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Rh Sisilih, a person who replaces another in any office or employment, a remplacant.

Sisip, only a little remaining. Said of food or money, of which hardly enough remains for our own use.

Sisir, a comb, a comb worn in the hair. A sort of comb, bound both above and below, belonging to the native loom, between which the separate threads are passed to keep them distinct.

Sisiran, to comb, to dress the hair with a comb.

Sisirik, querulous, jealous of favours conferred on others. Unwilling to do more than your neighbours.

Sisit, scales of a fish. Sisit lauk, fish scales. Sisit pinyu, tortoise shell. Sisit naga, dragon's scales. Name of a variety of paddy.

Sisiwo, laughing, playing in fun. Lain sisiwo, it's no playing, it's no child's play. Tuan ma sok sisiwo bai, our master often makes fun, does things for a joke.

Sita, C. 741, the daughter of Janaka and wife of Rama Chandra, carried away by Rawana, called usually Sita Déwi. The same as Sinta.

Siti, a lady of rank. A proper name used in Pantuns as applied to a female or goddess. It is probably a corruption of Séhéti, C. 762, a young woman, a maid. And thus Déwi Siti, would be: maiden goddess.

Siti, Kawi, earth, ground, land; the earth, a country.

Sitinggil, an abbreviation of Siti, ground, Tinggil, high in Javanese = high ground. Name of a terrace in front of native kratons or palaces, where the sovereign shows himself to his subjects, or gives audiences.

Situ, an artificial lake or pond, made by damming up a ravine, so as to retain the water for the purposes of irrigation. This word is derived from India. Sétu,, 763, from Si, to bind, and Tun, affinitive. A mound, a bank, a causeway, an elevated piece of ground separating fields and serving for the passage of travellers etc.; a bridge; a pass; a defile. — It will be seen that in Sunda the meaning is somewhat modified from what it really and originally meant, as the Sundanese attach to this word the idea of a pond or lake, whereas in reality it is only the dam or embankment to form the lake. Situ-banda, Adam's bridge between Ceylon and the continent of India. C. 763, Sétu Bandha, from Sétu, a bridge and Bhanda, binding. The ridge of rocks extending from the South extremity of the Coromandel coast towards the island of Ceylon, supposed to have been formed by Hanuman, by command of Rama, as a bridge for the passage if his forces, when going against Rawana; any dike or dam etc. This word Situ banda is known only in old legendary Hindu lore; at the last end of Java is a district near Panarukan called Situ Bondo, no doubt after the Indian fable. Here have always existed some large dam works for stopping up the river, for the purposes of irrigation, which were, a few years ago, replaced by the Dutch government with substantial masonry dikes.

Situ Hyang, any small pool of water on an upland plateau, where it can only be fed