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388 cupation is fetching water. Aya nu purah, there are such folks! such things do happen! Owoh nu purah hadé, there are none by chance good. Purai, broken in pieces, pounded up, smashed, as a clod of earth, a lump of sugar or the like. Puraikĕn, to break up small. To dash to pieces. Pura-pura, shamming, feigning, pretending.

Purasani, fine tempered steel. The loadstone, probably from being applied to a bit of steel. This word is probably the same as Khorasani, MARSDEN, page 125, Persian, fine tempered steel of Khorasan. Purĕk, short hold of a rope,—the reverse of Lair or Layĕr. Short in the hold (by a rope). Tali na purĕk tĕuyn, the rope is too short. Ulah purĕk tĕuyn, don't hold so short. Purilkĕn, to twist as a rope or bit of string. To twist or turn round anything. To twirl. Purilkĕn chĕuli na, twist his ear for him.

Purut, name of a tree. Artocarpus Glauca. Purwa, old, ancient; in the commencement. Haji Purwa, the ancient Haji, — is a person who occurs in the history of Pajajaran. See RAFFLES vol. 2, page 97. Kiyo purwa na, in this way it was originally or anciently. Purwa, C. 416, first, prior, former, preceding, initial. Eastern Purwana originally. Purwadadi, name of the chief place in Grobogan, East from Samarang. It is situated in a low flat country often covered with inundations in the wet monsoon, and from this circumstance may have derived its name. Purwa, C. 416, first, prior, former, preceding, initial. Udadhi, C. 76, the sea, the ocean: formerly a sea; the pristine sea. The word udadhi in composition loses the initial U as in Mahodadhi, C. 534, the Ocean, from Maha, great, Udadhi, sea. Purwakala, in ancient times, of old.

Pusaka, inheritance, hereditary property or rights, heir-looms. Patrimony. Pu from Puwa, C. 411, former, prior, ancient. Saka, C. 691, his, his own, ones own.—Thus ancient possessions or ones own from olden times.

Pusaran chai, a whirlpool. Pusar in Malay, MARSDEN 237, to turn horizontally (as a mill stone). To turn (as water in a whirlpool). Pusing, giddy, dizzy. To revolve, to turn round, to twirl. Involved in business ; taking much trouble with any matter. To daikkĕn pusing, he will not trouble himself about it. Puspa, name of a forest tree, very common at Jasinga; does not grow under an elevation of 600 or 800 feet above the sea. Schima Noronhae. The name is Sanscrit and is found in Clough, page 412/13, Pushpa or Puspa, a flower. The pure white flowers of the Sunda puspa are found scattered under the tree, at intervals, throughout the whole year. Puspa occurs frequently in the composition of proper names, where it has evidently the meaning of flower. Putal, name of a weed growing in the humahs; it has a thick fleshy leaf and dies or withers with difficulty, even when put up on the stump of a tree, especially if the weather is wet.