316 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Nujum, Ar. necromancy , astrology. L»i, plur. *j»i, stars; ..^i is also orfws stéllae , 



and conspicuitas). 

 N urn buk, to butt with the head , to thump , to beat hard. (Mal. jjuJ, tumbuk , id. Jav. 



tumbuk, to beat against a thing, to run against it; to concur, said of two facts occu- 



ring at the satne time. Fr.) 

 N u m p a n g , to be accommodated (as -with a passage in a vessel , with lodging on ajourney 



or with the transport of goods.) To go along with , or under the protection of some 



one else. (Malay, Batav. idem. Also to be lodged in anothers house.) 

 Nun, yes , a very respectful expression of assent It may be a contraction of nuhun , 



which see, or of nuna , C. 338, certainly, truly , veritably , indubitably. Kula nun, 



I with respect ; your humble servant ; kula nun inggih , I with respect say yes. (Nuna 



in Clough is Set. niïnam; the corruption of the word on Java not being likely, I de- 



rive nun from nuhun, having also the same meaning. Fr.) 

 NuBchëb, said of any thing, as a stake of wood , which is stuck fast and upright in any 



substance , as in water , or in mud. Fallen headformost. Kayu ge dé nuncheb di raneha , 



a large piece of wood stuck fast in a swamp. Also said of anything falling direct 



down upon the ground ; Ragrag nuncheb ka taneuh , he feil headforemost on the ground. 



(Batav. nancheb , which is not found in the Malay and Javan. dictionaries.) 

 Nundutan, being sleepy , inclined to go to sleep. Dozing , half asleep ; napping. 

 Nunggak, to stick up or out like the stump of a tree. To remain over. To be in 



surplus. (Tanggak, Jav. Bat. the stem or stump of a tree below the branches). 

 Nun g gal, alone , separate, distinct , independent. (Tunggal, Jav. Mal. idem.) 

 Nunggul, left like the stump of a tree, from which the shade of the branches has been 



ruthlessly removed. See Tanggul. Desolate and alone , destitute. 

 Nunggul- pinang, left like the stump of the pinang tree. Said of a person who has 



no relations left , an entire orphan. 

 Nungguluk, showing in a large mass ; looming large in the distance. 

 N u n g t e k , perpendicular , bolt upright. 

 Nun ia, Mrs. , a title given to European and Chinese married women. (Bat.; pronounced 



nyo-nya; of Portuguese origin.) 

 Nunjang, course , direction, current , said of waters or rivers — flow towards. Chai kdbèh 



nunjang ngulon , all the rivers flow towards the west. Chai eta ka mana nunjang na , 



whither does that river flow. (Jav. To run against any thing.) 

 Nunjukul, high and round, bluff- as ground elevated and round at the top. 

 Nurgaha, prosperity , affluence. (Set. Anugraha, commonly corrupted to nugraha , fa- 



vour, furthering; in the Archipel it means commonly favour of the deitij, whereof pro-> 



sperity is the result. Fr.) 

 Nurjaya, name of a hill on Jasinga Estate , which forms one of the boundary marks 



with Bantam , called Gunung Nurjaya. Mr. Fkiederich thinks the word is derived from 



ftri-jaya , which being a sound difficult for Polynesians to pronounce , they have 



