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Rh Bangkayut, the straw of the ear part of paddy, after the grain has been removed.

Bangkol, a hook, a crook.

Bangkong, a toad. Batu bangkong, a trachyte stone or rock.

Bangkong, as Ki Bangkong, a large forest tree with hard, heavy wood.

Bangku, Portuguese Banco- a bench, a form, a sofa.

Bangkulu, Bencoolen in Sumatra. Bangka-hulu, old-Bangka Fr.).

Bangkwang, a white round root, something like a garden turnip, generally eaten raw. Pachyrrhizus angulatus.

Bang'o, a bird of the stork kind, with black body and white breast. Sometimes called by the Dutch the Domine, the Parson, in allusion to his wearing a small white band at his neck, and being otherwise dressed in black. Ciconia capillata. Called also Bango Sésér.

Bang'o butak, the bald Bang'o, from having no feathers on its head. It is larger than the simple Bango. The adjutant bird. Ciconia.

Bang'or, obstinate, self-willed, naughty. Hardy, as a plant or animal.

Bangsa, race, family, tribe. Nobility, of high or noble descent. Wansa, C. 614. race, lineage, family.

Bangsa-an, having noble descent, being of good family. Made in Malay into Bangsawan. (The Malay bangsawan in is rather the Nominative case of bangsawat, possessing a lineage Fr.)

Bangsal, Paddy still in the husk but beaten out from straw.

Bangsal, a marine store house, a Banksaul- we do not hear this word in the interior, nor is it now a days in use along the coasts of Java, but exists wherever the native governments are still in force as in Ball It is most likely derived from Bandha, C. 459, a pledge, a deposit, a tie, a fetter, a binding. Sala, C. 719, a house or hall. Bandha-sala would thus be a hall of deposit, and thus of safety for foreign traders. When foreign traders landed their goods in such a building, it was a kind of pledge for their good conduct, and that they would and could pay for any produce, which they might engage.

Bang'si, a clarionette, blown from the end.

Bang'un, appearance, shape, make, form. Bang'un na bagus, its shape is beautiful.

Bang'unan, a set, an assortmant. Goōng tilu bang'unan, three sets of Gongs, with other accompanying musical instruments.

Bang'us, the muzzle, the mouth of an animal.

Bantahan, to resist, to oppose, to rebel, to act contrary to orders in Malay Bantah-Marsden 49 to wrangle, dispute, contest, squabble, quarrel in words: and Perbantahan. M. 217. disputes, contention. Some people wish to trace the origin of Bantan on Java to this word Bantahan, contracted into Bantan, as indicating a rebellious, disobedient people, which character they generally possess.