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374 Pias, pale and delicate; looking unwell about the face.

Pibaya-ěun, something which will cause disaster.

Pibibitěun, something to serve as seed. Grain to be planted.

Pichahan, a term used in rice mills to express the husking of the grain,—from the Malay word Pichah, broken. Pichahan paré, to break open the husk from the grain in grinding paddy.

Picha-piring, name of a large shrub with pure white flowers. Gardenia florida. More frequently called kacha-piring. Picha piring sounds like Malay and would literally mean „broken plate,” as if the white flowers were like broken bits of pot stuck upon the tree. The word Kacha or Picha, however, is most likely derived from the Sanscrit word Pichcha, C. 392, a jasmine, from the white colour and sweetscent of the flowers, and the plant was very likely introduced from India. May not Piring perhaps be part of the verb Piranawa, C. 403, to comb, to dress the hair with a comb,—and thus the jasmine used in dressing the hair. The Malays have evidently seized upon the words as resembling Picha-piring = broken pot, whereas they in reality mean: jasmine for putting in the hair. In Malay it is also called Sang klapa, which may allude to its being hid amongst the hair.

Pichara, a lawsuit, any question to be discussed. Gědong pichara, the town-hall, a court-house. Kudu di pichara, we must discuss the matter; a lawsuit must be instituted. Probably derived from Achāra, and the Polynesian Pi before it. Achāra, C. 61, an established rule of conduct, an ordinance, an institute; a precept.

Pichěun, to throw away; to fling away; to get rid of; to discard, to put away. Pichěun ka jauh, throw it far away. Ewé na, gěus di pichěun, he has flung away his wife (or been divorced from her).

Pichis, any small coin or money. Originally meant the China cash with square hole in the centre. Called also Kupang. To bogah pichis, I have no money.

Pichung, name of a tree, Pangium edule; has large brown nuts from which an inferior dark coloured lampoil is extracted.

Pidangdaněun, materials; tackle, gear.

Pi-éwé-ěun, a woman to make a wife of. Aya loba pi-éwé-ěun nu ngora di lumber éta, there are lots of young girls to make wives of in that village.

Pigasol, a sort of tiger trap, being two pinang or other straight trees, set side by side, at an angle with the ground, with one end on the ground and the other bearing the bait, a lump of flesh, so fixed to a doorway erection, that the tiger creeping along the pinang stems and pulling at the bait, lets the whole fall, and he himself is caught on spears or sharpened bambus set below.

Pigati-ěun, a difficulty, a hindrance, an impediment. Anything which causes difficulty.

Pihadé-ěun, something which will turn out well; amelioration. Lain pihadé-ěun, that will never do; that will not answer.

Pihané-an, an instrument with upright stanchions, about a foot high, and which can be