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450 Sing'apura, Singapore. From Sing'a, C. 720, a lion, and Pura, C. 409, a city, a town. The lion city. The present British setlement of Singapura on the old site of a celebrated Malay state so called. The old Malay Singapore was destroyed by the forces of Majapahit about A.D. 1252.

Sing'asana, a throne, from Sing'a, a lion, and Asanā, C. 66, a seat.

Sing'asari, the name of an ancient capital in Java, inland from the town of Pasuruan on the road to Malang, where still the remains of stone temples and colossal warders and images are found. Sing'a, lion, Sari, flower, beauty. The lion flower; the beautiful lion.

Sing'at, up to, off by; until, as far as. Potong sing'at buku, cut it off by the joint. Sing'at tangkal waru, up to the Waru tree. Sing'at chai, as far as the river. MARSDEN, p. 94, gives Sahingga, Singga, and Singgan, with the same meaning in Malay. Singĕt, narrow, strait, short, a short distance. Brief, not long. Jalan na kadiniyo sing'ĕt, the road that way is short. En sing'ĕt dĕui ka lumbur, there only remains a short distance to the village.

Singkabkĕn, to lift up a little; to raise on one side; to shake out.

Singkal, the coulter of a plough. A piece of curved wood fastened on a plough above the share, so as to turn over the ground in ploughing.

Singkara, a silicious incrustation, sometimes found lining the inner tubes of bambu.

Singké, a name given to a Chinaman who has immigrated from China, to distinguish him from a Chinaman born in the Archipelago and known by the name of Baba. Singké is said to mean new man or new friend.

Singkir, to remove, to put out of the way. To displace, to set aside.

Singkiran, to get out of the way of anything. To remove ourselves out of the way. Panyakit éta mĕunang di singkiran, that disease you can get out of the way of it.

Singkirkĕn, to remove something else than ourselves. To set aside, to put out of the way, to reserve for future use.

Singkur and Singkurkĕn, to give a side cut or slash. To slash with a cutting weapon. To give a side blow, or parry, with a rattan when playing the game of Ujungan.

Singsihĕunan, to frighten, to terrify. To cause to be afraid.

Singsirĕuman, having the cramp in any of the limbs of the body. A numb feeling in the body. That peculiarity of the flesh which is called being asleep. The etymon of the word is Sirĕum, an ant, and the word in the Malay to express the same idea is Sĕmutan, having the ant, or being troubled with the ant, from Sĕmut, an ant. It is odd that such a sensation should be expressed in both languages by different words, but still both expressing the same idea. The idea conveyed is evidently that of feeling ants creeping over the body.

Singwong, whoever, any one. This word is frequently used though the compound word wong is not Sunda but Javanese, and means: person, individual.