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74 Burusut, slipped out, glided out ; said of a child or animal as it comes from its mother or dam; protruded. Anak na anyar keneh burusut na, Its young had just been protruded (born).

Burut, a hydrocele, hernia, rupture, a swelling of the Scrotum.

Bus, the idiomatic expression of shoving or putting in. Bus hasup ka imah, he popped into the house.

Busal, a wild pig or boar with bosses or knobby bony excrescences on the face. Sus Vittatus.

Busiat, a word of contempt or of scorn. Diga busiat, like a good-for-nothing thief.

Busik, entangled and twisted together, as hair which is never combed. Said also of other things which are neglected and in confusion.

Busuk, Malay but often used in Sunda; foul, stinking, rotten, and more particularly applied to foul actions.

Busung, having a swollen belly from disease; the dropsy; daik busung, may I become swollen bellied or dropsical, a very strong asseveration or appeal to truth.

Buta, properly Malay- Blind. Frequently used in the expression Buta rata, where no trace is left, obliterated, entirely disappeared. See Wuta. Buta-rata would also admit of the meaning, Goblin-level, as if the goblins had distroyed all before them.

Buta, a goblin, a malignant spirit; the word is used in Pantuns and traditions. Bhuta, C. 496, a goblin, a ghost, a malignant spirit hunting cemeteries, lurking in trees, animating carcases, and deluding or devouring human beings. A name of Siwa.

Butak, bald, no hair on the head; said also of a high mountain where no vegetation exists ; Gunung Butak, the Sajira hill in South Bantam , said to be bare about the top.

Butuh, in distress for want of food or money, hard up, pinched, destitute.

Butun, or Huwi Butun, a large variety of yam,

Butun, name of a tree growing on the South coast of Bantam, with fruit of the size of a man's fist, with four sharp corners or ridges.

Bu-uk, hair of the head of human beings.

Buut, a squirrel, Sciurus Plantani of Ilorsfield , such as are found about the villages in the Cocoa nut trees. There is another variety found in the jungle called K6kcs y which is rather smaller.

Buwa, fruit, see Buah.

Buwana, universe, see Buana. Buwana panclta* terufah this mid world. (This suggests the idea that the people formerly believed in the existence of five worlds, ours being the middle one. Fr.)

Buwu, see Bubu, a sort of fish trap.

Buyamin, Benjamin, a proper name- Arabic.

Buyung, a largish earthernware jar, mostly of coarse brown unglazed manufacture, for holding water.