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A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE

Chés, the idiomatic expression of cutting an animal's throat.

Chětik, millet, a kind of grain. Sorghum.

Chětok, a variety of Dudukui or native bambu hat, made somewhat like a haseupan or rice boiler; not very broad but deep, and much used for boiling water, being of a shape which makes it serviceable as a bucket.

Chěucěub, nettled, taking offence at; inwardly vexed with.

Chěuděm, cloudy, overcast, threatening to rain.

Chěuli, the ear. Chûlikâ, C. 200, the root of an Elephants ear.

Chěuli Badak, literally Rhinoceros ear Opuntia polyantha; the Cactus plant on which Cochineal are kept.

Chěuli Wangking, name for a Rhinoceros.

Chěumpal, to take up anything dirty or disgusting in a leaf, a bit of paper, or other object, so as not to dirty the fingers.

Chěumpal, to surrender, to submit.

Chěuri, the name of an inferior sort of wild Mangosteen. Garcenia Dioica.

Chěurik, to cry, to weep.

Chi, a contraction of the word Chai, water or river. As Chi it is used in composition and prefixed to the names of rivers, as Chidani, Chidurian &c.

Chianjur, mostly heard pronounced short Chanjur. The seat of the Resident of the Prianger Regencies, and a large native town. The word is compounded of Chi, river; and Anjur an instrument, vide voce. Probably so called from the river being small and within the compass of being baled out.

Chiantěn, a river which after running between the Champéa and Lui Liang Estates falls into the Chidani. Anta, C. 32 a boundary, a limit; final, ultimate, and sometimes death. Chi-anta-an, Chiantan or Chiantěn, Boundary river; or Yanta to go, the infinitive mood of the verb Yanawah, go Chi Yantan, would denote, the far- going river, and would then have a parity of meaning with Chidurian.

Chichariwan, also Chachariwan, the knee-pan.

Chichékolan, the hollow at back of the knee.

Chichiap, a variety of fig tree, Ficus leucopleura.

Chichibluk, to splash in water, by striking with the hand, or by flinging in a stone.

Chichikěn, to pour out, especially a liquid, to spill about; to pour from one vessel to another.

Chiching, quiet, not moving; the order- Stand still! dwelling. Di mana sia chiching, where do you dwell.

Chichiriwis-an, impudent, insolent in speech, foul-mouthed.

Chidani, name of the river of Buitenzorg, called also Chi Sidani. The natives may have given the river the name of Widani which would be the feminine of Widana, as flowing past and from their ancient Capital of Pajajaran, and being the main river of this part