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PRA—PRE [143] PRE—PUCPrangpnis (sux). Stem, severe; frowning.Prangwatang (jav). A tilt, a tournamenta mock fight. The first part of thisword is obvious enough, prang, "war;"the second may be derived from watang," the shaft of a lance or spear,"or from a word with the same letters,meanmg, "the ceremony of the kingexhibiting himself publicly when thereare mock fights."Prap. Pugnacious, quarrelsome : v. Prab.Prapat (jav). A quarter, a fourth partthe place where two roads cross eachother.Prapatan (j. rapat). A neighbourhood;the nearest house or village.Pras (bat. -J. paras). To press or squeezeout a fluid, to express.Prast'a (s). Name of the minister of Rawana.Prat. Rancid.Pratala (s). The earth ; the land.Pratela (jav). Clear, evident ; explanation,interpretation, elucidation.Pratapiian (tapa). Place of religious penanceor retirement, hermitage.Pratond'a (jav. from tond'a). Mark,token ;proof.Prau (j). A boat or ship. It is the genericname for any kind of vessel ; thecastle at chess.Prawan (j). A maid, a virgin ; a womanthat has not been married.Prawata (s). A mountain.Prawira (s). A warrior, a hero; brave,valiant.Prayang (jAv). A ghost, manes, shade.In a manusci'ipt Javanese dictionary,the definition, literally translated, is," dead men wandei-ing."paunch ; the stomach ; the intestines,Prayaugan. The name of certain mountaindistricts in the countiy of the Sun-hold of a ship. In commercial lan-the guts ; viscera ; the womb ; thedas, in Java; literally, "place of ghosts." guage it is used to express the middlePrayayi (j). A chief, a noble, a grandee quality of an article, as distinguishedV. Priyayi.from the fir.st, kapala, "the head," andPrayoga (s). Fit, suitable, becoming. the inferior, kaki, " the foot."Praj'uga. Fortunate, happy, lucky. Prut-kra-s. Costiveness; literally, "hardPran. The second and final burning of belly."woodland for cultivation after the Prut-lingar. The small guts, the smallfelling and bui-ning of the lai'ge timber; V. Prun.intestines.Preksa (s). To examine, to inquire, tomake examination, to investigate ; tosearch out, to enquire for ; examination,enquiry, investigation, search ; inquest,inquisition. There is a curiousdiscrepancy in the difiercut senses givento thi.s Sanskrit word in Malay and Javanese,for in the latter it means " toknow or understand ;" v. Priksa.Preksaan. Search, enquiry, examination,investigation.PreksiiL T examine, to enquire into.Prentah (j). Order, command, mandate;order, rule, regulation ; to order, tocommand ; v. Parentah and Parentah.Pi-entahan. Dominion, authority; dominion,government.Pri. Mode, style, manner, fashion ;state, condition ; nature, property,quality; form, method, way; subject,matter, affair; event; how, by whatmeans. It is often equivalent to theArabic word Jial, which is joined to it,by a pleonasm common in the Malay.Prigi (j). A well, a spring, a fountain.Prikan (pri). To tell, to relate, to state.Priksa (j), V. Preksa.Priug (jAv). A bamboo, Bamlusa.Pringgat (ben). Name of a species ofwild grape, Vitis sylvestris.Pringgi (f arangi, " frank " ?). A pumpkin,Cucurbita pepo.Prisai (t). A shield, a buckler.Priya. Name of a culinary vegetableMomordica charantia.Priyaman. Name of a place on the westerncoast of Sumatra.Priyayi (j). A chief, a noble, a grandeeV. Prayayi.Priyuk. An earthen cooking-pot.Priyuk-api. A mortar, a howitzer ; literally," a fire pot."Proatin (re). Title of certain chiefsamong the Rejang nation of Sumatra.Prongos. Passionate, easily moved toanger, irritable.Prun. The final burning of woodlandfor cultivation ; v. Pran.Prusa (jAv). Force, compulsion, constraint;oppression.Prut. The belly, the abdomen, thePrut-sani, v. Prut-lingar.Prutak. Name of a plant, Myrmecodiaarmata.Piialam (t. poMm). Marble, alabasterV. Puwalam.Puchak (j). Summit, top; extremity,point ; end, crown, head ; v. Pochokand Puchuk.Puchang-babar (jav. puchang, " the arecapalm," and laabar, "to unroll or unfold"). Name of the country or kingdomLaksamana, brother of Rama, inthe Javanese romance of the Ramayana.