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up. Pare na sê-ét , the paddy is up, is done. The word is applied more especially 



to things which are eaten up or drank. 

 Sëgara, the sea , the ocean, Sagara, C. 694, the ocean. Segara kidid, the sea south 



of Java. See La ut kidul. 

 Sega ra n, an artificial lake. A large reservoir of water, resembling Segara ;=j the sea. 

 Segé, a variety of small rattan , much used for whips. 

 Sëgër, fresh and healthy in body. Strong and well. Fresh , not stale, not faded. Geus 



seger deui, he is restored to health. 

 Ségét, to bite, to nip with the teeth. 



Ségogan, a bend or twist in a canal or road. A sharp turn. 

 Sëgok, sobbing, crying , whining. 

 Sëgrék, said when cutting an animals throat. Segrék bai di peunchit, whittling they 



cut its throat. 

 Sëgsëg, be quick, look sharp, bear a hand. The sarae as Soksok. 

 Seiyid, Arabic, the title of a numerous race who are, or affect to be the descendants 



of Mahomet, through Ali and Fatima, and are distinguished by a green turban. See 



S ah id and Said. A lord, a nobleman. Marsden 195. 

 Seilan, Ceylon. 

 Séje'n, other , different, varying. Sèjèn pare na, the paddy was different. Séjèn rua na, 



quite another appearance. 

 Sék, the idiomatic expression of laughing, as Sék bai seari , and smiling he laughed. 

 Sëk, the idiomatic expression of being hushed in quietness, quiescence. The absence of 



noise or motion. Sek bai répéh hararé-és , all was hushed in quietness, and they 



had gone to sleep. 

 Sëk ar, in the Kawi of Java, a flower, an ornament. Jayang Se kar , flowers of victory; 



a variety of native horse-soldiery. 

 Sékat, tlie number flfty, 50. Sekat sounds as if it were Sa-ikat, one tie. It is rather 



odd that in the ancient raethod of counting Chinese cash, Sékat is not used to express 



50, but Sawé , which see. 

 Séké, the branch of a river. The confluent of a river. 

 Sëk in, Arabic, a small knife. Any small, short bladed but straight knife ; often worn 



about the person , or stuck in the belt. 

 Sela, a petrified black gum found in small nodules in the earth. When melted with oil 



it forms a mastiek in with goldsmiths set their gold, for the convenience of working 



or embossing. Sél , C. 762, a rock, a stone, a mountain , derived frora Saila , C. 



765, a mountain, bitumen, storax; stony, rocky. Saila is derived from Sila , C. 



736, a stone, a rock. Saela , C. 772, a stone, a rock. 

 Sela, an interstice, a space between , an opening; at intervals. See Sala. Ilagrag di 



sela papan, it feil through between the planks. Di sela imah, in the space between 



two or more houses. 



