318 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Nyah-nyah-nyoh-nyoh, pouting the mouth out like a monkey. 



N y a h o , to know. To nyaJw, I do not know. Saha nu nyalw, who knows. Nyalio bai 

 ari daik peupeuli , he knows well enough if he will teil. Nya,C. 215 wisdom, 

 knowledge. [Nya in Clough is from Set. jnyd , to know , which is known in Kawi. Fr.) 



N y a i , an epithet for a married native woman corresponding with our Mrs. Nyai Demang, 

 the Demang's wife , Mrs. Demang. This designation of Nyai is always given to 

 native (Javanese not Chinese) women who cohabit with Europeans. A mistress. 



Nyai Stomi, one of the Pusaka or heirloomguns of Java, still preserved in a Pase'ban 

 on the alun-alun of the Kraton of Solo , and honoured with much respect. Stomi is 

 probably Slhama, C. 775, strength , power, become Sthami, or feminine , to corres- 

 pond with Nyai, mistress. Sthami is made Sthomi according to the peculiarity of the 

 Javanese language which changes the a into o. Nyai Sthomi, is thus the „ powerful 

 mistress." The other two heirloomguns of Java were Si amulc and Guntur geni , be- 

 longing to Cheribon and Bantam, but whether they still exist, enquiry has failed to 

 show. [Stomi seems to be no native or Hindu word.) 



N y a i ë r , to take fish with a basket ; especially when the rivers are flooded , when the 

 fish can be caught in a basket by dipping it in turbid spots near the edge, where the 

 current is slack. This is much done by women. 



N y a i ë r , a shrill , loud voice or sound heard at a distance. Said of the neighing of 

 a hor se. 



JSTya'lahan, mistaken, something done by mistake or error. Derived from salah, wrong. 



Nyalédat, sloped off. Cut slopingly. To fall or slip down an inclined plain. 



Nyaliksik,, to scratch oneself among the hair for lice ; to scratch the head for what- 

 ever of filth may be found there. This is done by oneself; when done by another 

 it is - di saliksikan. 



N y a 1 i k t i k , to seek , to peep or look after. 



JMyalindung, to conceal, to hide oneself, Lina. C. 608 , bidden , concealed. Nyalindung 

 di pipir imah, to conceal oneself at the side of the house. Nyalindung di jero rujuk , 

 bidden among the bushes. (Lina in Set. has a very different meaning , from that given 

 by Cl. , and lindung can not be derived from lina. But we have lindung , shelter , shade , 

 hiding- place; Mal. Batav. Fr.) 



E" y a 1 i s i b , to hit on the edge and glance off ; to graze. Pélor na nyalisib ka na kayu , 

 the ball hit and glanced of the tree. 



Nyambut, to take in hand. To perform any work. Nyambut saicah, to work a sawah. 

 Nyambut pagawéan nyusulc , to take in hand the work of canal cutting. (Jav. idem). 



N y a m p a k , to meet , to encounter , to find on arriving. Nyampak di leuweung , to 

 meet in the forest. Kula datang geus to nyampakan , when I came I saw or found no- 

 thing of it. 



Nyampal, to graze as cattle. To erop grass as a ruminant animal. 



N yampal Badak, literally the rhinoceros graziug — the evening star. 



