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Rh Wangsit, malignant, virulent; having supernatural power to do harm. Lĕuwĕung wangsit, a virulent forest, where man cannot tread without being overtaken by some malady or misfortune. Pamujahan nana to laku di tinchak, wangsit, you must not tread upon the place of penance, it is malignant.

Wani, daring, valliant, bold. Sia wani nyachag ka maung, would you dare to cut at a tiger (in the forest). To wani ngarajang kadinyo, I dare not tackle on to that. — We have among the back mountains of Jasinga a Chi-barani, though Barani is never heard in the language alone, and very likely here means the river of Bawani. So also in Malay there is the expression, Batu barani, for the loadstone, Bĕsi barani, for the magnet, Marsden , page 39, which may have also reference to the goddess Bawani, as representing courage. This Wani is further the same as Barani in Malay, Marsden, page 38, bold, daring, courageous, which are thus probably both derived form Bawani, the consort of Siva, his attribute of courage. The Sunda people have another word for daring, viz Ludĕung. — In the plural it becomes Wararani. Wararantĕun amat éta jélĕma, those people are very daring.

Wanta, good advice, friendly instructions. Instructions in Jampé or incantations. Wanta, C. 637, from Wama, to vomit, Tata affinative vomited, ejected from the mouth. Perhaps from always spitting upon a place over which Jampé is pronounced.

Wara, to teach, to reprehend, to tell to do better, to inculcate, to impress by admonition. Perhaps the same as Wāra, C. 638, in the sense of permission, or Wārana, C. 638, defence, opposition, prohibition. Wara, C. 623, requesting, soliciting, prevailing on a person by entreaty to undertake any business.

Wara, is also sometimes used in the sense of Waka, as: ulah wara di béré, don't yet give any, — and may then be Wara, C. 638, time, occasion.

Waragang, right and true. Correct in conduct. Straight forward, worthy of trust.

Warang, the mutual parents of married people, as the father of the husband is the Warang of the father of the wife. In Malay this relationship of the parents is designated by Bésan.

Warangan, arsenic. Much used for a solution in which gobangs, krises, badis and other cutting instruments are steeped in order to bring out the Pamor, and preserve them from rusting. Called in Malay Brangan or Barangan, Marsden, page 38. Also to apply a solution of arsenic to weapons. Kris warangan, Gobang warangan, such weapons when they have been soaked in a solution of arsenic.

Waras, in sound good health. Sound, not decayed. Convalescent, recovered from sickness, cured, healed, sound, sane, Gĕus waras dĕui, he is restored to health. Pagĕr na waras kénéh saparo na, part of the fence is still sound (not rotten).

Warata, of even surface, without asperities. Even in grain, as rice. To distribute evenly to all alike. Fairly apportioned.

Waréng, the seventh in descent, counting the father and mother as number one. The sixth generation after an ancestor. The term also applies backwards, so that the ancesterancestor [sic] sixth previously is the waréng of the living person. 67