276 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Mawa, to carry, to bring. Maioa ka dio , bring liere. Maica ka diiu, carry yonder. 



Ma war, the rosé, the rosé tree. Ayer maioar , Rosé water. The word Ayè'r is not San- 

 da, but Malay, and shows whence the designation has come. 



Maya, visual illusion , phantom, apparition. Used chiefly in Pantuns and in the history 

 of the Hindu demi-gods. Maya, C. 537, according to the Hindus, philosophical illu- 

 sion, idealisin; unreality of all worldly existence. In the plural this word becomes 

 Mayu, vide Indramayu. 



Mayakpak, full of, covered over by. Chai mayakpak bai di sawah, the water is abun- 

 dantly spread over the whole Sawah. 



Mayan, a variety of large sized bambu. lt is, however, of little use as the worm soon destroys it. 



Ma yang, even course, continuous, without interruption ; said of anything which keeps 

 steadily in the same course or state. 



Mayan g, name of a sea- going native craft, sharp at both ends, and carrying a large 

 lugger sail. They sail fast and well, and may have obtained the name from the cir- 

 cumstance of keeping steadily along with a quick speed. 



Ma yang, the flower bunch of the cocoanut and pinang, or areca Palm, as well as of 

 most other Palms. 



Mayang-Bingbing, name of a fish in rivers, rather scarce. 



May ar, to pay; see Bayar. 



Ma vat, sloping gradually or gently, going gradually off , or away. A long and gentle slope 

 of a hill. Working long and evenly, not all at once in hurry. Steady and secure. 



Mayit, Ar: a dead body, a corpse, a deceased human being. Btintel miayit, a corpse 

 wrapped up for interment. The term applies Tb a peculiar formation of some horses 



tails, which is considered as prognosticating no good. (e^ou Mayyit, mortuus). 



Mëbër, to flee, to run away, to skulk away. 



Mëchah, in abundance, in great numbers, exuberance. 



Mëdar, spread out, opened out; to spread or open out to the sun in order to be dried. 

 To set out one by one. To exposé (goods for sale and the like). 



Médé, a tree called in Malay Jambu monyét , the monkey Jambu , the cashew apple, 

 Anacardium occidentale. See Kaju. The name Jambu monyét is given from the small 

 excrescence of the kernel at the lower end , which is thought to resemble a monkey 

 coiled in a heap. 



Medina, a twon of Arabia, where Mohammed found refuge when he fled from Mékah. 



Mëdok, wet and slippery, sloppy. 



Mega, a cloud. Mégha, C. 556, a cloud. 



Mega Malang, a long lowering cloud; frequently alluded to in Pantuns. 



Mega Mëndung, where the clouds form a dam or embankment; clouds hanging lowe- 

 ring. Name of a celebrated pass on the high road from Buitenzorg and Chianjur, 

 upwards of 4700 feet above the sea. 



