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be squirted — or poked at (to get it out). Poko is a hole or aperture in the Marquesas 



and Sandwich Islands. Crawfurd , Dissert. , page 143. 

 Po la, a model, a model made of wood to work by. A block around which anything is 



made , by way of a model. 

 P o 1 é h , tired , knocked up. 

 Po leng, any rectangalar or square pattern on cloth , which is woven with the cloth , 



hence such cloth is called Kain polêng. Rectangular pattern painted on or platted 



into any fabric , as on a Duduküi or native hat. 

 Polés, silver plate. Brass or copper implements plated with silver. (The Dutch polijst 



j==j polish). 

 Polo, the brain. Mola, C. 560, the brain , marrow. 

 Polo Dé wo, is the name given to one of the old Hindu temples on the Diyëng moun- 



tains in Pakalongan. Polo is the plural of Polowa, C. 424, the Earth. Déwa or 



Javanese Déwo , a god, — thus the Earth or abode of the gods , as the Javanese even 



now express themselves: Bumi Raden Ad.ipati, the earth, the world of the Raden 



Adipati , when they merely designate his house or palace , — the enclosure in which it stands. 

 Polong, pease, garden pease. Pease of European origin. 

 Pond, a pound weight (S — -Dutch). 125 pounds Dutch make a Picul. 

 Pon dan o;, name of a tree with lar^e coarse leaves. The wood is much used for ma- 



king gauls. 

 Pon dok, arabic Fondok , the huts or sheds where young men put up when they go to 



live near a master to instruct them in the Koran , or to learn to read and write. Chi- 



ching dl pondok bai , he always remains in the pondok, — which means he is always 



studying the Koran or reading religious books. Pondok is also a hut of any kind. 



Pondok ronggéng , a ronggéng's hut, a house of ill fame. Pondok bvjang , the huts 



for paid labourers to live in. 

 Pon dok, short, low in stature. Kar/u j^ndok, a short piece of wcod. Je Ie ma pondok, 



a short man. Pondok umur na, his life was short. 

 Poné, a variety of wild pigeon , with green feathers. Columba Jambu. It is the same 



as Walik, which see. Marsden, page 238, gives Punei , a wild pigeon or green dove. 

 Pong'an, name of a shrub covered with thorns. 

 Ponggawa, see Panggawa. 



Pongkel, a small piece detached from a larger mass. 

 Pon g kor, a joint or tube of bambu ; as much as is between two joints. 

 Pon g pok, the innermost recess, the sanctuary. It is applied to the sun and wind, 



whose sanctuary or abode is unknown :— pongkok mata-poi ,— pongkolc ang'in. The 



back or after part of anything. That part which is opposed to the face. The reserve. 

 Pongporan, name of a large tree, leaves used medicinally. 

 Pony oh, famished, very hungry. 

 Po -os, disappointed, not getting what we want or expect, Done out of anything.' 



