520 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Undër-andir, name of the. Uwer part of the Chibérang and confluents before they enter 



the sea; perhaps so called from its circuitous eourse, being derived from Undar the 



re vol ving spinning-machine. 

 Unduh, to gather the fruit from a tree by taking all off. Manggah na geus di unduli , 



they have gathered in all the manggoes (from some particular tree). 

 Undur, to recede, to retire, to with draw; to retreat. To run away. Tilok undur ti 



kabeuki, he never runs away from what he relishes. Geus undur kabeh, they have 



all gone away. Undur ti lumbur éta teideui manggih hujan , on leaving that village we 



immediately had rain. 

 Undurkën, to cause to fall back. To make retreat. To drive back. 

 Undur-undur, the lion-ant, Myrmeleon. This insect burrows in fine, soft san d or dry 



ashes , making little inverted conical holes into which unwary flies or other insects 



straying are easily caught bv the lion-ant who is concealed at the bottom. 

 Undut, mud, joggling soft earth, peaty bog. Gunung Undub, alias Gunnng Sajira in 



Bantam, said to be so called from some places with joggling earth, high up its sides , 



or near the top. 

 Unëuk, the sharp hooks or prickles of some large varieties of rattan , used for garnishing 



the Tumbak bandil. Marsden gives the word Unak as some kind of prickly plant. The 



thistle is rendered by this word in the Malay translation of the Bible. Marsden , page 25. 

 Unggah, to get upon , to mount; to come out upon. Unggah ti chai , get up out of 



the river. Chai na mohal unggah, the water will not flow out upon it (the land to be 



made into sawahs.) 

 Unggahan, to get upon. To have illicit communication with a woman. Unggahan 



éioé batur , to have illicit communication with a neighbour's wife. 

 Unggut, shakey in its socket. To shake as a post stuck loosely in the ground. Hunu 



na ururunggnt kabëh , all his teeth shake in their sockets. Kayu naucheb ka j er o 



tariètih d.i unggutken , they shook the piece of wood which was stuck in the ground. 

 Unkr ah- an k r ih, to knock about. To push about or handle roughly so that it o-ets 



spoiled. Pare na vlah di ungkrah-angkriJi kitu, murag , don't knock that paddy about 



so much , because the grains keep dropping off. 

 Un gkud- u n o-k ud , to shake with a strono- effort. To shake with a view to bring it 



out of its place. Kayu na di ungkud-ungkud wat pageuh , when I shook the piece of wood 



(stuck in the ground) I found it quite jfirm. 

 Ung'u, violet colour , purple. Also a reddish brown colour. Kain u?ifu, purple cloth. 

 Unjal, and Unjalan, to carry away by coming again and again to fetch. To carry 



home the erop, as paddy from the fields to the granary at the village. 

 Unjuk, haviiig a good show, making a show. Being particularly good or fine. Pare 



bcttur w/juk, my neighbour's paddy makes a fine show. Jélema na unjuk, that man 



is strong and valliant (or possesses some quality out of comraon). 

 Untal-antil, odds and ends; remnants , scraps. 



