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Rh Hěulěutan, to divide, to separate, to work at only here and there.

Hěumpas, overlapping, where one part sticks out, over or beyond another.

Hěuncheut, Pudendum muliebre.

Hěurap, a long casting net to take fish.

Hěuras, stiff, firm and hard. Unwilling to bend. (Cf. Mal. Kras. Jav. Kĕnas. and Kras.)

Hěurin, in the way, inconvenient. Héurin usik, so much in the way that you cannot move; said especially of a crowd of people.

Hěurĕui, troublesome, importunate, vexatious. Meddling where you have no business.

Hiakĕn, to set to work, to encourage others to do something, to egg on.

Hiang, to disappear, to vanish. The act by wichwhich [sic] the wonderful men of old made themselves scarce. They did not die but became invisible, and from this circumstance the Priangĕr Regencies are called Tanĕuh Priangĕn, from Para of the order of, of the number of — Hiangĕn, those who vanish. See Hyang which is evidently the true original of Hiang. There is a tree called Ki-hiang, Adenanthera falcata, from the circumstance of its casting all its leaves at once and becoming thus bare before the new leaves show themselves.

Hiangkén, to keep off evil.

Hibat, to divide a man's property during his life time among his children, in order to be sure that each gets what is meant for him, and not leave it to an uncertainty after death. Heibat, Marsden Page 866. Arabic, meaning fear, timidity- Timorous, fearful, and perhaps our Sunda acceptation is derived from a fear which a father might entertain regarding the eventual distribution of his property. (It seems to be هِبَةٌ, hibat, donation, from the Arabic root وَهَبَ, wahaba, dedit, donavit. Fr.)

Hibĕr, to fly. (Javan. idem.)

Hidayat, most likely arabic, Prosperity, good luck. (هِدَايَةٌ, Hidayat from the Arab. هَدَي, hadâ means directio bona, institutio recta. Also the name of treatises on law.)

Hidĕng, comprehend, understand. To hideng, I do not comprehend it.

Hidĕung, black, of a dark colour. Awi hidĕung, or Awi wulung the black bambu- Bambusa nigra. (Jav. irĕng, idem.)

Hidi, to spear fish; a man dives in the water, watches the fish, and spears them with an instrument adopted for the purpose. The spear so called.

Hidi! an exclamation of astonishment or fear. Oh dear!

Hihid, a fanner made of split bambu, with which a fire is fanned into a blaze, or fresh boiled rice is fanned whilst undergoing the process of Akěul or kneading. The hihid is about a foot square, made of fine matted bambu, with a stick to hold it by tied along one edge.