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420 Salawat, money given to people who assist at a burial, probably from the preceding word, and thus originally meant to designate money paid for the prayers or benediction of those who accompany a corpse to the grave.

Salawé, the number twenty five, 25. Salawé is also a word used in ancient counting of money, as applied to Pichis or Chinese cash, and is equivalent to one Dutch doit of the present time. See also Satus, Satak, Samas, Sáwu. Lawé means thread in Javanese. Thus Salawé is probably a thread or string of such pichis.

Salé, dried fruits. Plantains sliced and dried in the sun in order to preservation. Di salé, to dry by hanging up over fire, or by exposing to the rays of the sun.

Salěběr, expressive of flying or moving rapidly. Away they moved off. Salěběr bai hiběr, and away they all flew.

Saléh, Arabic, virtuous, peacably disposed, good.

Salémpat, a plant. Colocasia Vera.

Saléndro, viz, the name given to a full and complete band of native musical instruments.

Saléséh, terminated, cleared off. Paid in full,—as a debt. A difficulty solved. Brought to a conclusion.

Salésér, moving slowly, wriggling.

Salésma, the complaint called a cold, a cold in the head. Salasima,, p. 177, an obstruction, stoppage, retention, strangury.

Saligi, a wooden dart. A stick sharpened at the end, and hurled as a spear.

Saliksikan,, to have the head scratched by another person to get out the lice or other filth.

Salikur, twenty one, 21. See.

Salimut, a bed covering, a coverlet, quilt, or anything to cover up the body whilst asleep.

Salin, to pour from one vessel into another; to draw or rack off. To shift or change dress. To translate. The word may be derived from Lina, C. 608, hidden, concealed; from changing appearance.

Salindungkěn, to conceal, to hide any person or thing. Lina, C. 608, hidden, concealed. See.

Salingkuh, prevaricating. Deceiving by telling lies.

Salipi, a bag, a sack.

Salira, properly, name of a tree in great request for burning charcoal for the use of blacksmith's. Cyminosma Laurifolia.

Salisih, to differ, to vary, to disagree. Differing, disagreeing, wrangling.

Salisih and Salisihan, to make a trifling present or offering, as of rice, eggs or kuéh etc., to an evil genius who is supposed to have caused some evil or sickness. The offering is made under the idea of redeeming the soul of the sick person, which is thought to have been taken by an evil spirit. This is a remnant of Anti-mahomedan superstition.