462 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



trouble. Sumbat me 'lak jajong , it is worth while to plant maize. Have been amply re- 

 warded by planting maize. Nyambut saiuah salieutik to sumbat nyéwa kebo, to work 

 a small sawah it will not pay to hire buffaloes. 



Sumbawa, the third great island east from Java. Sambhaiua, C. 713, from <Sam, in- 

 tensitive, Bhawa, being, cause, origin, motive; birth, production. This name may 

 have been given by the Hindu colonists on Bali and Lambok, to denote its being 

 an island still further towards the rising sun. Bima at the east-end of Sumbaica 

 looks like the Hindu Bima , a name for Siwa , vide voce. Little stress in laid on the 

 vowel u, and it may without any violence be written Sumbawa. 



Sumbëng, uncomfortable in the body or in the head as if of incipient disease. Warm 

 in the head, and a little out of order as is often the case with children. 



Sumbër, occurs in the composition of some names of places in East Java , where it means 

 spring, fountain. 



S u m b i , a small stick or bit of bambu in the native weaving loom , of length of the 

 breadth of the web. It has a needie or pin fixed in each end, and is used in front 

 of the Hapit , to keep the cloth at its proper breadth whilst weaving. This instrument 

 is also called Seungkeur. 



Sumbing, a high mountain in central Java in Kadu , high nearly 11.000 feet. It is 

 the twin-brother of the Sindoro. 



Sumbu, the wiek of a lamp or candle. See De les and Pasumbon. 



Surabul, a basket made of split bambu , square at bottom , and high about eight inches , 

 fitted with a cover. It is round at top and much larger than at the bottom. Such 

 baskets , amongst other general purposes , are used for holding boiled rice , from which 

 the people help themselves. When such a basket has no cover, it is called Boboko. 



Sumbung, name of a plant, Conyza Graveolens. The same as Chapeuh. 



Sumbur, to blow and spit out when performing Jampé or incantation. On such occa- 

 sions the Dukun or doctor chews some seureuh mixed with a bit of Panglai , and then 

 muttering a prayer, blows the contents of the mouth upon the sore place on the pa- 

 tiënt, which is thought to be a very efficacious remedy. It need hardly be said that 

 faith has a great deal to do with such cures. 



Sumënap, name of a sovereignty on the east end of the island of Madura. 



Suméntor, in case of, for fear of (heard in Jampés). 



Sumëurëuh, better than usual , propitious, advantageous. 



Sumidu, to hiccup. In Malay the word is Sédu, Marsden 165, to hiccup, to sob. 

 Obstructed respiration. In the Sunda word the peculiar Urn is interposed, which de- 

 notes continuity, 



Sumihung, said of paddy-seed in the ground, which is swollen and about to burst the 

 husk. In all probability derived from Sihung or Siyung , the eye-teeth or tusks of 

 an animal, Sumihung is thus, showing with tusks. 



