454 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



by rain water, and is thus looked upon more or less as a wonder; the pool of the divini- 

 ty (of ancient Hindu tiraes). Such a Situ-hyang exist on the Bolang Estate, a 

 little to the East of the Gunung Handarusa. 



Siwa, also called Mahadéiua. One of the Hindu gods. Clough in his dictionary at page 

 737 gives, Siwa', from Si, to sleep, loan, affinitive. The deity Siwa, the most for- 

 midable of the Hindu triad, the worship of which he is the object, is of a more 

 gloomy nature in general, than that of the rest. 



S i w a n g k u n g , a variety of palm tree , larger than the Sar ai. 



Siyak, disappeared , passed away, dispersed. 



Siyal, unlucky, not successful. Luck not attending anything which we undertake. 



Siyëuk, to laddle out, either water, or any loose fine matter, as grain , rice , sand, sugar 

 or the like. To take out such materials with any cup-like utensil or with a cocoa 

 nut shell. 



Siyëur, fine fleas, small fleas, diminutive flies, found much about the rice blocks, 



S i y u h , the whistle of a breeze of wind. The distant splash of a waterfall. The sound 

 made by running water, especially if passing over a stony bed. 



fiiyung, the tusks of any animal. The sharp incisor teeth of the tiger , the dog, the 

 horse or any other animal. A tusk, a fang, a canine tooth. 



Slam, the short for the Arabic word Islam, mahomedan , belonging to the faithful. Orang 

 Slam, mahomedan people. 



B lam ken, to convert to mahomedanism. 



Sméru, the highest mountain in Java, being, according to Junghuhn, 11.920 Rhineland 

 feet high, which are equal to 12.274 feet English. It is situated upon the confines 

 of Malang in Pasuruan and Basuki. Suméru, C. 752, from Su, excellent, Mêru , 

 the sacred mountain Mérn. Méru, C. 559, the sacrecl mountain of the Eindus. Mé- 

 vu on Bali is a petty temple with several roofs rising one above the other in a pyra- 

 midical form , and dedicated to Siwa. Friederich, Bat. Trans, vol 22. On the top 

 of the Hindu Méru, Sakra holds bis court surrounded by the gods of Swarga, and 

 underneath its base is the residence of the Asuras or demons. The Sméru is an ac- 

 tive volcano almost constantly throwing out ashes, which will help to confirm the idea 

 of its being the abode of demons. 



S o a n g , a goose , anser. This word looks like the Malay word Angsa , goose , — Marsden , 

 page 8 — reversed. Angsa is the Sancrit Hansa, C. 784, a goose, a gander, a swan. 

 Soang may also be a contraction of Sota, C. 765, snout, beak,mouth, eet., and Han- 

 sa, C. 784, a goose: the snouted goose, as the geese in the Archipelago have all a 

 peculiar boss or excrescent hump rising at the insertion of the beak. Angsa and Gang- 

 sa are the usual words , throughont the Archipelago for goose , which are evidantly 

 the Sanscrit Eansa. The name of this bird was likely to be Sanscrit , as it is not in- 

 digenous, in a wild state, to any part of the Archipelago. 

 S o a r a , sound , report , noise , voice. Swara , C. 782, sound in general ; air breathed through 

 the nostrils; snoring. 



