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lates; Batu na teuas, the stone was hard; langhal na luhur , the tree was high. (1). 

 Na -as, the meaning of na-as is that nothing is obtained, as if a man went out shooting, 

 and firing at a deer did not hit it , and firing at birds , could not hit them ; feeling 

 hungi'y could get nothing to eat; feeling thirsty could find no water, till going home 

 in disgust , the party had nothing to bring with him. All this is expressed by the word 



Na-as. (Arab. , m^ö Nalis , misfortune; unfortunate. In Jav. also Nahas). 



Na- as, there is a sort of calculation calied na-as pitu , the seven na-as. In every month 

 there are seven days which are calied )ta-as, viz. the lst — 4th — llth — 14th — 15th — 21th — 

 and 25th. Now on these seven days luck will never, or hardly ever, attend one's 

 undertakings , everything will go wrong, and therefore these days are avoided by the 

 native when he undertakes any matter of importance. There is a belief that on these 

 seven dates of the month , Mahomet got into his greatest difficulties and persecutions. 

 (Naturally the same word as the preceding). 



Nabas, to buy up wholesale. See Tabasan. (Jav. Nebas , to buy the produce standing yet 

 in the field. Cf. Tébus , Tumbas). 



Nabi, arabic, a Prophet. Nabi Isa, the Prophet Jesus. Nabi Mohammad, the prophet 



Mahomet. ( ij Nabi). 



Nadin, Ketan nadin, the këtan paddy which is losing its qualities of Ketan and turnino- 



to Pare bener or true paddy, a thing which the natives say sometimes takes place. 

 Naga, a fabulous serpent, a dragon. Naga, C. 315, the hooded snake or Cobra Capella; 



a serpent in general; the Hindu Dragon. 

 Nagasari, name of a tree, also calied Pung , Acacia Pedunculata. 

 Nagasari, name of another tree , Mesua ferrea. 

 Nagara, a country; a region; a chief town. The capital of a country where the chiefs 



reside as contradistinguished from the villages or distant provinces. Nagara, C. 306, 



a town ; a city. 

 Nagara Pang ka, a country whose people do not know what is right , who are in ignorance 



(of the Mohammedan religion). See Dangha. 

 Nagel, slippery and without hold. Said of any place where no firm footing or hold can 



be got , as upon the face of a ledge of rocks. Nagel di na gawir , in a slippery position 



on the face of a steep bank ; on the face of a steep bank , where no firm hold or 



footing can be got. 



(1) Na before the substantive is, I think, to be considered as demonstrativum; it is the most 

 simple form of the demonstratives sliowing a greater distance from the speaker ; Kw. na-han (oppo- 

 site ni-kan); Mal. Sd. ma-na; Mal, sa-na. As a possessive pronoun it corresponds with Kw. nya, 

 Jav. ne ) Mal, nya. Fr, 



