292 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Nagën, to persevere; to undertake with vigour; to set to work witli resolution. Kagen 

 di pagawéan, keeping close at his work. 



Nagi, to demand the payment of a debt; to dun. (Mal. tagi). 



N a g o g , sitting or crouching down carelessly. Nagog bai di imah , loitering in the house. 

 Nagog bai di buruan, squatting in the yard before the house. 



Nagrég, dry poor soil, where little or nothing will grow; hard bad soil, where hardly a 

 wild grass or weed will grow, or thrive. 



Nah, an interjection of reproach; an expression in finding fault with any one. Nah! sia 

 nundutan deui, there you are napping again. 



Naha, how comes it? for what reason? Wat naha! an expression of remonstrance : How 

 can that possibly be! Bij what means is that! Naha sia to daik peupeuli hang aing, 

 how comes it that you do not teil me? 



Nalieun, to set, as a trap or other device for ensnaring. Nalihm bacliang , to set a springe 

 to take an animal. Naheun gaid, and Naheun bubn, two methods of taking fish by 

 setting those traps in rivers. 



Nahëur, to boil ,• especially to boil water or juice for sugar. 



Nahi, failing in work which a man cannot get through ; beat with a job; not able to get 

 through any work given. Labour in vain. 



Na ik, to ascend, to go aloft; to increase in number or quantity. To assume a high of- 

 fice. Naik pangkat, to ascend in office. Naik raja, to become a king. Naik haji, 

 to become a pilgrim at Mecca. Naik kuda, to mount a horse. Naik kapal, to era- 

 bark in a ship. (Mal. idem). 



Najis, decidedly not (the word implies a strong and positive denial or disbelief). Wat 

 najis teupi, it is a most positive lie. Najis sia bisa bayar , it is quite impossible that 

 you should be able to pay. 



Najong, to strike with the fore foot. 



Nakër, very, in an extreme degree. Hadé nalcer , it is very good. Murali naker , it is 

 very cheap. Lulmr naker, exceedingly high. 



Nakhoda, persian, the master of a vessel; a natire captain of a seagoing ship or 

 vessel. Nakhoda prahu Bugis , the master of a Bugis prow. ()jo»U Nakhudd, Pers. mas- 

 ter Ijö-, k/mdd, of a ship Aj ndv). 



N a k s i , said of a woman who sues for a divorce. 



N a 1 , wadding for loading a gun (which in Java , is generally with the natives sabut 



or coir teazed out of the husk of the cocoanut). 

 Na lik, as respects, regarding, taking into consideration. Nalile ka na bogah na susah 



nyambut, taking into consideration the difficulty there is in working it. 

 N a 1 i k t i k , to seek , to peep , to look after. 

 Nambag, to accumulate; collected in a heap. Said especially of water which, meeting 



any obstacle in ïts eourse , accumulates and rises up so as to overflow that obstacle , or 



finds vent sideways. Said also of matter , as earth , mud , sand , leaves and sticks which 



