282 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Mikono, to report, to teil, to give notice. 



Mikrali, to read the Koran in the mosque during the Pwasa month, after the ceremony 

 of Taraiüé is over. This happens in the night time , and is performed by the more re- 

 ligiously disposed. The great mass of the congregation leaving when the Tarawê is 



done. (Ar. From )ï kara'a, to read). 



M i 1 i r , to flow down , to go lengthways with the current ; to follow down a river. ( Jav. Mal. 



Bat. idem). 

 Milu, to follow, to accompany, to go along with. (Jav. idem). 

 Mimis, small shot for a gun- bird shot. 

 Mimiti, to begin, to commence. (Jav. Wiwit, commencement , cf. Mal. bibit, seed; Jav. 



Miivitti, Mimitti, to begin). 

 Min, to take up money in advance under promise to do some work. Pedati min, Peda- 



ties or carts which receive money in advance to be paid ofl' by dragging loads. 

 Minantu, a son or daughter in law. Probably from Bantu to help, to succour, and 



Minantu may be thus very fairly translated litterally- „an assistant"- as with the na- 



tives, the son in law becomes subservient to his wife's parents, and becomes as it were , 



one of their family, leaving his own. This is after the fashion of the old worthies of 



the Bible, who served for their wives, as is seen in the 29 chapterof Genesis, where 



Jacob served Laban , twice for the space of seven years , for his daughters Leah and 



Kachel. 

 Minatu, a washerman , a person who washes clothes. 

 Mine hek, an animal of the deer kind, called in Malay Kidang. Cervus muntjac. Hoih 



minchek, a small and thin variety of rattan. 

 Mindëng, often, frequently. 



Mindi, the Indian bread tree. Melia Azedarachta. 

 M i n d o , second cousins , being children of first cousins or Misan. (From JDua , tioo ; relations 



of the second degree). 

 Minggat, to run away, to make an escape. (Jav. idem). 

 Mingsiri, the sort of smoked opium. 

 M i n t a 1 u , the third time of ploughing upland , especially upland tipars. The upland plough 



only scratches the ground slightly the first time of ploughing, and the process must 



be done at least three times before it is fit for sowing. (From Telu , Jav. Tilu , Sund. 



threé). 



Mintar, to proceed, to get under weigh. To start. (Jav. according to Gericke Kawi , idem). 

 Min ton, to show oneself, to present oneself in token of obedience. (From Ton, Annon. 



Jav. to see, to look; to know.) 

 Min tul, blunt, not sharp. Figuratively , being disregarded, not obeyed. 

 Minyak, oil. Minyak kalapa, cocoanut oil. Minyak j arak , castor oil; Minyak taneuh, 



earth oil, Petroleum. 

 Minyan, Gum benjamin, Benzoin; imported from Sumatra, as it is not an indigenous 



