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adjusted to different distances. Around these the different coloured threads are wouncl 

 and thus the pattern to be woven is given. 



Pihapé, to consign to the care of another. To give in trust. To place for security 

 with some one else. Anak kula di pihapéken ka batur , I entrusted my child to the 

 care of the neighbours. Banda ulah di pihapéken kadëungan , do not entrust your 

 property to strangers. 



Pihatu, an orphan. One without connexions or friends. 



Pihutang, debts receivable, money that is owing us. Money due on credit. 



Pi-it, name of a small bird, very troublesome to standing, ripe paddy. Called about 

 Batavia Prit. The bird nestles about houses like the sparrow. 



Pijahëut, a soreness or scab on the skin, which is very itchy. 



Pi kat, to allure, to decoy, to entice. To entrap. A method of catching birds in a cage 

 in which there is a decoy bird. This is the way by which the Perkulut is caught. 



Pikir, Arabic, to meditate, to consider, to think, to cogitate. F.ikir , Marsden 208, of 

 same meaning. 



Pikiran, thought, idea. Pikiran kula, as I think, according to my idea. 



Pikul, a certain weight consisting of 100 catties or katis. The word itself is Malay and 

 means to carry on the shoulder. The weight and its divisions were no doubt origi- 

 nally Chinese , who call the picul , Tan , and its subdivisions kati , Kin. The En- 

 glish generally reckon the pikul at 133 ^ ft's avoirdupois; but on Java the picul is 

 125 fös Amsterdam weight, which are equal to 135,64 fös avoirdupois or 61,52 ki- 

 logrammes. The picul of Java is generally taken in commerce at 136 fös avoir- 

 dupois. The Malays may ha've given the name of Pikul to the Chinese Tan , as for 

 occasional use the Dachin or weighing yard is provided with a ring, through which 

 a staff passes which rests on two meu's shoulders, whilst weighing is going on. 



Pikul, to carry by means of a stick laid across the shoulder. Rarely heard, the more 

 usual expression being Tanggung. 



Pilëulëuyan, adieu, farewell. Compliments at parting, 



Pilih, to piek, to select, to choose; to assort. 



Pilihan, to piek, to select. Choice; the thing chosen. 



Pilihanëum, what is still to be picked. Anything which has still to be assorted. 



Pimahi-ëun, wherewithall ; sufficiënt for any purpose. Competency. 



Pinang, the Areca nut palm. Areca Catechu. The Areca nut or Betle nut is in uni- 

 versal daily use among the natives for chewing with sëurëüh. This palm is slenderer 

 in the stem than the cocoa nut tree, and is very graceful. 



Pinang ren dé, name of a dwarf Areca nut tree, Areca Pumila. Réndah is Malay 

 for lowly, humble, but is not used separately in Sunda , in which language even 

 the original word Réndah has been corrupted into Réndé. 



Pinara, the bank of a canal or watercourse. The side of an artificial waterway. Ap- 

 parently a modification of Para, C. 387, a way, a road , a path; the further, or op- 

 posite bank of a river. 



