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Surudum, wrapped up in the Samping or Sarung by having it drawn over the shoulders and up close about the neck, so that the sarung covers the whole upper body. The sarung is so used when the wearer is cold.

Surung and Surungken, to shove, to push. Di surung ka gawir, he shoved him to the precipice. Surungkěn ka jěro, push it in.

Surup, to go down as the sun, to set; to be absorbed. Mata poi gěus surup, the sun has set. Chai surup ka jěro, the water is absorbed.

Surup-surup, to gain secret information, to ascertain on the sly.

Suruwasa, a district in the interior of Central Sumatra, containing the old capital of Menangkabau. Suru, C. 754, a warrior, a hero. Brave, heroic, intrepid. Wasa, C. 640, a house, a habitation, a site, or situation. The abode of heroes.

Surya, the sun, used in the composition of proper names. The colloquial word for the sun being Mata poi. Derived from Sura, C. 752, to shine. Surya, what shines, the sun. Surya, C. 760 , the sun. The Ur in Surya resembles the Polynesian Ur in Timur,—see Ur,—and would give then Sa-ur-ya, that which comes forth. On Bali, Surya holds equal rank with Siwa. Friederich.

Susah, inward trouble, disquietude, distress, anxiety. Troubled, troublesome, difficult to accomplish. Inconvenient.

Susahan and Susahkěn, to give trouble, to cause distress, to annoy, to incommode.

Susu, the breast. The nipples on the breast of man or woman, a dug, a teat. U at the Marquesas and Sandwich Islands is teat, a woman's breast, milk. Mosblech's vocabulary. U in the Maori of New Zealand is „the breast of a female.” Crawfurd, Dissertation, page 141. It has this meaning in more languages of the Pacific, and is evidently duplicated with the prefix Sa in Sunda, Sa-u Sa-u = Susu. This is also the case in Malay and other languages of the Archipelago. The duplication being a method of expressing intensitiveness, which occurs also in other instances. Susu or Chisusu, water of the nipples, is the usual expression for milk.

Susu, a small monovalve shellfish common in the mountain streams, Melania. There are also Susu on the rocks on the sea-shore, which are Nerita.

Susuan, to give suck. To take an infant to the breast for the purpose of sucking.

Susudu or Susuduk, anything used by way of a spoon or laddie. A piece of stiff cocoa-nut-leaf bent in a channel, with which to poke at any soft object and help yourself to a portion.

Susugu, food, aliment, provisions, the necessaries of life,—supplied to strangers, public officials or visiters, also to people employed on any work. Susugu na hadé, he gave good cheer.

Susuhunan, title of the emperor of Solo. May be derived from Suhun, to carry on the head. Called also sometimes Sunan. In the Indisch Magazijn, tweede twaalftal, nos. 5 and 6, page 186, is found that Susuhunan, also Sunnan, is derived from the word Suhun, which implies reverence; Nyuhun, to reverence; Sinuhun, to be reverenced.