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Para bot, tools, implements. Parabot tukang Icayu, carpenter's tools. Apparently derived 

 from Para, of the number of, and Habot, heavy, = things which are heavy, implements- 

 Plabot is rarely used in Sunda, for heavy, though sometimes occuring. 



Parabu, and Prabu , a title given to ancient chiefs in Java, in pre-mahomedan times. 

 Derived from Pra, Clough 430, a partiele and prefix implying excess , much, very 

 exceeding, excellence. Phu, to be, see Clough 443. Thus Pra, pre-eminent and 

 Phu, to be, A master, a chief, a lord. As an adjective, strong, able. 



Parada, to help in difficulties. 



Parada, (Portuguese), tinsel. Leaf or thin plate of any metal. Parada mas, gold tinsel. 



Pa ra ga n, suddenly attacked with violent stomach ache which terminates in death. The 

 Cholera Morbus when taking off many people suddenly is called Paragan. Kebo pa- 

 ragan, a buffaloe suddenly taken ill , which if not killed would soon die of itself. 

 Such animals are immediately slaughtered , and the fiesh is still good. 



Paragat, accomplished, perfected; got through. Geus paragat, we have got through 

 the work. 



Par ah, a ledge or kind of shelf in native houses , close np under the roof, mostly at 

 one end. This place being out of the way of children and people in general, is used 

 for kind of store room. 



Parahiang, a proper name frequently occuring in the districts of Sunda. The natives 

 teil you that in such places , their heathen forefathers vanished from the earth on the 

 introduction of Mahomedanism , and they derive it from Para, of the rank or number 

 of, and hiang, to vanish, See Priangën and Hyang. Such places may have possibly 

 had, in former times, a Buddhist or Brahminical temple or offering place at them. 

 The word Parahyangan is still current on Bali , and means a collection of temples 

 for all the gods and for the Pitaras or ghosts of deceased mortals. See Mr. Friede- 

 rich's account of Bali in 22^ vol of the Bat. Trans. Para in this sense is the Javanese 

 Poro, all, every one. 



Para il, and Parailkën, to divide the jëkat or priest's clues among those who attend upou 

 the services of the mosque, as the panghulu, katib , and mërëbot. 



Para kan, a place in a river which has a gentle slope, and where the stones are numerous 

 and mostly bare except in times of floods. See Maralc. 



Parakasa, troubled, in difficulties; overworked, etc. etc; having unnecessary annoyance.' 

 Parakasa teuyn di bawa ka sabrang , why make so much trouble by taking it across 

 the river. 



Parakkën, to set to work, to superintend work. Jelema lamitn di parakken hu aing , 

 molial to anggeus, if I superintend those people at work, you may be sure that it 

 will be done. 



Parako, the fire place in a native house. It consists of four bambus, or pieces of wood 

 tied in a square, which is filled with earth, well rammed down, on which to light 

 the fire. 



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