splitting, a fissure, a division, a chasm; defeat, discomfiture. This name probably attached to him from the splitting of the royal authority in Java.
Bang'ang'ah, gasping and blowing for breath, as on ascending a hill. The etymon of this word is ang which appears to imply apart, separated, but is not used separately; it occurs in Anggang, and Bung'ang'ang- which see.
Bang'at, with force, with violence, excessively, beyond moderation in an extreme degree-severe- Bang'at teuyn di gebugan, you strike him too severely. Maréntah jélema ulah sok bang'at teuyn, in ordering people d'ont be too severe.
Bangbaluhan, a log of wood tied to the neck of a buffaloe or other animal, to prevent its fighting or goring the others.
Bangban, see Bamban, name of a plant- Maranta Tonchat.
Bangbang, an expression used with reference to the Eastern points of the Compass. The word is probably a derivative from the Javanese word abang red, and being duplicated will indicate the ruddiness of the East or of the rising sun.
Bangbang Siang, the break of day, dawn, the East. Siang is Malay for early or day light, and is not otherwise heard in Sunda than in this expression.
Bangbang wétan, the East, sun- rise.
Bangbara, a black bulky kind of humble bee or Bombus, with sharp jaws which bores holes and nestles in timber. These insects are especially troublesome in buildings made of common jungle wood, most of which they will attack, if the wood has been cut when young. The insect is familiarly called „the Carpenter”, and in Malay is Kumbang.[1]
Bangbét, one of the chief divinities of the Badui. The word occurs in the sense of a divinity in several jampés.
Bangka, dead, said particularly of cattle that have died in the wilderness without the knowledge of owners, and ar thus not fit for food.
Bangka, the island of Banca, celebrated for its tin. (wangka, Skr. the bend, or elbow of a river, the winding course of a stream. Might the island have been called after the currents of the sea about? Fr.).
Bangka, heard in the expression Tuwa bangka, an old obstinate or malicious person. Bangka is probably a contraction of Bangkawara.
Bangkawara, malicious, bad, wicked, perverse, naughty, acting contrary to orders. Bhanga, C. 480. fear, dishonesty, fraud, circumvention, cheating. Wara, C. 638. opposition: thus fraudulent opposition. (Might be derived from wangka, and wara best, chief, principal; meaning a person whose chief quality is bending and winding himself? Fr).
- ↑ This might be the Skr. bhramara, a bee, which occurs also in Kawi and means not the honey giving, but the black humble bee, the Malay Kumbang. The corruption might be explained by the natives avoiding two r in the same word, wherefor they left out the first r (bhamara), and with their fondness for alliteration they put in another b = bambara, or bangbara). Fr.
