296 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



abrupt precipice. (Kw. Ger. Tawing , shut out of view , covered; also name of a mountain), 

 Nayaka, a noble man, a man of high birth , a grandee. Nayaka, C. 319, chief, princi- 



pal , head , pre- eminent. 

 Nayëuh, same as Tayeuli , which see. To nayeuh, it does not look like it ; it is not likely. 



(Cf. Kw. Ger. Taynh, an apparition , a vision in dreaming). 

 Néam, it appears to me, it strikes me. JSféam mohal hadé, it appears to measifit would 



not be right. Néam na pondok , it strikes me that it is short. 

 Néang, same as Téang , to look for, to search , to get holcl of, to call. 

 Nëbal, to begin, to commence. To take any work in hand. 

 N e b a r , to sow seeds broad cast. To scatter seed over land prepared for that purpose. To 



sow sawah pacldy as seed in the Pabinihan, to be subsequently transplanted. (Jav. Sebar, 



Nyebar Nebar idem). 

 Neb eng, slope, ascent; a flat but upright surface. 

 Ne da, to eat, a refined expression. Eukeur néda, he is just eating. (Jav. Bal. X^ Neda, 



to eat). 

 N e d a h , to ask , to entreat. Nedah kalapa sa hulu , I beg of you one fruit of the cocoanut 



(Jav. Ne da/i, Kr. Nuduïi Ng. to assign, to show, to order). 

 Nëdas, done up entirely, totally destroyed or allowed to goto ruin. (Jav. ^„w,^ Tedas, 



hit, wounded). 



Nëdëng, in season; ocurring in quantities, abundant, said of fruit; in the busy act of 

 doing something. Said of anything that is plentiful, or of any operation which is in 

 the miclst of being performed. Kadu eukeur nedeng , Durians are plentiful. Nedeng 

 di laat, in the midst of cutting paddy. (Jav. Mal. Sedeng, sufficiënt; apt, becoming; 

 at the very time. Nedeng , to do at the right time. Kw. Sedeng and Sedëk, at the time that). 



Négla, visable from a distance, exposed to view. Di gunung négla amai ka laut, on the 

 mountains you have a fine prospect over the sea. Négla teuyn kalakuan sia, your 

 actions are too clearly seen. The place in Bantam called Pandeglan , seems derived 

 from this word négla, with Pan before it, and an after. The N of négla is trans- 

 formed into D, as is the case with some other words, as Pandeuréusan , from Neu- 

 reus. Pandeglan in Bantam is on the eastern slope of the Gunung Karang, and com- 

 mands a fine view. (The d in Pandeglan and Pandeuréusan seems to be euphonically 

 inserted. Fr.) 



Nëjum, arabic, the stars; a horoscope, astrology. ( ^j Najim; plur. ^»j Nujum, or ^.^j 



Nujüm, stars). 

 Nëk, an idiomatic expression of feeling sorrow, or regret; of feeling hurt. Ari ngadéngi 



to méunang , nek bai , when I heard that it could not be got , I was quite hurt. 

 Nékér, to strike a light with a flint and steel. See Panékér. 

 N ë k t ë k , perpendicular. Bolt upright : especially said of anything which is very high , as 



a mountain. 



