Marsden, page 199. God be thanked; so much the better. Sukur lamun datang, I shall be thankful if he comes.
Sul, Arabic, used in the composition of some names, is properly Zul. Zu, Arabic, Marsden, 141, having, possessed of, endowed with. Iskander Zu'l Kurnein, Alexander the two-horned. This Zu'l is more commonly converted into Dul, see Dulpakar, Dul-kahidah, Dulhaji.
Sul, the idiomatic expression for pushing or poking anything forward into view. Sul bai ka harĕup, forward he went in front. Sul bai wang pérak mayar, poking out the silver money he paid.
Sula, a spit, a pale, a stake. Sula, C. 761, a weapon, a pike, a dart; an iron pin or spit.
Sulah, bald in the front of the head, but with hair behind. Partially bald in front either naturally or by removing the hair a little on the forehead so as to show a fine brow as a mark of beauty.
Sulam, to replace seed in the ground where it has failed to come up. To replace any plants which have died out. To embroider, evidently conveys the same idea as the Sulam of plants, viz stitching here and there on cloth.
Sulangkar, name of a small tree or bush. The wood is much used in the superstitious invocations of the natives, and many wonderful properties are attributed to it. It is also called Ki-tua or Ki-tuwa, or the old one, or perhaps rather the supernatural one, as Tuwa is the Malay for old, and not Sunda, which represents old by Kolot. See Tuwa. The Sulangkar is the Lela Sambucina of botany. It has berries somewhat like the elder-tree in Europe, and hence Sambucina.
Sulap, to juggle, to perform sleight of hand. To do acts of legerdemain. Sulabha, C. 755. Su, easy. Labha, acquiring, easy, feasible, attainable. Tukang sulap, a juggler.
Sulatri, name of a tree, Apoterium Sulatri. From the small round fruits an oil may be expressed.
Suling, a musical pipe, a flute. Tiyup suling, to blow a pipe, to play on a flute.
Sultan, Arabic, a sultan, a mohammedan prince.
Suluh, fire-wood. Sula, C. 755, a torch, a flambeau, a chool. Suluh in Malay, Marsden 193, a link, a torch (usually made of the bark of trees, narrow slips of bambu, or leaves of the cocoa-nut fastened together).
Sulur, a remplacent at work. A man sent by another to perform some public duty which was encumbent upon the sender.
Sumadang, name of one of the chief divisions of the Prianger Regencies, and also name of the chief town. The Um in this and the following words coming after the initial S is constructive, but the crude root cannot always be identified. It conveys an idea of similarity, of resemblance to what the word in its crude state implies. See Um voce,
Sumadar, spread out, laid out. Dagangan gĕus sumadar di warong, the articles of trade were spread out in the market.
