322 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



N y i a r , to seek , to look for , to go in quest of. 



N y i ë u p , to blow , as nyieup seuneuh , to blow a fire — means to light it. (Mal. Tïup). 



Nyihanëut, literally — to take warm water , means — to drink tea , or warm water with a 



decoction of any leaves. 

 N y i 1 u n g 1 u m , to sit on eggs , as a bird or a hen ; to incubate. 

 Nyimpang, to step aside. To go off the main road by aside one. To deviate , 



to diverge from any route. To diverge from any line , as a tooi which cuts or slips 

 from the right course. 

 Nyingkab, blown up or over; shoved on one side. Hatiiup na nyingkaè ku angin , the 



ataps were blown up by the wind. 

 Ny ing kir, to move out of the way. Step aside. Kudu nyingkir, you must move out 



of the way. Nyingkir sakeudang , move away for a while. 

 Nyinyu, to mix anything in water, as salt , bran or the like. To commingle. 

 Nyiram, to have a longing desire for anything, especially as of pregnant women for 



acids ; to conceive, to become pregnant. (Another word is Ngidam, Batav. mengidam). 

 Nvirandé, to lean back against anything. To recline. 

 Nyirik, to tread out with the foot. To tread out paddy from the straw for seed , the 



grains still retaining the shell. 

 lü y i r u , the fiat open basket implement on which the rice is thrown about and shook up 



to clean it of chaff and dust, after pounding. 

 Nyiruan, a variety of bee , which makes its nest and has its honey and young in 



the hollows of old trees, or in the clefts of rocks. Called about Batavia Tawon. 

 N y i s a n g , to use water to clean yourself , after having obeyed a daily call of nature. 

 N y i s i g , to chew tobacco along with sëurëuh. 

 Nyisil, to eat grains of paddy, by biting off and spitting out the husk. To take stray 



grains of paddy in the mouth and nip them between the teeth. To gnaw as a rat or 



mouse. 

 N y i s i n g , to ease yourself. To void excrement. 

 N y i y ë u k , to ladle out. See Siyëuk. 

 N y o d a i , inclined , sloping , set at an angle. 

 Nyodor, projecting, sticking out. 



Nyodoran, to hand over. To give by handing. To present. 

 Nyogléng-nyogléng, said of a weapon as a kris or badi , which is worn in the belt , 



but only the very tip stuck into the belt , and the greater part or length of the 



weapon left jamitily dangling out in front. 

 Nyokchokan, to bung up. To fasten or close an aperture , as of a bottle by putting 



in a cork or other similar matter. See Chocholc. 

 N y o k o t , to take , taken. See ChoJcot. 

 Nyomé, a joint of bambu, set in a stream of rapid water, into which small fish get 



drifted , and cannot again stem the current to get out. 



