380 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Popoi, as Sa popoi, all clay long. The dualization of the first syllable of the word 



Poi implies continuity. 

 Popoi, a semi'fluid mass of ground leaves and roots, brought to the substance of a paste 



and then laid on the forehead or temples by way of medicament. 

 Porang, a standing panier to hold fish in a boat as caught. 



Porgol, gilt, ovevlaid with gold. A corruption of the Dutch word verguld, gilt. 

 Porog, a net-bag set in the jungle, into which Minchek are driven and taken. 

 Porokokok, name of a river fish. 

 Porot, slipped through between anything, as between two beams. Porot suku na di na 



chukang , his foot slipped through the bridge. Ceased , terminated, left off. Geus po- 

 rot nyekel pagawe'an , he has ceased to have charge of that work. 

 Porowulon, an eight part , the eighth. 

 Pos, European, the post, the means of conveying letters. A post or stage, the distance 



between an exchange of horses in travelling , which on Java is 5 or 6 English miles. 



Kantor pos, the post office. Kreta pos, a post carriage, a stage coach. 

 Pos on g, a jelér fish trap. 

 Pot, the idiomatic expression of letting go. Pot bai di lésotken, dropping it he left 



hold. Geus pot, he has let go. Pot! let go. 

 Potlod, a lead pencil. The Dutch word Potlood, lead pencil. 



Po tol, miserably poor, not worth a rap. Not able to command the first necessaries of life. 

 Potong, to cut, to hack. Kudu di potong , it must be cut. 

 Potong, cut, broken , separated, disjointed. 

 Poyok, to jeer at, to laugh at, to ridicule. 

 P r a b u , see Parabu. 

 Pracla, tinsel , see Para da. 



Pr ah, as tanëuh prah, loose, open, goodsoil, the opposite of ta n ëuh tëula, stiffclay. 

 Prahu, a boat, a ship, — a general term for all vessels afloat. Parüiva , C. 389, a flat 



bottomed boat. 

 Prahulu, a scitameneous plant. Amomum Aculeatum. 

 Praja, subjects. Occurs in the composition of proper names. Praja, C. 433, progeny, 



offspring, people , subjects. 

 Praji, a midwife, an accoucheuse. Probably the feminine of Praja, C. 433, progeny, 



offspring — and thus the person who assists offspring. 

 Prajurit, a soldier, a warrior, a fighting man. Pra, a partiele and prefix implying 



excess, much, very, exceeding; or Praja, C. 433 , people, subjects, — and Jurit, Kawi, 



war; — thus pre (eminent) in war, or people for war. 

 Prak, the idiomatic expression of commencing any undertaking, setting to work or the 



like. Ari geus prah, if we have once set to work. Prak bai di sèlla-an, and he clap- 



ped the saddle on (the horse). 

 Praku, weak, feeble. 



