314 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



maja, utama, the natives having the idea that three warnings ought to be given before 

 punishment is due , and the three warnings are denominated as above. Nishta , Cl. 333 

 end, conclusion, completion , as if at the first warning punishment was due, but out 

 of consideration or compassion of great men , warning was still given. 

 See maja and utama. [Nishta , Set. means the lowest degree , maja, Set. madhya, the 

 middle one , utama. Set. uttama , the highest degree. These words are at Bali applied to 

 the casts , a Sudra being nishta , a Waicya madhya , the Kshattriye uttama , the Brah- 

 man at last ning uttama, higher than the highest. Fr.). 



Nitah, to order, to give command. NitaAngala chai, order to fetch water. (Mal. Utah , id.) 



Nitih, to mount, to get upon , as a horse , carriage, or any conveyance. Said only of 

 men of high rank. (Balin, idem. From Set. ni to lead, niti, leading). 



N i t i r , to strike the village drum in a peculiar way so as to sound an alarm when some 

 accident has taken place. To sound an alarm. (Jav. titir , to strike the rice-blocks, 

 as a signal.) 



N i t i s , to boil sugar , to evaporate the water till the sugar forms ; to granulate. (Jav. 

 titis, to drop, to fall in drops.) 



N i y a t , Ar. intention , design , purpose , premeditation , vow. To niyat , I have no in- 



tention. Niyat ha Batawi , I purpose going to Batavia. (Ar. £1> niyyat , intentio , 



animi proposïtum). 

 Niyata, ascertained , certain , evident, true. Niyata, C. 325 , ascertaïned , certain, true, 



fixed, appointed. (Set. Niyata, checked, restrained. But Malay c^lj nydta , evident, 



clear , visible ; Set. jnydta.) 

 Niyëun, to do, to make, to construct. Niyeimimah, to construct a house. Niyeun laiéh, 



to make a cake , or any pastry. Niyeun pigalieun , to make difficulties , to cause trouble. 

 Niyeung, to see , to behold ; To niyeung , I cannot see. Sia niyeung inanuk éta , do you 



see that bird ? 

 Nobos, slipped through , forced a way through , broken through. Bedul nobos pager 



humah, the pig has forced away through the fence of the humah. Nobos pager also 



means in general by way of simile — exceeding what you ought todo, — going beyond 



your authority, — presuming where you have no right. (Batav. Mal. Noblos and Lolos.) 

 Nod, the feel of a weight in the hand when wishing to ascertain an idea of such weight. 



Nod na lain deui, its weight feit otherwise. 

 N o - é 1 , to touch anything slightly ; to poke at with the end of the finger , or a bit of 



stick or the like. 

 N o h , Ar. the Patriarch Noah. 

 Nok, name for a child. An affectionate term for an infant. (Nok applied to female chil- 



dren , tong to male ones , but only by the next relations. Fr.) 

 . 3S[ona, Portnguese , a miss, a young lady, an unmarried young woman either European 



