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A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE


Burusut, slipped out , glided out ; said of a child or animal as it comes from its mother or dam; protruded. Anak na anyar keneh burusut na, Its young had just been protruded (born).

Burut, a hydrocele, hernia, rupture, a swelling of the Scrotum.

Bus, the idiomatic expression of shoving or putting in. Bus hasup ka imah, he popped into the house.

Busal, a wild pig or boar with bosses or knobby bony excrescences on the face. Sus Vittatus.

Busiat, a word of contempt or of scorn. Diga busiat, like a good-for-nothing thief.

Busik, entangled and twisted together , as hair which is never combed. Said also of other things which are neglected and in confusion.

Busuk, Malay but often used in Sunda; foul, stinking, rotten, and more particularly applied to foul actions.

Busung, having a swollen belly from disease; the dropsy; daik busung , may I become swollen bellied or dropsical, a very strong asseveration or appeal to truth.

Buta, properly Malay- Blind. Frequently used in the expression Buta rata, where no trace is left, obliterated, entirely disappeared. See Wuta. Buta-rata would also admit of the meaning, Goblin-level, as if the goblins had distroyed all before them.

Buta, a goblin, a malignant spirit; the word is used in Pantuns and traditions. Bhuta, C. 496, a goblin, a ghost, a malignant spirit hunting cemeteries, lurking in trees, animating carcases, and deluding or devouring human beings. A name of Siwa.

Butak, bald, no hair on the head; said also of a high mountain where no vegetation exists ; Gunung Butak , the Sajira hill in South Bantam , said to be bare about the top.

Butuh, in distress for want of food or money, hard up, pinched, destitute.

Butun, or Huwi Butun, a large variety of yam,

Butun, name of a tree growing on the South coast of Bantam, with fruit of the size of a man's fist, with four sharp corners or ridges.

Bu-uk, hair of the head of human beings.

Buut, a squirrel , Sciurus Plantani of Ilorsfield , such as are found about the villages in the Cocoa nut trees. There is another variety found in the jungle called K6kcs y which is rather smaller.

Buwa, fruit, see Buah.

Buwana, universe, see Buana. Buwana panclta* terufah this mid world. (This suggests the idea that the people formerly believed in the existence of five worlds , ours being the middle one. Fr.)

Buwu, see Bubu , a sort of fish trap.

Buyamin, Benjamin, a proper name- Arabic.

Buyung, a largish earthernware jar, mostly of coarse brown unglazed manufacture, for holding water.