to command. 

 Manéh, self, one's own self. Often your, bis, her. Manéh na, mij ownself, your own 



