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316 Nujum, Ar. necromancy, astrology. (نَجْمٌ, plur. نُجُومٌ, stars; نجوم is also ortus stellae, and conspicuitas).

Numbuk, to butt with the head, to thump, to beat hard. (Mal. تمبق, tumbuk, id. Jav. tumbuk, to beat against a thing, to run against it; to concur, said of two facts occuring at the same time. Fr.)

Numpang, to be accommodated (as with a passage in a vessel, with lodging on a journey or with the transport of goods.) To go along with, or under the protection of some one else. (Malay, Batav. idem. Also to be lodged in anothers house.)

Nun, yes, a very respectful expression of assent It may be a contraction of nuhun, which see, or of nuna, C. 338, certainly, truly, veritably, indubitably. Kula nun, I with respect; your humble servant; kula nun inggih, I with respect say yes. (Nuna in Clough is Sct. nûnam; the corruption of the word on Java not being likely, I derive nun from nuhun, having also the same meaning. Fr.)

Nunchĕb, said of any thing, as a stake of wood, which is stuck fast and upright in any substance, as in water, or in mud. Fallen headformost. Kayu gĕdé nunchĕb di rancha, a large piece of wood stuck fast in a swamp. Also said of anything falling direct down upon the ground; Ragrag nunchĕb ka tanĕuh, he fell headforemost on the ground. (Batav. nanchĕb, which is not found in the Malay and Javan. dictionaries.)

Nundutan, being sleepy, inclined to go to sleep. Dozing, half asleep; napping.

Nunggak, to stick up or out like the stump of a tree. To remain over. To be in surplus. (Tunggak, Jav. Bat. the stem or stump of a tree below the branches).

Nunggal, alone, separate, distinct, independent. (Tunggal, Jav. Mal. idem.)

Nunggul, left like the stump of a tree, from which the shade of the branches has been ruthlessly removed. See Tunggul. Desolate and alone, destitute.

Nunggul-pinang, left like the stump of the pinang tree. Said of a person who has no relations left, an entire orphan.

Nungguluk, showing in a large mass; looming large in the distance.

Nungtĕk, perpendicular, bolt upright.

Nunia, Mrs., a title given to European and Chinese married women. (Bat.; pronounced nyo-nya; of Portuguese origin.)

Nunjang, course, direction, current, said of waters or rivers—flow towards. Chai kabéh nunjang ngulon, all the rivers flow towards the west. Chai éta ka mana nunjang na, whither does that river flow. (Jav. To run against any thing.)

Nunjukul, high and round, bluff- as ground elevated and round at the top.

Nurgaha, prosperity, affluence. (Sct. Anugraha, commonly corrupted to nugraha, favour, furthering; in the Archipel it means commonly favour of the deity, whereof prosperity is the result. Fr.)

Nurjaya, name of a hill on Jasinga Estate, which forms one of the boundary marks with Bantam, called Gunung Nurjaya. Mr. thinks the word is derived from Nri-jaya, which being a sound difficult for Polynesians to pronounce, they have