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pouring out of melted metal. Tuwangan tambaga, brass castings. Bcusi tuivangan, 



smelting iron, pig iron. 

 Tuwar, to cut down. ïhe same as Tuar, which see. 

 Tuwër, the knee. Titwer na ngadégdég , bis knees trembled. 

 Tuyun, to lead, to conduct, to take by the hand. To lead as a blind man. 



U. 



Uah, uncle or aunt, when older than the parents of the person using the expression. 



See Toa, Paman and Mama. A term of respect in addressing an elder. In Makiy 



the expression Uwa also occurs for uncle or aunt , which Marsden fancies to be an in- 



fantine corruption of Tuah , page 20. 

 Uar, to give public notice , to proclahu. To inform , to apprize. Dl u arken ka batur , 



to apprize the neighbours. Geus uar ka sakuliah jagat , the entire country lias been 



apprized. 

 Uatah, new, not yet used , untouched; said of anything which has not yet been put to 



the purpose for which it is intended. Jamang uatah, an unworn jacket. Paehul uatah , 



an unused hoe. 

 Uatah ken, to leave untouched, to reserve in good order. Not to make use of but to 



reserve for future use. 

 Ubal, to twist yarn or thread, so as to lay several strands together. This is done with 



a few very simple implements. 

 Ubar, medicine, physic. Drugs. Remedy. Naun uhar na, what is the medicine for it. 



How can it be cured. 

 Ubaran, to give medicine to. To administer medicine, which is often attended with charms 



and spells. Ubaran manêh lea gxinung,he has gone to the mountains to get himself cured. 

 Ubëd, tied round and round with string or rattan. To twist a string so often, and so 



close round a stick or other object, that it is hidden from view and nothing but the 



string left visible. See Be bed. 

 Ubër, tochase, to worry out, to ransack a jungle for wild animals. To thoroughly annoy. 



To give no peace to. To importune. 

 Ubës, investigated , thorougly searched. Examined in all parts. Ubes leuweung na di sak- 



serakan, the forest was thoroughly searched by hunting through it. 

 Uchap, to say , to speak, to utter a word. Uchap na, his saying, or what he said. 



Kumaha uchap na, how was his saying, what has he said. 

 Uching, a cat , the domestic cat. Felis domestica. Called in Malay Kuchiiig. 

 Uchul, let go, leave off holding, loosened, untied , disentangled. Departing from any 



place. Uchul tali na ayëunah , let go the rope now. Uchul tl lumbur geus téng^ang^ni , 



when we left the village it was noon. 



