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322 Nyiar, to seek, to look for, to go in quest of. Nyiěup, to blow, as nyiěup sěuněuh, to blow a fire — means to light it. (Mal. Tiup). Nyihaněut, literally — to take warm water, means — to drink tea, or warm water with a decoction of any leaves.

Nyilunglum, to sit on eggs, as a bird or a hen; to incubate.

Nyimpang, to step aside. To go off the main road by aside one. To deviate, to diverge from any route. To diverge from any line, as a tool which cuts or slips from the right course.

Nyingkab, blown up or over; shoved on one side. Hatěup na nyingkab ku angin, the ataps were blown up by the wind.

Nyingkir, to move out of the way. Step aside. Kudu nyingkir, you must move out of the way. Nyingkir sakěudang, move away for a while.

Nyinyu, to mix anything in water, as salt, bran or the like. To commingle.

Nyiram, to have a longing desire for anything, especially as of pregnant women for acids; to conceive, to become pregnant. (Another word is Ngidam, Batav. mengidam).

Nyirandé, to lean back against anything: To recline.

Nyirik, to tread out with the foot. To tread out paddy from the straw for seed, the grains still retaining the shell.

Nyiru, the flat open basket implement on which the rice is thrown about and shook up to clean it of chaff and dust, after pounding.

Nyiruan, a variety of bee, which makes its nest and has its honey and young in the hollows of old trees, or in the clefts of rocks. Called about Batavia Tawon.

Nyisang, to use water to clean yourself, after having obeyed a daily call of nature.

Nyisig, to chew tobacco along with sěurěuh.

Nyisil, to eat grains of paddy, by biting off and spitting out the husk. To take stray grains of paddy in the mouth and nip them between the teeth. To gnaw as a rat or mouse.

Nyising, to ease yourself. To void excrement.

Nyiyěuk, to ladle out. See Siyěuk.

Nyodai, inclined, sloping, set at an angle.

Nyodor, projecting, sticking out.

Nyodoran, to hand over. To give by handing. To present.

Nyogléng-nyogléng, said of a weapon as a kris or badi, which is worn in the belt, but only the very tip stuck into the belt, and the greater part or length of the weapon left jauntily dangling out in front.

Nyokchokan, to bung up. To fasten or close an aperture, as of a bottle by putting in a cork or other similar matter. See Chochok.

Nyokot, to take, taken. See Chokot.

Nyomé, a joint of bambu, set in a stream of rapid water, into which small fish get drifted, and cannot again stem the current to get out.