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and the comparison with Scr. Paksha, side, flank etc. can not be adraitted. Pe or 

 Te being Praefixa, remains Icsha, from a root kshi 01* hshdi, meaning destruction, 

 which. word is found in Wilson. Perksa, or Terksa , originally, put to destruction. 

 Compare kshan, to kill. Fr.) 



Pak si, the iron part of the handle of any weapon, as of a Bedog or Kris. The iron rod 

 which goes within the handle — on which the handle is fixed. Pakshi, plural of Pak- 

 sha, C. 345 and 346, a bird in general, a wing, a feather. Paksi is never used in 

 Sunda to express a Bird. (Set. Pakslün, Nominat. Pakshi, is derived from paksha, 

 paksha meaning also a icing , so pakshin having wings i. e. a bird. Pakshi, means 

 besides an arrow , and the Sundas seem to have called the iron part going into the 

 handle, the arrow of the kris, of the pëdang etc. Fr.) 



Paku, a nail,a spike. Paku beusi, an iron nail. Palcutambaga , acopperneil. Paku léntah, 

 a leech nail, a clamp with both ends bent and driven into wood. 



Paku, a fern. Eilix. The Sunda mountains abound in a great variety of ferns. 



Paku Alam, title of the independent Prince at Jugjokarta. — The spike nail of the world. 



Paku Buwana, a rojal title. The spike nail of the Uni verse. 



Paku haji, though bearing much the appearance of a fern, is nevertheless a Palm, and 

 is the Cycas Circinalis. Another variety only found in gardens is the Cycas revoluta. 



Paku handam, a fern growing with very thick entangled bushes. 



Paku munding, the buffaloe fern , a large coarse kind. 



Paku t i h a n g , the tree fern ; grows up with a stem like an areca Palm and has a very 

 graceful top. Grows only on the mountains. 



Pakuan, abounding in ferns. Part of the name of Pajajaran-which see. 



Pakucherut, without order', at random. Said where every one wants to do as he likes 

 and the work gets into confusion. 



Pakulahan, a muddy hole in which buffaloes wallow during the heat of the day. 



Pakung, to tie an animal by a rope to the head, either to graze, or to have handy to 

 steal. To tie up an animal to a tree , post or other object. 



Pak uw-on, the enclosure round a house; gardens and approaches from which animals are 

 excluded. Same as Pakarangan. [Kuiou , or Kubic , Jav. Kawi , a temporary residence , 

 where to remain a night etc. Pakuicon , the place of such a temporary residence). 



Pal, the Dutch Paal, a post, a stick of wood. A Pal is, on Java, a mile so called from 

 the distances being marked bij Paals or posts viz. mile posts. A Paal or Paul in Java 

 is 400 Ehineland roods, or Tumbaks of each 12 Ehineland feet, which at each 12.357 

 English inches will give 4942.800, which taken from 5280 feet in an Englisch mile, 

 gives the Java Paul short of an English mile 337 English feet. Pal is also any boun- 

 dary mark , -which is mostly a post of wood , but the people would say Pal bain , a 

 stone post, if such boundany mark was a stone pillar. 

 Pa la, Nutmeg. Tangkal Pala, nutmeg tree. Myristica Moschata. The word Pala appears 

 to be of Sanscrit origin , and means simply Fruit, applied par excellence to the nutmeg. 

 Pala, G. 372, and Phala, C. 452, fruit, fruit in general. 



