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Sobat, Arabic, a friend , a companion , confeclerate. Sobdt cindé, a determinecl friend. 

 Sobong, a room or compartment patched or joined on to a house already existing. En- 



largement of a native house by some additional building joined on to it. 

 Sodaikën, to incline, to slope off. To set at an angle. 

 Sodong, a recess under a rock or bank. A cavern opening into a hillside or under a 



rock. The recess into which the corpse is deposited. The natives, in making a grave, 



dig sideways , at the bottom , a recess into which the corpse is put , so that the earth 



thrown in upon the grave again, does not rest upon the body. 

 Sodoran, to hand to any one. To give by handing. To present. 

 So-ék, to tear, to rend (as clothes etc). Suyak, Marsden, 194, to tear, to rend as 



cloth. Subeïc, Crawfurd, to tear. 

 Sogok, to plough up with any instrument, as with a knife, a chisel or the like. To 



break up a surface, to chisel up. To cut up by ramming some instrument agaïnst 



it. Méja rusak di sogok Jeu bedog , he spoiled the table by ploughing it up with his 



chopper. 

 Soko, the rim of split wood fixed on round the bottom of a Kepék or Bakul. 

 Soksok, be quick, bear a hand, look sharp; the same as Segseg. 

 Sol, the idiomatic expression of coming forward, or being put forward. Sol bai ka hareup , 



in front it was put, or in front he came. Sol bai duit mayar , and producing money 



he paid. 

 Soldado, Portuguese, a European soldier, or one trainee! to the European discipline: 

 Soléman, Solomon. Nabi Soléman, the prophet Solomon. 



Sole'mpat, the same as Gliarïéuh, a plant very much resembling Chariang , which see; 

 Solo, thé original name of the residence of the emperor of Java; called also Surakarfa.' 

 Solog-santog, to stumble about; to walk and tread rudely on places which ought to 



be respected. To roll about as a drunken man. 

 Solo kan, a bay of the sea; an inlet. 

 Soma, the second day of an ancient week of seven days, corresponding to Monday. See 



Dité. Soma, C. 768, from Su, to bear as young, the moon. A name of Kmvéra, 



which see. 

 Somah, a married pair; a man and wife. Soma, C. 768, the moon, but derïved from 



Sti, to bear young. 

 Som béng, anything with a notch or gap in it. A man with a hare lip. Said of any 



holding utensil with a bit broken out. Kakéncliéng sombéng, an iron pan with a bit 



broken out. Pinggang sombéng , a broken cup. Si sombêng , a man with a hare lip. 



In Malay the word is Sumbing , Marsden, 180, notched, gapped. 

 Som plak, broken off or detached in a large piece from a still larger mass. 

 Som plek, broken off or detached from a larger mass. This word express a smaller de- 



gree than the previous word Somplak. 

 S o m p o k , detached in a great mass , as when the side of a mountain gets loose and tum- 



bles down. 



