450 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Sing'apura, Singapore. From Sing'a, C. 720, a lion , and Pura, C. 409, a city, a 



town. The lion city. The present British setlement of Singapura on the old site of 



a celebrated Malay state so called. The old Malay Singapore was destroyed by the 



forces of Majapahit about A.D. 1252. 

 Sing' asana, a throne, from Sing^a, a lion, and Asana, C. QQ, a seat. 

 Sing'asari, the name of an ancient capital in Java, inland from the town of Pasuruan 



on the roacl to Malang, where still the remains of stone temples and colossal warders 



and images are found. Sing'a, lion, Sari, flower, beauty. The lion flower; the beau- 



tiful lion. 

 Sing'at, up to, off by; until, as far as. Potong sing^at buhu, cut it off by the joint. 



Sing'at tanghal waru, up to the Waru tree. Sing'at chai, as far as the river. Maksden, 



p. 94, gives Sahingga, Sirigga, and Singgan, with the same meaning in Malay. 

 Sin ge t, narrow, strait, short, a short distance. Brief, not long. Jalan na kacliniyo 



sing'et, the road that way is short. En sing'et deui ha lumbur , there only remains 



a short distance to the village. 

 Singkabkën, to lift up a little; to raise on one side; to shake out. 

 Singkal, the coulter of a plough. A piece of curved wood fastened on a plough above 



the share, so as to turn over the ground in ploughing. 

 Sin gk ara, a silicious incrustation , sometimes found lining the inner tubes of bambu. 

 Singké, a name given to a Chinaman who has immigrated from China, to distinguish 



him from a Chinaman born in the Archipelago and known by the name of Baba. 



Singké is said to mean new man or new friend. 

 S i n g k i r , to remove , to put out of the way. To displace , to set aside. 

 Singkiran, to get out of the way of anything. To remove ourselves out of the way. 



Panyahit éta meunang di singhiran, that disease you can get out of the way of it. 

 Singkirkën, to remove something else than ourselves. To set aside, to put out of the 



way, to reserve for future use. 

 Singkur and Sing kurken, to give a side cut or slash. To slash with a cutting 



weapon. To give a side blow, or parry, with a rattan when playing the game of 



Ujungan. 

 Singsihëunan, to frighten , to terrify. To cause to be afraid. 

 Singsirëuman, having the cramp in any of the limbs of the body. A numb feeling 



in the body. That peculiarity of the flesh which is called being asleep. The etymon 



of the word is Sireum, an ant, and the word in the Malay to express the same idea 



is Semntan, having the ant, or being troubled with the ant, from Semut, an ant. 



It is odd that such a sensation should be expressed in both languages by different 



words, but still both expressing the same idea. The idea conveyed is evidently that 



of feeling ants creeping over the body. 

 Singwong, whoever, any one. This word is frequently used though the componnd 



word wong is not Sunda but Javanese, and means: person , individual. 



