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Nëlah, to bear aname, to be called. Neiali Abdullah, to be called Abdullah. See Katilah. 

 (Jav, Télah, to be accustomed ; custom. Mal. Telah, said of the past time). 



Némbalan, to answer, to respond , to cry out. (Jav. Timbal, JSlmbal, to transfer , to throw 

 to another; nimballi, to call a person , to order). 



Némbang, to pitch a tune; to tune an instrument. (Jav. Nembang , idem). 



Némpélét, a very trifle, showing small in quantity. Pare na némpélêt d'éui, his paddy 

 ■was reduced to a small compass. 



Nëmpuh, to put under the obligation of praying, to claim indemnity. Ari rusak baka- 

 kas aing , daik nernpu/t bai ka nu maké, if my tools are spoiled , I shall claim indem- 

 nity from those who have used them. That is — I shall make them pay for them. (Jav. idem). 



Ne m pur, to buy paddy. 



Nënaunan, about what ? what are you doing ? A verb derived from Naun , what? Nenaunan 

 sia di dinyo , what are you about there ? 



N éne- moyang, ancestors, grandfather and grandmother. Nénfi is not used alone, but 

 there is Nini for grandmother. Moyang is also not used separately and occurs only 

 in the expression Néné-moyang. Vide Moyang. 



Nënggël, to hit on the right spot, to strike with effect. To hit with precision. To neng- 

 gel, it did not hit. (Jav. Penggel, Nenggel, to run against the body of a person. Ger.). 



Népa, to infect, as disease conveyed to another. Panyakit éta sok népa , that disease is 

 catching, or is caught by coming in contact with a person already affected. 



Ne pi, up to, at, on arriving at; sufficiently long or large. See Tepi. Ne-pi ha lumbur , 

 peupeuli ka mandor , when you get to the village, teil the Mandor. Kayu ij/olonepi, 

 this wood is not long enouo-h , it will not reach across. 



Nërapkën, to set up or put up in order, to arrange. (Jav. Trap, manner , way, order; 

 nerap , to regulate, to put in order). 



Néros and tér os, spindle shaped, thick at one end and thin at the other, as a stick 

 of bambu. In Malay Tirus. 



Nëtës, sore-footed, from festering cracks or wounds which naturally break out , and which 

 often trouble the native very much; they occur on the sole of the foot. This obliges 

 him to wear a Tarumpah or rude sandal , which see. (Jav. Tetes , hurt , cut , wounded). 



Nëulëum, to dip, to dye, as cotton cloth or thread. To dive under water. (Jav. Silem , 

 to dive under water, to sink into it; Nilem, to dip, to make sink). 



Nëupa, to work iron, to work as a blacksmith. 



Nëurak, to take effect, to make an impression, to leaveamark; to hit. Di kadflc Jeu be- 

 dog to daik neurale , when struck with a chopper , it w r ould not be cut. (Jav. Nerak , 

 to hurt, -to hit). 



Nëurëus, to lay spawn or deposit eggs as fish do. Coming on in crowds. Said of num- 

 bers of people pressing on to obtain some object. 



Nga, a syllable placed before a substantive or adjective, whereby a verbal sense is con- 

 veyed, as De'ngi, hear, hearing, Ngadéngi, to hear. The word so formed is also of- 

 ten foliowed by an, as Hadé , good, JS'gahadéan , to make good, to mend. See 



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