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Rh Pukul, to strike, to knock, to whip; to divide, as in arithmetic; to levy upon, as a tax; to apportion a contribution. Di pukul rata, every one paid an equal share. Also to take an average.

Pukulan, a place to beat in. An indigo vat, from the water being beaten to separate the feculae.

Pulang, to return, to go home, to revert.

Pulang anting, to go and return the same day.

Pulangkĕn, to give back, to return anything borrowed.

Pulas, to rub on paint, whitewash or the like. To daub.

Pulasari, name of a plant, Alyxia Stellata, used medicinally. Quere—Pula, C. 411, the erection of the hairs of the body considered as a proof of exquisite delight. Sari, used much in compound words on Java to denote, a flower, or beauty.

Pulasari, name of a mountain in Bantam, a little way to the south of the Gunung Karang.

Pulĕn, said of any food, but especially properly boiled rice, which is glib and easily swallowed.

Pulé pandak, name of a plant used for a strong drastic. Given to horses, dogs or other animals on which it operates very powerfully. Ophyoxylon Serpentinum of the family Apocyneae.

Pulĕs, name of a class of plants, the leaves of which have stinging properties, the same as the common nettle in Europe, Urtica Dioica, only in a more violent degree.
 * Pulĕs, simply, Urtica Stimulaus, of the family Urticeae.
 * Pulĕs munding, Urtica Astuans, of the family Urticeae.
 * Pulĕs maléla, Urtica Ardens, of the family Urticeae.
 * Pulĕs arĕui, Cnesmosa Javanica, of the family Euphorbiaceae.

Pulĕsan, name of a variety of Rambutan or Tundun. Nephelium globium.

Pulihan, same as Mulihan, to weed a humah a second time. To go over again.

Pulir, to twist, to twirl, to turn round, especially something small. Mĕngké chĕuli sia di pulir ku aing, I will pull your ears—I will twirl them round.

Pulo, an island, land surrounded by water. Pulina, C. 411, an island of alluvial formation, or one from which the water has recently with drawn; or a small island or rock left in the middle of a river upon the falling of the waters. Polo, C. 424, the plural of Polowa, the Earth.

Puluh, the decimal adjunct. Sa puluh, ten. Dua puluh, twenty. Lima puluh, Fifty. Puluh probably originally means: to gather up, and is heard in Pulung, with final nasal ng. The natives perhaps originally counted by putting down some trifling object—a pebble—as in still heard in satu = sa-watu, or a grain as sa-hiji, and at every ten, they gathered them together to keep a tally, and thus sa-puluh will be one tally, dua puluh, two tallies, and so forth.

Pulung, to gather up, to collect, to pick up; to adopt. Pulung buah, to gather up 49