Page:A dictionary of the Sunda language of Java.djvu/462

Rh Sepak, to kick, to strike with the foot, of either man or beast. Di sépak ku tuan, he was kicked by the gentleman. Di sépak kuda, he was kicked a horse.

Sĕpat, name of a small fish found in ponds. Trichopus Trichopterus.

Sĕpĕt, astringent to the taste, harsh in the mouth. Sĕpĕt expresses in a smaller degree what Kĕsĕd denotes in a greater one.

Sĕpi, any fruit, but more especially Jéngkol, which has been buried in the earth to mellow and ripen, when it comes out most nauseous, stinking stuff, but is greedily eaten by the natives. The Jéngkol beans are deleterious and strongly affect the urinary organs unless treated in this way. See Jéngkol.

Sĕpi, solitary, lonely. Wana Sĕpi, lonely forest, name of a place in Karawang.

Sĕpuh, old an venerable. Old so as to be past work. Juragan sĕpuh, the old headman (who has been set aside from old age).

Sĕr, the idiomatic expression of moving or shoving forward or aside. See Sĕsĕr, Gĕsĕr. It is in a smaller degree what Sur is in a larger one.

Sérab, dazzle from the sun or from heat. Dazzle experienced on looking at the sun. The dazzle seen upon wood and many other objects when shone upon by a bright sun.

Sĕradat, to slip, to slide. To fall by slipping on anything greasy.

Sĕrah, given up, yielded, surrendered, submitted.

Sérah, a few unshelled grains of paddy mixed up with rice, when it has not been sufficiently cleaned. Béas iyo loba tĕuyn sérah na, this rice has too many unshelled grains in it.

Sĕrahkĕn, to submit, to yield, to surrender. To give over charge.

Sĕrak, hoarse, husky in voice.

Sérang, any piece of cultivation, as sawahs, humahs or gardens, worked by the population as a body for behoof of their chief, and without payment. Sérang is the name of the present chief place in Bantam, so called from having been the place where formerly the population planted sawahs in this way, for behoof of the sultans of Bantam. A humah Sérang is annually planted by the Badui people, and from the produce of this humah, the rice is made which is used in their superstitious observances.

Sĕrani, Arabic, a Christian, a Nazarene. The word is a corruption of Nasarani. By Orang Sĕrani, is generally meant the poor dark coloured half castes who are Christians. „And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, he shall be called a Nazarene.“ St. Matthew, chap. 2, verse 23. „And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews.“ St. John, chap. 19, verse 19.

Sĕrat, stripes, lines, as in a drawing.

Sĕrawĕl, Arabic, trousers, breeches.

Sĕrayu, a river which runs along the southern base of the Prawu mountains and subsequently separates the residencies of Bagalen and Banyumas. Sĕrayu in India is the river of Oude. Bat. Trans, vol. 22, page 51.