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hero. Wira, C. 667, a hero, a warrior, a champion. Wira Singa, the heroic lion. 



Wira-saba, the ancient name of the country where Majapahit stood, in the present re- 

 sidency of Surabaya, now called Mojokerto, and Mojo agung. Wira, o, hero, and Saba, 

 C. 707, an assembly, a company, — an assembly of heroes. 



Wira ga, fiowers or ornaments stuck in a woman's hair. Wi, C. 641, intensitive, Maga, 

 C. 589, affection, love, desire , lust. Thus something to excite love, to captivate 

 those who see her. Clough , page 656, gives Wiraga, as the absence of passion or 

 desire; indifference, with the Wi in the sense of indifference , but our Sunda word 

 evidently means Wi intensitive , vide Wi. Vide Chuchunduk, 



Wirang, shame, a sense of dishonour, ashamed. 



Wiru, name of a variety of dwarf palm, Licuala Elegans. The young tender leaf-shoots 

 are used to ornament angklungs. 



Wisa, poison, venom. Poisonous, venomous. Wisha , C. 661, and Wisa, C. 663, de- 

 rived from Wisa, to pervade, poison, venom. 



Wisaya, artifice, charm. Wi, intensitive, Saya, C. 714, sleep, sleeping. Our Wisaya 

 thus probably originally meant, by the influence of sleep, by lulling to sleep. 



Wisésa, heard in the words Séngyang Wisésa, a supernatural hower, a divinïty, SèsJia 

 er Sésa, C. 764, Ananta, the king of the serpent race. Wisêsha, also occurs in 

 Clough, page 660, derived from Wi implying discrimination , Sisha, to attribute or 

 distinguish by attributes; sort, kind, marnier; difference; individual or specific identity 

 and consequent distinction from every other individual or species. A limb , a member. 

 Wisêshya, C, 660, an epithet, an attribute; principal , primary, chief. Séngyang 

 Wisésa will thus imply: principal or chief godhead. See Séngyang. — Wisésa is still 

 considered as the chief divinity of the Badui people in South Bantam. 



Wiwilangan, apparently, perhaps. Judging from the look of the thing. 



Wolanda, Dutch; Holland. Ka-pal Woldnda, a Dutch ship. Adat Wolanda, Dutch cus- 

 toms. Pulang ha Wolanda, to go back to Holland. •— Every thing European is called 

 Wolanda , without exactly caring whether it really comes from Holland or not. Nangha 

 Wolanda, the Soursop, Anona Muricata, originally introduced from the West lndies, 

 by the Dutch , and hence so called. 



Wong, person , man. This word is properly Javanese and not Sunda. It is however, 

 frequently heard in the expression, Sing xoong bai, any man the first, the best. Any 

 man at random. 



Wong-atua, the old people. Father and mother. Parents. In Javanese Wong, per- 

 son , Tuwo or tua , old. 



Wong-sanak, relations, relatives. Any fnmily connexion. Wong , person, S anale , relation. 



Wrat, or Wërat, a short way of pronouncing Weurat, heavy. The word Wrat is used 

 by goldsmiths when speaking of the ht of silver or gold. Wrat sa pansmat, of 



the weight of a Spanish dollar. 



Wudu, incompetent, notable, irappssible. Quite out of the power of. Entirely destitute. 



