812 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



jambu, I ara going to gather in all the fruit from the Jambu tree. 

 Ngunglon, to do as a BmigHon or Chameleon. To deceive by changing appearance. Tc 



trim conduct according; to circumstances. 

 Ngunjung, to pay a visit; to make a visit of ceremony. 

 Ngunjungan, to make obeisance to a great man, by creeping towards his feet and 



touching them with the folded hands, as natives do towards their chiefs. 

 Ngupat, to speak bad of people behind their backs; to scandalize. To defame. 

 Ngurus and ngurusan, to have care of. To look after. To put in order. To arrange. 

 Kgusur, to bribe, to give a douceuu. 



Ngutil, to pluck fruit which first comes ripe. The first of a erop of fruit. 

 Nguyang, to go in search of food among the neighbours, especially in the season of scar- 



city, by carrying some trines, as fruit, firewood or the like, to exchange for paddy 



or rice. This ngwjatig system is also half begging. 

 Nguyung, ill and weakly; labouring under protracted sickness ; lingering with any disease , 



neither dying outright nor getting better. 

 Ni, an epithet for a native woman already of some age, and may somewhat correspond 



with our Mrs., madam; it is the short for Nyai which see. Ni mandor, the wifeofthe 



mandor , or Mrs. Mandor. The term is not so respectful as when spoken more at length 



and pronounceel clearly Nyai. 

 Ni gang, said of a woman's head which has been nicely dressed, well combed and stuck 



full of flowers or other ornaments. 

 Ni-is, to cool oneself. To sit in a cool place. (From Ti-is, Bal. Tis, cold). 

 Nikah, arabic, nuptials, the rites or ceremonies of marriage. Geus nikah, they have gone 



through the marriage ceremony (before the priest). (_Lü, Nikdh, congressus venereus ; 



matrimonium). 

 Nikës, to snap, to break short. To break the stem of a tender plant so that it hang.s 



towards the ground without being actually separated. 

 Nil, the river Nile. The Sunda people hear of the Nile and Mesir or Egypt and Grand 



Cairo, from the pilgrims to Mecca. 

 Nila, the Indigo dye, the prepared Indigo dve. The plant is called Tavum. Nila , C. 330, 



the colours blue, black and green. 

 Nilëm, name of a white coloured fish in stagnant waters. Kohita Hasseltii. 

 Nilëm, Talinga. The Sapphire stone. [Nila, Skr. Sapjoldré). 

 Ni m bal, to present itself, to come forward. May often be translated by — and then. 



Lamuti Jcabeneran nimbal ha uu hadé ? if it so happens that a good one presents itself. 



Nirnbal deui to peupeuli meun daik euveun dl yawé , and then lie did not say that he 



wished to stop from working. 

 Ninchak, to tread upon, to set foot on. Utah ninchak ka dinyo , do not tread upon thaS 



spot. Ninchak ka nu goré??g , coming amongst what is bad. (Mal. Jiichak iel). 



