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Sisilih, a person who replaces another in any office or employment, a remplacant. 



Si sip, on ly a little remaining. Said of food or money, of which hardly enough remains 

 for our own use. 



Sisir, a comb, a comb worn in the hair. A sorfcof comb, bound both above and below, 

 belonging to the native loom , between which the separate threads are passed to keep 

 them distinct. 



Sisiran, to comb, to dress the hair with a comb. 



Sis ir ik, querulous, jealous of favours conferred on others. Un willing to do more than 

 your neighbours. 



Sisit, scales of a fïsh. Sisit lauk, fish scales. Sisit innyu, tortoise shell. Sisit naga, 

 dragon's scales. Name of a variety of padcly. 



Si si wo, laughing, playing in fun. Lain sishvo , ifs no playing, ifs no child's play. 

 Tuan ma sok sisiioo bai, our master often makes fun, does things for a joke. 



Sita, C. 741, the daughter of Janaka and wife of Rama Chandra, carried away by Ka- 

 wana, called usually Sita Déwi. The same as Sinta. 



Siti, a lady of rank. A proper name used in Pantuns as applied to a female or goddess. 

 It is probably a corruption of Séhéti, C. 762, a young woman, a maid. And thus 

 Déwi Siti, would be: maiden goddess. 



Siti, Kawi , earth , ground, land; the earth , a country. 



Sitinggil, an abbreviation of Siti, ground, Tinggil, high in Javanese = high ground. 

 Name of a terrace in front of native kratons or palaces , where the sovereign shows 

 himself to his subjects, or gives audiences. 



Situ, au artificial lake or pond, made by damming upa ravine, so as to retain the water 



for the purposes of irrigation. This word is derived from India. Sétu, Ceough, 763, 



from Si, to bind, and Tun, affinitive. A mound, a bank, a causeway, an elevated 



piece of ground separating fields and serving for the passage of travellers etc; a bridge; 



a pass ; a defile. — It will be seen that in Sunda the meaning is somewhat modified 



from what it really and originally meant, as the Sundanese attach to this word the 



idea of a pond or lake, whereas in reality it is only the dam or embankment to form 



the lake. Situ-banda , Adam's bridge between Ceylon and the continent of India. C. 



763, Sétu Bandha, from Sétu, a bridge and Bhanda , binding. The ridge of rocks 



extendïng from the South extremity of the Coromandel coast towards the island of 



Ceylon , supposed to have been formed by Hanuman , by command of Rama , as a 



bridge for the passage if his forces , when going against Rawana ; any dike or dam 



etc. This word Situ banda is known only in old legendary Hindu lore ; at the last 



end of Java is a district near Panarukan called Situ Bondo, no doubt after the 



Indian fable. Here have always existed some large dam works for stopping up the 



river, for the purposes of irrigation, which were, a few years ago, replaced by the 



Dutch governmeni with substantial masonry dikes. 



Situ Hyang, any small pool of water on an upland plateau, where it can only be fed 



