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we do not at the moment see (as seeing a woman's gown causes sentimental emotions). 

 Wacha, toread, to peruse. Wacha, C. 616, and Wacha, C. 634, to speak, speech, 



speaking. Our word thus properly means reading aloud, giving utterance to. 

 Wada, to fincl fault with, to complain of. To correct by talking to. Wada, C. 919, 



speech, a word, a sentence, a saging; punishment, torture. Speech or talk is often 



used in Malay in the sense of finding fault with, as heard in: di kata-in, he talked 



at him , which means reproached him. 

 Wadah, a receptacle, a place to receive things in. A case, a basket or the like. Wadah 



seupahan, a seurëuh-box, any apparatus for holding sëureuh. Wadah bé-as, a rice- 



basket, Tadah bedil, a gun-case. Wadah pakéan, a clothe's-press , or any box or 



basket to put clothes in. 

 Wadahan, to put into a receptacle; to gather up into a basket or other contrivance. 

 Wadang, rice which lias been boiled but not immediately eaten when warm, but set by 



for after use. 

 Wadi, subject of conversation. Whafs in the wind (to rise a cant expression). To nyaho 



di wadi , he does not know what's in the wind. He does not know what arrange- 



ments are made. Wadi, C. 636, from Wada to speak wisely, etc. — wise, learned, 



skilful, sage. 

 Wadung, the small chopper of ceremony worn in the girdle by those in attendance upon 



the sovereigns of Java. 

 Wadung, the native axe, so called about Buitenzorg, and is the same as Baliyung. 

 Wagé, the fourth day in the old Javanese week of five^days. See Man is. Poi wagé, 



the day wagé, is considered auspicious for many undertakings , especially for plant- 

 ing paddy. 

 Wagu, confused, confounded, stultified. Crawfard gives in Malay Ragu, confused , per- 



plexed. 

 Wah, an exclamation of surprise, or of dissent. 

 Wahal, a prop or support in buildings, by a piece of wood or bambu laid flat and 



lengthwise. 

 Wahangan, the bed of a river, any large water-way, a ravine. The etymon of this 



word is evidently Wah, which in Malay is Bah, Marsden, p. 57, a flood, an inun- 



dation. See Sa wah and Sawangan. 

 Waja, steel. Waja kanchur , an inferior steel, or rather cast iron , such as iron cooking- 



pots are made of. This word sounds Sanscritic, though not found in Clough , at least 



there only occurs , at page 455, Bajanaya , association , union; embracing, an embrace. 



May this refer to steel being united to cutting instruments , or embracing the edge ? 



Naya is constructive. Marsden , page 30 , gives Baja , steel. Waja for steel mav also 



be derived from Wajra, C. 616, a thunderbolt in general , or the thunderbolt of Indra ; 



hard, impenetrable, adamantine. The Hindus may have represented steel to the Is- 



landers as made of the thunderbolt of Indra, So also Clough , page 447 and 491 , 



