518 A DiCTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Ulam, a small wortr , a grub. 



Ulas, to rub on, as white-wash, paint, etc. To rub any medicament on the body. To 

 sraear. 



Ulat, the features of the countenance, the physiognomy, air, mi'en. 



Uli, a variety of Kuéh made of këtan , but not containing any Java sugar , and thus of 

 a white colour. 



Ulin, to play, to mak e fun. To amuse oneself. Aing ma lain ulin, it is no play with 

 me. Ulin ka imah batur , to amuse oneself by going to a neighbours house. 



Ulir, a screw. Anything that works as a screw by turning round and round, either made 

 of metal or wood. 

 Ulur, and Uluran, to ease off with a rope. To let down from a height attached to a 

 rope, which is slackened off to allow it to descend. To veer, to pay rope. 



Um. This syllable, inserted in the middle of a word, gives it a plural form , indicates a 

 repetition of the act, or modifies, in some degree , the original meaning of the word. 

 It is very common in Sunda, as Tutun-lumurun , going down by degrees ; tumbalc- 

 tumumbak, resembling spears. This peculiar form is rarely perceived in the Malay, 

 thoughitis occasionally heard, as Turun-tumurum , Marsden, p. 85, descendants , poste- 

 rity; consecutively , Chabuk = Chambuk a whip, Gilang-gumilang , effulgent, shining. 

 But as the form otherwise rarely occurs , we are forced to infer that they have bor- 

 rowed the expressions from the Sunda people, with whom their geographical position 

 may have brought them in contact, and with whom the form is so common. The 

 word Tumbalc, a spear , is an example , where it is derived from the Sunda word Teu- 

 weulc, to stab, converting the U into B in the new form. The few following words 

 will give instances where this peculiar duplication into Um commences the words. See 

 other words beginning with Turn. Um is heard in the Malay expression Tali-tumali, 

 a ships cordage or rigging, see Crawfurd's Dictionary, page 181. Vide also Katumbiri. 



Uma, C. 81, a name of the goddess Parvati or Durga , the wife of Siva. 



Urnang, a crab-like animal that lives in the shells cast by other fish. The hermit-crab. 

 Two varieties of the urnang are known to the scientific world as Cenobita and Pagurus. 

 Umang is perhaps the word Krang , a shell-fish, a cockle, with the peculiar um insert- 

 ed in the word Krumang , and the initial Kr elided, from the peculiarity of creeping 

 into every shell he finds empty. A lazy , good-for-nothing felloAV, who will do no- 

 thing for himself is said to be Chara amang, like the hermit-crab — he sponges on 

 his neighbours, makes himself at home in his neighbour's house. 

 Umar, Arabic. The second Caliph in Arabia. Same as Omar. 



Umat, Arabic, person , chap. Saha umat na, who is the chap? Marsden, page 15, gi- 

 ves Ummat , sect, people of the same religion : ummat Jahudi, the Jews. 

 Umbara, to remove with family, bag and baggage. To change the place of abode by 

 going to soine distant part of the country. Crawfurd , page 4, gives Ambara, San- 

 scrit , to hover in the air , to wander. 



