278 A DICTIONARY SUDANESE 



Me man uk, an ornamental bit of stick or wood placed in the middle of a buffaloe joke. 

 The word is derivecl from Manuk , a bird. 



Mëmayu, to recover from sickness; to again have a liking for food and the nsual ways 

 of life. Convalescent. 



Meméh, previous to , before, prior to. Méméh liuclang Jcudu beuntdh, before getting up , 

 you must open your eyes. Méméh sugi Jcudu daik pusing, before you can be rich , 

 you must be content to have many troubles. 



Méméh na, beforehand. Previously. 



Ménak, a nobleman, a person of good family, of title. 



Mënangkabau, the ancient and central part of Sumatra, of which Pr langen was the 

 capital. Man, C. 514, a man- it is the Elu or ancient form of the Manushya; the 

 head, the heart; pride , haughtiness. Manushya, C. 516 , a man , man , mankind. Angka, 

 C. 11, a mark, a spot, a stain , asign, a badge, a vestige. Bahu, C. 470, the arm, 

 the hand— and as such represents authority. Thus man-angka-bahu , woulcl imply the 

 people who are the emblem of authority, or the head, or the mind which is the sign 

 of power. Menangkabahu was probably in early times the seat of a Hindn gouver- 

 ment which became a sort of Lord paramount over the neighbouring States. 



Mencha, to put oneself on guard, to fence. To defend oneself with an instrument called 

 Siku-siku ; which see. There are people who exhibit feats of address by defending them- 

 selves with this Siku-siku, which is called Mencha. 



Ménchërét, having the squitters, great laxity in the stomach. Constantly troubled with 

 a discharge ab ano. 



Mënchil, out alone by oneself; solitary, single, unassociated with others. 



Mënchug, quick, speedy. 



Mënchus, having a tapering end, spindle ended. 



Mënda, done, exhausted. 



Mëndang Kamulan, the seat of an early government in Java , said to have been on 

 the site of the present Prambanan, and founded by Sawéla Chala, who came from 

 the continent of India in the beginning of the Seventh century of the christian era. 

 Raffles vol. 2 Pages 82/84. Kamulan, derived from Mula C. 552 , origin , commencement. 



M ë n d ë 1 i k , with the eyes open , staring , intently watching. 



Mënding, better, in improved condition, inclining to a better state. Nagara éta geus 

 mending sa kebel dl chekel ku kumpani , That country has been in an improved con- 

 dition ever since the Government had possesion of it. Mending pa-ih jeung di ranté , 

 it is beter to die, than to be put in chains. Jélema na geus mending, the man is get- 

 ting better (from sickness). 



Mëndung, said of clouds which lower and hang threatening to pour down rain. Clouds 

 forming a black bank in the sky. 



Men g 1 a, a fïsh found only in the rivers which flow into the southern ocean , on the 

 south coast of Bantam. 



