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hadé, his instructions to me were good. Ulah sok magah manéh, D'ont be surprised. D'ont be thinking to yourself (that you are not wrong).

Magalan, name of the chief place in the residency Kadu. Magul, C. 504, the Elu form of Mangala, fortunate, happy, auspicious, festive; of the marriage ceremony. Alan, C. 49. an ornament. Magul-alan auspicious ornament. Or maga, C. 504, the Elu form of marga, a road, a path. Maga-alan road ornament Both or either name may point out to some connection with the approaches to the neighbouring grand temple of Boro Budor. The name of the place is sometimes spelt Magalang, and also sometimes Ma- g a la an. (Bhagelana or Baglana is part of the Mahratti country. Might this Indian name have been transferred to a part of Java ? Magalan could be in this case the same as the name of the residency of Bagalen, which is proximate to Kadu. See Bagalen. Fr.)

Magas, to cut away the seedy strings from the end of the fruit stem of the Kawung Palm, preparatory to obtaining the Toddy.

Magĕr, to fence in; to put up a fence of any kind, to shut out, to preclude. See Pagĕr.

Magoan, fixed and firm in some place. Unmoved, not changed.

Magut, caught, arrested by catching against anything. Impeded in its course by striking against some object.

Mah, in composition seems to indicate a place, a spot. As Imah, a house; probably derived from Diam, to dwell, to put up, to be quiet- this Diam, however, is not Sunda but Malay- and Mah. The I in imah may be derived from the Singhalese Innawa to sit, to be at rest, to stand. The final nawa is constructive. Humah, an upland Pad- dy plantation, from Hua or Bua fruit , and Mah. Rĕumah, an abandoned Paddy plantation, after the crop of Paddy has been got off it; the meaning of Rĕu is not very apparent, as it does not occur as a separate word in the Sunda language, but we have the following. Rĕu-ai, having many children, prolific. Rĕunĕuh, pregnant, with child. Rĕnung, springing up; so that Rĕumah, may be the place of prolificness, from the vigour with which the native jungle regains its ascendency when left to itself.

Maha, Great, eminent; very, extremely. Malta, C. 526, Great, large, big.

Mahabharata, C. 528, from Maha, great, Bharata, the poem so called from Bhara, C. 491. a weight, a load, a burthen. The name of the great epic poem so much ce- lebrated amongst the Hindus; so called in allusion to the fable of the Rishes putting it in a scale and weighing it against the four Vedas, when it was found to outweigh them.

Mahadéwa, C. 530. Maha, great, déwa, a god. A name of Siwa.

Mahadéwi, C. 530, the goddess Durga, the wife of Siwa.

Mahal, dear, high priced; scarce. (Mal. idem).

Mahi, enough, sufficient; equal to, to have in one's power to do anything. Chai na ayeunah mahi, there is now enough water. Budak iyo mohal mahi ka kolot, It is but a youth , and not likely to be able to contend with an old man.