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454 by rain water, and is thus looked upon more or less as a wonder; the pool of the divinity (of ancient Hindu times). Such a Situ-hyang exist on the Bolang Estate, a little to the East of the Gunung Handarusa.

Siwa, also called Mahadéwa. One of the Hindu gods. in his dictionary at page 737 gives, Siwa, from Si, to sleep, wan, affinitive. The deity Siwa, the most formidable of the Hindu triad, the worship of which he is the object, is of a more gloomy nature in general, than that of the rest.

Siwangkung, a variety of palm tree, larger than the Sarai.

Siyak, disappeared, passed away, dispersed.

Siyal, unlucky, not successful. Luck not attending anything which we undertake.

Siyĕuk, to laddie out, either water, or any loose fine matter, as grain, rice, sand, sugar or the like. To take out such materials with any cup-like utensil or with a cocoa nut shell.

Siyĕur, fine fleas, small fleas, diminutive flies, found much about the rice blocks.

Siyuh, the whistle of a breeze of wind. The distant splash of a waterfall. The sound made by running water, especially if passing over a stony bed.

Siyung, the tusks of any animal. The sharp incisor teeth of the tiger, the dog, the horse or any other animal. A tusk, a fang, a canine tooth.

Slam, the short for the Arabic word Islam, mahomedan, belonging to the faithful. Orang Slam, mahomedan people.

Slamkĕn, to convert to mahomedanism.

Sméru, the highest mountain in Java, being, according to, 11.920 Rhineland feet high, which are equal to 12.274 feet English. It is situated upon the confines of Malang in Pasuruan and Basuki. Suméru, C. 752, from Su, excellent, Méru, the sacred mountain Méru. Méru, C. 559, the sacred mountain of the Hindus. Méru on Bali is a petty temple with several roofs rising one above the other in a pyramidical form, and dedicated to Siwa. , Bat. Trans, vol 22. On the top of the Hindu Méru, Sakra holds his court surrounded by the gods of Swarga, and underneath its base is the residence of the Asuras or demons. The Sméru is an active volcano almost constantly throwing out ashes, which will help to confirm the idea of its being the abode of demons.

Soang, a goose, anser. This word looks like the Malay word Angsa, goose, —, page 8 — reversed. Angsa is the Sancrit Hansa, C. 784, a goose, a gander, a swan. Soang may also be a contraction of Sota, C. 765, snout, beak, mouth, ect., and Hansa, C. 784, a goose: the snouted goose, as the geese in the Archipelago have all a peculiar boss or excrescent hump rising at the insertion of the beak. Angsa and Gangsa are the usual words, throughontthroughout [sic] the Archipelago for goose, which are evidantlyevidently [sic] the Sanscrit Hansa. The name of this bird was likely to be Sanscrit, as it is not indigenous, in a wild state, to any part of the Archipelago.

Soara, sound, report, noise, voice. Swara, C. 782, sound in general; air breathed through the nostrils; snoring.