438 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Sélan, Ceylon. Sarae as Seilan. 



Se lang, an interval of repose. An interval, a space between. To cliange a person. 

 To give one person in the place of another. Ari se lang kudu di boro , when we have 

 a little repose (or time) we will go. 



Selangan, to alternate with, to change with soraething else. Di selangan nyachar, he 

 alternates it with cutting down jungle, he cuts jungle but has also some other occupation. 



Sëlang-sëlang, alternately, at intervals, now and then. With spaces between. 



Sëlang-sëling, alternate, every other; missing one. 



Sëlap, Sëlapan, Sëlapkën, to insert, to stick in between. To interpose. 



Sëla-sëla na, at the interstices, at the intervals. Bayar na to datang ha kami, ragrdg 

 di sela-sela na bai, the payment does not reach us, it drops into the interstices (the 

 headmen steal it). 



Sëlasi, the herb sweet basil, Ocymum Basilicum of the family of Labiatae. This is 

 much used for planting about, or when gathered to lay upon the graves of relatives 

 or friends, and is very likely the remnant of a very innocent Hindu institution , evinc- 

 ing affection for those who have gone hence. At the end of the Puasa or fasting 

 month, the graves are cleaned, and Selasi laid upon them. Selasi is a corruption of 

 Tulasi, C. 239, a small herb held in high veneration by the Hindus; the Holy Ba- 

 sil, Ocymum Sanctissimum. 



Sëlat, a strait of the sea. A narrow passage. Selat is the name by which Singapore is 

 generally known throughout the Archipelago: the strait par excellence. Selat Anyar, 

 the Anjer straits , is the name by which the natives know the straits of Suilda. Com- 

 posecl of «Sa, which see, and Eeuleut or Leut, an interruption. 



Sëlëpa, a small metal box, mostly of brass, for holding the ingredients for chewing 

 Sëurëuh, carried about the person. This word sounds Sanscritic. May it be from 

 Salapa, C. 851, from Saha, with, Alapa , a word, conversation; as natives never 

 enter into conversation without producing the Sëurëuh box, and in this way the 

 Sanscrit word with them has got a conventional use and meaning. 



Sélér, a shoot, a runner, an offset of any vegetable, herb or plant. Offspring, progeny. 

 Sélér Pajajaran, a descendant, or the offspring of Pajajaran. 



Sëling, each other. Seling newek , to stab each other. Seling numbuk , to thump at 

 each other. Seling peudem, to fling each other into the earth or sea, as the wonder- 

 ful men of old did. 



Sëlir, a concubine; a wife kept above the number of legitimate wives, which according 

 to Mahomedan law is four. Anah ii selir , a child born of such a woman. 



Sélla, Portuguese, a saddle. Sélla Inggris, an English saddle. 



Sëlusur, name of a river fish, scarcely four inches long, with very fine scales , mouth 

 on underpart of head. 



Sëlut, to plate, to cover over with some material different from the substratum. The 

 ferrule or iron ring; which holds anv iron instrument firtn in the handle. 



