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Urn bul, a petty native official; a follower of a clrief. Rarely heard. 



Umbul-umbul, a banner;any signal , as a flag or other object, hoisted so as to be seen at 

 a distance. Banners carried about the person of native chiefs. A small flag attached 

 to a spear. Pronounced with stress on the initial U. 



Umbul-umbul, heard mostly as Embul-embul, without thus any stress upon the initial 

 U. To come in sight,to show up,to make appearance. Compounded of £7m and Bul, 

 both of which see. 



Umbun-umbunan, the part of the forehead close under the hair. The crown of the 

 head. The fontanel or soft sutures of a child's skull when newly born. 



Umëusi, filling up, said of paddy or fruit which is in the act of filling. Derived from 

 Eusi , contents , and constructive Um prefixed , which gives the sense of filling in a 

 small degree , or successively. 



Umpak, a pedestal, a stand. A stone placed under wood-work. Compounded of the 

 peculiar Um, which see, and Pak or Prak, set upon. Umpak tihang imah, the pe- 

 destal under the posts of the house. Anything placed under another with the view 

 merely of supporting it. See Tumpak. 



Umum, not certain , in doubt , indefinite , ambiguous. Crawfurd gives Umum as Arabic ,' 

 common , general; uncertain , indefinite. In Sunda Umum implies: au open qu—tion 

 how it is to be. Neither positively yes nor no. Vmum appears to be a duplication of 

 Um , see above , the partiele denoting plural form or repetition, and is itself dupli- 

 cated, showing great uncertainty. Something is to take place, but decidedly what is 

 not known. Perkara êta umum kénéh , that matter is still in doubt, not decided. 



Umur, Arabic, life. life-time, duration of life. Age. Umur na pondok, bis life was 

 short. Salamat umur pa?ijang , may you have long life. Umur manusiya sakeudeung , 

 the life of man is but a moment. Sa umur hirup , as long as you live. Sabraha 

 umur na, how much is bis age? How old is he? 



Unang-aning, a lot of things of various kinds. All sorts of things mixed up together.' 

 Said especially of various fruits, roots, leaves , and the like found growing wild and 

 used for eating. 



Unchal, a deer, Cervus equinus. 



Unchang-unchangan, to sit with the legs dangling, without their touching anything 

 to rest upon. 



Undag, a piece of level ground on the side of a hill; a sort of landing-place. The 



space between two such landing-places. Technically a pull. Sc undag deui manan 



datang ka punchelak , it is another pull before we can get to the top (of the moun- 



tain). Sometimes also called lundag , which see. 



Undang, laws, statutes , made by man, not the Mahomedan law as found in the Koran. 



Undar, the upright stand with long arms revolving around it , on which are wound the 



threads in preparing for weaving. 

 Undëm, a cocoa-nut-shell used as a measure for rice. 



