Manchak, ground disposed in consecutive flats, like the steps of stairs.
Manchal, said of water which rises in a flood and overflows the land. Chai na manchal ka darat, the water rose and overflowed the land. To jump up, to hop.
Manchal, said of a woman who goes to the priest and asks to be divorced form her husband. Probably a simile taken from the foregoing word and expressive of an unnatural course of events.
Manchas, a method of taking fish, by enticing them into an enclosure, which can be shut up when the fish are in, so as to prevent escape, when they may easily be groped out.
Manchat, to climb up, to scramble up, to ascend.
Manchĕr, and manchĕran, said of the sun when in the zenith. Right over head. Mata poi manchĕran téng'ang'ni, sun stood right in the zenith or overhead; exactly noon.
Manching, to fish for news, to try to get information slyly. The Malay word Panching, to fish with a hook, is not in use in Sunda, as the people use instead Usĕp; but the derivative simile is of frequent occurence.
Manchirang, the flower of the Tĕpus or Geanthus Coccineus; it grows not upon the stem of the plant, but from the root, and shows itself sessile on the ground near the root of the Těpus; it is a pretty scarlet and yellow flower.
Manchuh, presents made to the parents of an intended wife by way of securing her.
Manehung, the spatha of a Palm fruit, the case which envelops the unexpanded spadix. When these are dry, they are collected and being tied together, serve as flambeaux.
Manchung, a hooked nose. What is called a Roman nose.
Mandala, a Sanscrit word often used in the composition of proper names. Tt is evidently Sanscrit word mandala, C. 507, the disk of the sun or moon; an orb, a ball, a globe, a wheel ; a province , a region , a district; a assemblage; a sort of mystical diagram.
Mandala giri, is the Pantun name by which the Jasinga mountain, usually called the Gunung Gĕdé , is known ; it is thus the mountain of the province , or the orb mountain, from not forming part of a chain.
Mandapa, a porch, a portico, an open hall. (Scr. In Javanese Pandoppo).
Mandĕg, to hault, to stop, to cease. (Jav. Balin. Adĕg, Madĕg , standing, exercising power, reigning).
Mandi, to bathe, to dip the body in water. Nanawa, C. 318 bathe; Nanta, to bathe. Nandá, C. 308, the tank of Sakra in the garden of Swarga or the region of the gods , in which that god is accustomed to bathe. (Mai. idem. Bal. Mandus. Kw. Madyus. Jav. Adus or Dus).
Mandian, to bathe or wash another person, as a child. To wash a dead person preparatory to burial.
Mandor, a native headman, a village chief. A foreman over work. It is the Portuguese Mandhar , to command.
Manéh, self, one's own self. Often your, his, her. Manéh na , mij ownself, your own
