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Se pak, to kick, to strike with the foot, of either man or beast. Dl sépak hu luan , he 

 was kicked by the gentleman. Dl sépak kuda, he was kieked a horse. 



Sëpat, name of a small fish found in ponds. Trichopus Trichopterus. 



Se pet, astringent to the taste, harsh in the mouth. Sepet expresses in a smaller degree 

 what Kesed denotes in a greater one. 



Sepi, any fruit, but more especially Jéngkol, which has been buried in the earth to mellow 

 and ripen, when it comes out most nauseous, stinking stuff, but is greedily eaten by 

 the natives. The Jéngkol beans are deleterious and strongly affect the urinary organs 

 unless treated in this way. See Jéngkol. 



Sepi, solitary, lonely. Wana Sepi, lonely forest , name of a place in Karawang. 



Sepuh, old an venerable, Old so as to be past Work. Juragan sepuh , the old headman 

 (who has been set aside from old age). 



Sër, the idiomatic expression of moving or shoving forward or aside. See Sësër, G ë- 

 sër. It is in a smaller degree what Sur is in a larger one. 



Sérab, clazzle from the sun or from heat. Dazzle experienced on looking at the sun. 

 The dazzle seen upon wood and many other objects when shone upon by a bright sun. 



Sëradat, to slip, to slide. To fall by slipping on anything greasy. 



Sërah, given up, yielded , surrendered , submitted. 



Sérah, a few unshelled grains of paddy mixed up with rice , when it lias not been suf- 

 ficiently cleaned. Béas iyo loba teuyn sérah na, this rice has too many unshelled 

 grains in it. 



Sërah ken, to submit, to yicld, to surrender. To give over charge. 



Sërak, hoarse, husky in voice. 



Sérang, any piece of cultivation, as sawahs, humahs or gardens, worked by the popu- 

 lation as a body for behoof of their chief, and without payment. Sérang is the name 

 of the present chief place in Bantam , so called from having been the place where 

 formerly the population planted sawahs in this way, for behoof of the sultans of 

 Bantam. A huniah Sérang is annually planted by the Badui people , and from the 

 produce of this humah, the rice is made which is used in their superstitious observances. 



Sërani, Arabic, a Christian, a Nazarene. The word is a corruption of Nasar ani. By 

 Oravg Serani , is generally meant the poor dark coloured half castes who are Chris- 

 tians. „And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled 

 which was spoken by the prophets , he shall be called a Nazarene." St. Matthew , 

 chap. 2, verse 23. „And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the 

 writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews.'" St. John, chap. 19, verse 19. 



Sër at, stripes, lines, as in a drawing. 



Sërawël, Arabic, trousers, breeches. 



Sërayu, a river which runs along the southern base of the Prawu mountains and sub- 

 sequently separntes the residencies of Bagalen and Bauyumas. Serayu in India is 

 the river of Oude. Bat. Traas. vol. 22, page 51. 



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