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Rh dustry of the common people, or what they get by their labour. Such labour itself. Ussaha, C. 83, labour, exertion, diligence.

Usali, Arabic, about to pray. Having the intention to pray. The commencement of a formulary of prayer.

Usap, to rub, to wipe. To polish with the hand. To push the hand along anything as if rubbing. To stroke down.

Usĕp, a fish-hook. To fish with a hook and line.

Usik, to move, to stir. Ulah ngusik, don't move. Teu bisa ngusik, I cannot move.

Usir, to chase away. To put outside. To turn out, to dislodge man or beast from any position. To unceremoniously turn a man or beast from any place, as a house, a village, or out of any employment.

Ustu, obeying, subjected to. Also sometimes heard as Estu.

Usuk, a rafter in the roof of a house, when made of wood and not bambu, which would be called Layĕs.

Usum, season, period of year. Probably a corruption of Musim, which see.

Usung, to carry on the head. To carry anything in a basket or bag placed on the head. Said of the act of an animal which puts its head under anything to toss it up. Anjingna di usung ku kĕbo, the buffaloe tossed the dog in the air. Usung seems to have a common origin with the first part of the Singhalese verb Ussanawa, C. 83, to lift up, to raise, to elevate, or Osawanawa, C. 91, to raise, to lift up, to elevate, from the adjective Us or Usa, C. 83, high, elevated, and which will be the same etymon as Hausser, to elevate, in French.

Usung-asung, a small variety of Ajag, Canis rutilans. They go about in packs, and hunt small animals which they attack and master by their numbers. They are less troublesome than the Ajag, and like it are of a brown colour, and have bushy tails. The word is evidently derived from the Javanese Asu, a dog. Suna, C. 748, a dog,from Su, to hear.

Usur, the one tenth of the property left by a deceased person, which falls to the priest for his trouble and assistance in enforcing the Mahomedan law in its distribution.

Usur, to bribe, to give a douceur. Di usur manan daik jadi, it was necessary to bribe him before it could bo done.

Usuran, a bribe, a douceur.

Usus, the guts, the entrails, the intestines.

Usut, to rub the nose, as a dog upon the grass when tracking game, or a lover against the face of his beloved. To scent out. To get information by prying slyly.

Utah, to vomit, to throw up, whatever is vomited. Utah anjing, a dog's vomit.

Utahkĕn, to vomit, to throw up from the stomach. To disgorge, to give back anything unlawfully obtained. The Malay word is Muntah, which is the Sunda Utah with the prefixed verbal particle ma.

Utama, excellent, in perfection, best, perfect. All done that can be done. Utama hadé,