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Untang-anting, to swing, to wave to and fro. To return home the same day on which 



we go away. 

 Untuno-, fortune, good luck, also bad luck, chance, lot. Gain, profit, advantage. 



Untung naker, very profitable. Untung na eim sakilu, bis luck was only such, meaning 

 that he was not very successful. Uutuvg chapê, bis gain was getting tired , as we 

 sbould say, he got his trouble for bis pains. Kumaha untung na bai, as chance may 

 turn up. 

 Untung Jawa, name of the promontory made by the embouchures of the Chidani river, 



and opposite to the island of Onrust. It means the luck, the prosperity of Jdva. 

 Unun, to sraoke, to kilndry. To put up over a fire-place so as to dry thoroughly and 



render durable. 

 Upah, hire, reward, recompense. Payment made in money or goods for any work done. 



To induce to do anything by a payment. Paid for. Upah nyusuk, to pay for making 



ascanal, or water-course. Upah ngunjalan , to pay for taking away. Upah nyumpah, 



to pay for getting an oath. 

 Upahan, to recompense, to reward, to defray. Wages , payment. 

 Upama, for example, suppose, as ïf, quasi, like, resembling. Upama , C. 80, derived 



from Upa, like, Ma, to measure, likeness, resemblance, as a picture, an image, etc. 



Also a parable, a simile. Upama na Icula datang isuk-isnk , meunang tah pulan radci 



beurang , suppose that I -come very early in the morning , shall I be allowed to go away 



again rather early. 

 Upas, venom, poison. Any noxious juice either vegetable oranimal. Upas orai, the poi- 



sonous spittle of a snake. The secretory matter which is contained in its poison-bag. 



Sireum nu aya upasan, an ant which emits a virulent saliva. Sireum upas, a variety 



of ant of the size of Talaman; it lives on trees, is black , and gives a very painful bite. 



Urut dl gêgèl orai, upas na matlh naker, having been bit by a snake, its secretory 



matter is very virulent. 

 Upëti, revenue, tribute, contribution. 

 Upih, the spatha which envelops the spadix of the unexpanded pinang- fruit. This , when 



carefully cut off and separated from the spadix, forms a broad, thin , leathery wrap- 



per , which is much used for carrying about cooked rice , as when a man goes to 



a day's work, or on a journey. The green outer pellicle is stripped off, and then it 



is white on both sides. Debed upih, an upih well filled with provisions for a journey. 



Buka tipih, name of a swamp-bird, which is dark coloured whilst on the ground, but 



on rising in the air shows white like the upih, under the wings. 

 Ur, the idiomatic expression for rushing into the presence , of coming in a hurry upon 



any one, of a flock of birds or a herd of cattle starting off on their course. Ur bai 



mata-poi bijil, and the sun rushing on came out. Ur bai manuïc hiber sa loba-loba, 



the birds started on their flight in great numbers. 

 Urab, to mix eatables,as Bonteng or Iwung,etc. with the pulp of cocoa-nuts. See Orég. 



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