286 A DICTIONAEY SUNDANESE 



Hayang motong kayu éta , I want to cut that wood. Motong saparo na bai , deduct one 



half. Motong chai , across the stream. Motong leuiveung , across or through the forest 



(not round about it). 

 Moyan, to sit out in the sun; to put out in the sun or air to dry. Eukeur moyan manéh, 



he was just sunning himself. 

 Moyang, occurs only in the expression, Néné moyang , ancestors. Mow , C. 562, a mo- 



ther, a matron; and Hyang , divinity. So that in this way ancestors must have been 



looked upon as having becorae divinities, as is the case with many rude people, who 



deify their progenitors. 

 M'rai, to appear as a vision, to get a glimpse of. 

 Muat, to load goods; to stow; to hold, to contain. Prahu na di muatken, they loaded the 



boat. To tmcat, it cannot contain it: said when anything will not stow away in any 



place. 

 Muatan, a load, a burden, a cargo. What is loaded. 

 Mudik, to ascend a river; to proceed up a river towards the interior. Though mudik is 



used in Sunda, in a verbal form, the simple Malay word Udik does not occur, for 



which they have Girang. 

 Mufa-at, Arabic, good, enough. 

 Mugia, to long for, hope that — may that. Mugia sia balik salamat, may you return in 



safety. Mugia paih ari to lener, may I die if I do not speak the truth. (Jav. Moga), 

 Muguran, said of the act of some plants which annually lose all appearance above ground , 



the stem and leaves dying away , but they again appear , the following season , the root 



remaining uninjured in the ground. This is the case with the Gadung , and many va- 



rieties of the Konéng. See Pugur. 

 Muhammëd, Mohamet. Nabi Mohammed, the Profet Mahomet. The word is arabic and 



means - laudable. See Mohammad. 

 Muhara, mouth of a river, embouchure, where a river disembogues. Modara, C. 846, 



a place where a river disembogues. (Mal. Müara). 

 M uh a r a m , the first month of the Mohammedan year. The first of this month is not observed as 



a festival or holiday , and the Javanese do not thus keep any new year's day. Their 



great yearly festival being the Labaran at the end of the Bulan Puasa. (Ar. .^ 



Muharram). 

 Muhung, exterminated, no longer in existence, 



Muhunkën, to entreat, to begafavour, tosolicit, to supplicate. (Mal. Mohonkan, idem). 

 Muji, to make adoration, to repeat the Mohammedan form of confession of faith. LaiLlah 



il lalah, mohammad rasul allah, there is no God but God, and Mahomet is the apos- 



tle of God. To fetch a sigh; to be grieved. See Fuji. 

 Mujur, propitious, under favourable circumstances ; gooclluck. Lengthwise, lying side bi 



side , and thus not opposing each other. The reverse of this word is Malang , which see. 

 Muka, to open. The face, the countenance, front. In these latter senses it is Sanscrit. 



Mukha , C. 548 , the mouth , face , countenance. Commencement , origin. This word muka ! 



