A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language : with a preliminary ...

ULU-UMP [ 202 ] UMU—UNG
Ulu (j). The head ; liead, upper or forepart
; interior of a country distinguislied
from the sea-board ; a fountain
; the source of a river; hilt, handle,
heft. It is rarely used in Malay to express
the head of an animal, and never
in Javanese, but in Sunda it is the
usual word.
Uluati. The pit of the stomach ; literally,
" the fountain or source of the
heart."
Ulu-ayar. A water-head, a fountain, a
spi-ing ;
name of a river on the north-
western coast of Borneo.
Uhibalang. A chosen warrior, a champion
probably derived from the words ulu,
meaning " front," and balang, " to
throw, pitch, or cast."
TJlubangsa (j and s). A tribe, a family
literally, " source of family or race."
Ulun. I, we. It is used by the people of
Patani, on the eastern side of the
peninsula.
Ulung (jAv). The ^fishing eagle, Falco
pondierianus ; v. Alang.
Ulur. A legal fine or mulct; loss of
personal liberty in expiation of a
crime.
Ulur (j). To veer, to let out ; to give
rope, to pay rope.
Ulurkan. To slacken, to make slack ; to
cause to hang down ; to lengthen, to
prolong by letting out ; to stretch out
as the hand.
Uma. Dry arable land, dry field distinguished
from watered or irrigated laud.
Its correlative is sawah ; a cultivated
field, arable land ; to reap corn.
Uma (s). The Hindu goddess Dewi, the
consort of Mahadewa. The Javanese
native dictionary gives widyadari, or
" a Hindu celestial nymph," as its synonyme.
Umah (jAV). A house, a dwelling, a
residence. This is, no doubt, the
same as the Malay rumah of the same
meaning.
Umar (a). The Caliph Omar, the third
in succession to Mahomet; v. Am.a.r.
Umat (a), a sect, people of the same
religion; v. Amat.
Umbang (bat). Distant, far away.
Umbara (jay). Tiic firmament.
Umbi. A tap, or spindle root.
Umbi. Tassel, fringe ; v. Ombai.
Umpak (jAV). Base, foundation, pedestal,
stand.
Umpan (j. ampan). A bait.
Umpfit (jAV). To hide, to conooal ; to
keep secret.
Ump.ltan. A secret.
Umpuhan. Flood, inundation ; v. Anipuhan.
Umum (a). Common, general; uncertain,
indefinite; v. Amum.
Unak. Name of a prickly plant.
Uuam. A snail, Murcx.
Unan (ben). A fair, a periodical market.
Unchang. A scrip, a little bag, a purse.
Undan. The pelican, Pelicanv^ onocro-
tolos.
Undang (j). To call, to summon, to
invite.
Undangan. A call, a summons ; an invitation.
Undang-balik. To call back, to recal.
Unde. Lot, die ; v. Onde.
Undur. To recede, to retreat, to fall
to retire, to withdraw.
back ;
Undurkan. To cause to retreat, to repel,
to repulse, to drive back.
Und'ang (j). To command, to decree,
to ordain.
Und"ang-und"ang. Commands, decrees,
ordinances, edicts, proclamations.
UnjAm. Stuck in, fixed in, planted.
UnjamkAn. To stick in, to fix, to
plant.
Unjuk (j). To show, to exhibit; to represent,
to submit; to present, to oflfer ;
to stretch out, to extend.
Unjur. To extend or stretch out the
limbs.
Unta (s). A camel. This quadruped is
wholly unknown except by name, in
every part of the Archipelago.
Untal (j).
tion.
To swallow without mastica-
Untang-anting. To swing, to wave to
and fro hanging loosely, to waver.
Until. A pellet ; small instalments
payment of a debt.
in
Unting. To throw, to pitch, to cast, to
toss.
Untung (j). Fortune, luck, chance, lot
accident ; destiny gain, profit, advan-
;
tage prosperity.
;
Untungkan. To prosper, to make prosperous,
to favour.
Untung-bayik. Good fortune, good luck,
prosperity.
Untung-jahat. Ill-luck, adver.'iity.
Untung-malang. Bad luck, that is, literally,
" cross fortune."
Untut. Leprosy, elephantiasis.
Unus (j). To draw, to pull out ; to
draw a weapon ; to draw or manufacture
wire.
Unggas. Wild fowl, fowls of the air,
birds generally.
Unggul (ben). To nod, to decline the
licad ;
to pitch as a ship.
Unggul (bat). To run, to gallop.
Ungu (j. wungu). Purple; it is also
applied to a reddish brown colour.