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by We las , sa-welas , one repetition , dua-welas , two repetitions, etc. This system of having 

 a separate designation for every 10 is continued in the numbers between 20 and 30, 

 see Likur. 



We la san, in the teens, — among the numbers 11/19. 



We la san, a spring, a bent stick which will rebound. 



We led, to plough sawahs for the second time. See Ngëwëlëd. 



Wëléh, unable to succeed. Tried in vain. To no purpose. Weléh di hadéan, I am 

 unable to succeed in mending it. Weléh di omongan , I have tried in vain to talk him 

 over. Weléh di tagi, to dun in vain. 



Wëlëng, a spear shot off by the reverberation of a piece of wood or bambu, such spear 

 being often a piece of sharpened bambu. A spear or sharpened stick to be shot away 

 by a spring. 



Wéra, the shoe-flower plant, called also Kembang sapatu, because the flower, which is 

 red , when rubbed on leather blackens it , as if done with regular blacking. Hibiscus 

 Rosa Sinensis. 



Wërat, the same as Wrat, which see. 



W ë r ë g u , a variety of dwarf palm , with fan leaf. Same as Wargu. 



Wërga, a term of nobility, especially used in Pantuns. A chief, a noble-man. Wclrga, 

 C. 625, a class, a tribe, a nation. 



Wësi, iron, the same as Beusi. In the ancient history of the Sunda districts, with re- 

 ference to Pajajaran, mention is made of a Kandang Wësi, iron cage into which 

 Banyak Wëdi, the head of the Pandis or blacksmiths, enticed his father Munding 

 ivangH, and then shut him up in it, and fiung the whole into the South sea, at 

 a place which then obtained the name of Kandang Wësi, but which is not now found 

 on the maps; Raffles, vol. £, page 98. 



Wétan, the east, eastern. Waitala, C. 673, morning, day-break. The Sunda word 

 may be this word with the final la dropped and the Polynesian an substituted inits 

 place, thus meaning the place of day-break. In New Zealand Wita is light, which 

 appears as if were the etymon of the Sunda Wétan, or had a common origin with 

 Waitala, 



Wëurëuh, intoxicated , poisoned. Rendered senseless by eating something pernicious. 

 Lauh na di tuioa weureuh, the fish became senseless from the application of tuioa. 



Wëwëg, strong and secure. Substantial. Dangdanan wewëg , substantial construction. 



Wi. It may- be worth while to give here from Clough , s Singhalese Dictionary, page 641, 

 the meaning of his partiele, as it frequently occurs not only in Sunda, as in the few 

 examples here found, but also in proper names when derived from Sanscrit. ,,Wi is a 

 partiele and prefix implying varety, difference ; certainty , ascertainment; privation ; mo- 

 tion , progress; intensity ; excellence; separation, disjunction; aversion , repugnance ; 

 impatience, intolerance; joy, gladness; defectiveness , deterioration ; distance; presence, 

 before; ignorance. It generally corresponds to the English adjuncts, a, ex, de, dis, 

 in, un, and is frequently an expletive". 



