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Men^a, an aspect or facing of the Naga, as connected with old superstitions. This as- 

 pect of Mèng'a is towards the "West, and the period of day is between 8 and 

 o'Clock A. M. 



Mëng , andëuh, parasitical plants, plants growing on other trees. 



Meng 1 !, having the asthma, a difficulty in breathing. 



Mëno-ké, wait, stop; a word used to indicate the future tense, in the same way as Kanti 

 serves in Malay. Mengké hiïéla , wait a bit , stop a while. Mengké aing leumpang ka 

 Bogor , when I shall go to Buitenzorg. Mengké sla di hcré , wait and you will be 



given som e. 



Mëngkël, said of fruits drawing towards ripeness, as kadu, nangka etc. 



Méngkong, to take fish by damming off part of a stream of water, where it is shallow 



and easilv done. Méngkong is on a small scale , what Marak is on a larger one. 

 Men f pen g, in full force, in the midst of any act, the prime of any thing. Cha-ah na 



mengpeng kénéh, the flood was still rolling strong in full force. Eukeur mengpeng di 



buat , in the midst of the paddy cutting. Si umur jéLema eukeur mengpeng harita , the 



lifetime of the man was at that time in its prime. 

 Mënjëbol, knocked up, done up, used up (as the Americans would say) , spoiled for 



further use. Disabled. 

 Mënta, to ask for, to request, to solicit. MÓ7ita ampun, I ask pardon. 

 Ment eng, name of a fruit tree and its fruit. Pierandia Racemosa. 

 Mëntil, to feel the nipples of a woraan's breast. Said mostly of infants when they play 



with their mothers teats. See Pëntil. 

 Mëntilan, said of a tree where the fruit is just setting. 

 Mënur, the tusk teeth of a Rhinoceros. 

 Mëong, a cat, any animal of the cat or felis tribe, and as such applied to the several 



varieties of tigers. Derived from héong-héong , to mew. 

 Méonjr Ram bat, a wild cat or felis. A. small varietv of ti^er cat. 

 Mépédan, to glean in the remnants of a paddy erop; to cut the straggling heads left 



as unripe when cut generally. 

 Mëpës, said of fire which is going out, nearly extinct. Figuratively , at the last kick, 



expiring, done up. Kajeun apes , utah mep es , It matters not being nice , as long as 



we d'ont get done up. A native aphorism. Seuneuh na geus mepes , the fire is dying out. 

 Mërak, the peafowl, peacock, peahen. Pavo Spicifer. Also called Ko/w/c which see. 

 Mérang, causing an itchy sensation, anything brought in contact with the skin which 



causes a desire to scratch it. 

 Mcrangkang, to crawl as a child ; to creep. (Jav. Batav. idem.) 

 Mërdika, freed, set at liberty from slavery, manumitted ; free. Mtrdika lutung , as free 



as the Lutung monkey (in the forest) : a common simile for people Aot subject to con- 



tributions to the government or landowners. The beau ideal of a natives liberty; no 



one to bother hini with unwelcome orders. (Jav. Mal. idem.) 



