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Ngaronjang, about to ascend, on the point of springing up. 

 Ngarosa, to be violent, to use great exertion; to do anytliing on a large scale. 

 Ngaruyuk, to have intercourse with women slily in the jungle. See Buyuk. 

 Ngasëuk, to sow seed, especially paddy seed, by dibbling it into the grouncl. To sow 



paddy seed in the humahs, viz. by making a hole in the hard ground with a bluntly 



pointed stick, and then dropping a few grains into such hole. 

 N gas in, said of animals which seek salt licks. Said of animals snuffling after salt. Said 



of men who run after women. 

 Ngasir, to tear or furrow up the earth as a bufFaloe does with his horns. To scratch up 



the earth with the horn. 

 Ngasuh, to nurse a little child. To hold such a child in the arms and swing it about. 

 N g a t i g a , to make sawahs in the dry season , in swampy lands , which in the rainy season 



are to deep in water. See Kaiiga. 

 N g a u r , to make a loud report. To go with a great bang. Maryem na ngaur bai di sada , 



the cannon went off with a loud explosion. 

 Ngawadang, to eat cold rice , the leavings of a regular meal. 

 Ngawakwak, to keep chattering, to keep talking, to keep quacking. 

 Ngawalajar, to plough sawahs for the first time when preparing for planting. When 



ploughed a seconcl time, which is always the case, the operation is called flgeweled. 

 Ngawali, said of paddy which when planted does not yield a new grain, bearing exact- 



ly the same peculiarities as that planted. Said of forest which, when cutdown, does not, 



on growing again , produce the same trees as the primeval forest so destroyed. Change 



in vegetation. 

 Ngawëlit, to make atap thatch, by tying the leaves on the Jejalon stick. Kirai loba 



kudu ngawëlit, there is lots of Kirai, so make atap thatch. 

 Ngawërëgan, to drive fish or game into nets or enclosures in order to catch them. 

 Ngawih, to sing. See Kawih. 



N ga win, to marry. To carry spears in procession. See Kawin. 

 N g a w u j u k , to coax , to flatter , to chouse. 

 Ngawuruk, to instruct, to teach in any department of knowledge, as well regardïng 



religion, as any other matter. 

 Ngayar, said of a sound which is heard at a great distance. 

 Ngayuh, to use Jampé or incantations to obtain other people's luck. The expression and 



the incantation are often used as applied to growing crops of paddy , when a man 



uses incantations, so that the grain of a neighbour is mysteriously transferred to his 



own paddy. A very pretty little bit of hocus-pocus. 

 Ngëbëdah, to open new sawahs. To convert land into sawahs by bringing a stream of 



water upon it, and then laying out the terraces. 

 Ngëble'h, giving up in dispair, giving up as a bad job. Said of anything which has been 



attempted but dropped again unfinished. 



