382 A DICTIQNARY SUNDANESE 



Pre'ayi or Priayi, petty noblesse, the younger relatives of chiefs. Petty functionaries. 

 Priya, C. 450, is most probably the etymon of this word, meaning — love, affection, 

 joy, pleasure , delight , wliat pleases, from Pri, to please. 



Priangan, the native name for what Europeans call the „Prianger Regencies" in Java. 

 The etymon of the word may be found in Hyang , divinity, vide voce. Vide also 

 Parahiang , — with the Polynesian an suffixed , to indicate place, and thus originally 

 Para-hyang-an, contracted into Priangan. The Prianger Eegencies are for the most 

 part, espeeially the inhabited parts , an inland upland plateau, surrounded by stupend- 

 ous mountains and volcanoes, — a fit place for a superstitious people to locate their gods 

 in , and a fit neighbourhood for the adjoining territory of Bantam , which see. It wili 

 thus mean , — the abode of the divinities. Priangan was also the name given to the 

 capital of the inland and central parts of Sumatra, called Menangkabau , and had 

 no doubt its name in a parity of origin with the Priangan on Java. 



Priëuk, a wide mouthed, coarse, earthenware cookingpot. 



Prih, anxious to rival another; earnest in endeavours. 



Prih -haten, earnest, stirring, striving, using exertions. Literally : sore-hearted, or with 

 a striving heart. 



Probolinggo, name of a town and residency on Java. Prahala , C. 442, much, great 

 power or strength ; Linga, C. 607, the phallus or Siwa under that emblem , viz 

 the penis. 



Progo, name of a river, which, taking its rise among the Prawu mountains, flows through 

 Kadu and Jugjokarta , til'1 it falls into the South Sea. With the peculiar intonation 

 of the Javanese , it is called Progo, but would otherwise be Praga, derived from Pra , 

 C. 430, exceeding, excellence, pre-eminence; Gama, C. 167, which dropping the 

 - constructive final ma, will leave Ga in its crude shape, meaning: going, moving, 

 and thus Pra-ga implying pre-eminent movement or going, or the chief river of the 

 land. On this river is situated the village of Dikso , which Dipo Negoro selected for 

 the purpose of making his first stand in the great rebellion of 1825/30, it being con- 

 sidered a place of mystic authority and importance. The word itself conveys this idea. 

 Diksha, C. 273, sacrincing, offering, oblations, engaging in a certain course of reli- 

 gious austerities. 



Pruk, the idiomatic expression of going together, of uniiing, of joining in marriage. 

 PruJc bai éwéan , he took unto him a wife. 



Pua, the globural nest of ants which is found hanging on trees, made of earth and ar- 

 ranged in avenues and compartments. 



Pua, a title of respect or honour made use of in old mythology or romance, and as 

 such prefixed to some proper names , as Pua Putri , Puachi. Probably derived from 

 Puiva, C. 411, former, prior, ancient, — the Elu form of Purwa. The word Puang 

 occurs in Bugis for Lord, God. 



Puachi, a name given to some kind of ancient divinity, Puwa, as above, ancient. 



