Page:Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje - The Achehnese - tr. Arthur Warren Swete O'Sullivan (1906).djvu/235

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Peuteungahan leuhō ("the middle of the period devoted to the obligatory noonday prayers") about 1.30–2 P. M.
Akhé leuhō (the last part of the above period) 3
Asa ("the beginning of the time of the ʿasr or afternoon prayers") 3.30
Peuteungahan asa (the middle of the above period) 4.30–5
Akhé asa (the last part of that period) 5.30
Mugréb[1] ("sunset") 5.30
ʿicha ("evening"—especially referring to the time of the commencement of the evening prayer. Arab. ʿishā) 7.30
Teungòh malam ("midnight") 12
Sulīih yang akhé ("the last third of the night"; Arab. thulth). 1.30–4.30 A. M.
Kukuëʾ manòʾ siseun ("the single crowing of the cock") 3
Kukuëʾ manòʾ ramè (the continuous crowing of cocks") 4–4.30
Muréh ("the streaks of dawn" on the horizon) or subòh (from Arab. subḥ = morning) or paja (from Arab. fajr = early dawn) close on 5 [2].

  1. Sunset is with the Achehnese, as with all other Mohammedans, the commencement of the day of 24 hours, so that the night belongs to the day that follows it, and not as with us to that which precedes it.
  2. The Malays use maghrib, ʿisha, subḥ, lohor (ẓuhr) very much as they are used by the Achehnese. Their common phrases for the divisions of time however, though resembling those in the text in so far as they are partly drawn from natural phenomena are not by any means all identical with them. The following list is taken from the appendix to Maxwell's manual of the Malay language p. 139, and forms an interesting comparison with that given above.

    1. Belum terbang lalat "before the flies are astir", just before daybreak.

    2. Pechah panas, "when the heat commences", sun-up.

    3. Kěring ambun "when the dew dries" about 8 A. M.

    4. Tengah naik "when the sun is half way up" 9 A. M.

    5. Tulih tenggala "when the plough is idle" (this resembles plòïh meuneuʾ uë).

    6. Tengah hari těpat "midday exactly", noon. {{pbr} 7. Rambang "Right in the middle" (i. e. the sun in the sky), noon.

    8. Buntar membayang," when the shadows are round (i, e. when your shadow is round your feet; noon).

    9. Beralis hari "when the day changes", afternoon.

    10. Lepas baʾada, and lepas baʾada salah", after (Friday's) prayers (in the mosque), about 1.30 P. M.

    11. Turun kerbau berendam, "when the buffaloes go down to water", about 3 P. M.

    12. Jindera budak, "when the children have gone to sleep, about 10 P.M. ( Translator).