loba

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, covetousness”)


kamari

kamari (canonical)
ᮊᮙᮛᮤ (canonical)
kamari (alternative)


tara

teu (“not”) + ara (“ever”, Banten dialect)

Urang mah tara ulin di mal, da di imah waé.

"I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."


hamo

Tapi PANGERAN ngawaler, "Hamo. Saupama manéh aya nu maéhan, tujuh nyawa pigantieunana."

1991, Sundanese translation of the Bible, Genesis 4:15:

But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills [Cain], he will suffer vengeance seven times over."

never (at no time (in the future)); by no means will it be; will not


pisan

cf. Javanese ꦥꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (pisan), Banjarese pisan

(Banten)

ngeunah pisan


barang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).

inh

Barang datang, manéhna tuluy ngetrokan panto.

As he arrived, he then knocked on the door.


dini

From Old Sundanese dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). Compare Tagalog dini.


naha

Naha nya hirup kuring kieu-kieu teuing?


jasa

ngeunah jasa


sanés

From Javanese ꦱꦤꦺꦱ꧀ (sanés, “not, different, other”).


ngan

Inherited from Old Sundanese ngan, clipping of héngan.

Ku karéta Whoosh mah ti Bandung ka Jakarta téh rarasaan ngan sakotéap geus nepi.

With the Whoosh train, it feels like it takes just a moment to get from Bandung to Jakarta.


ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪

head

ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪ • (sanés)


ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪

ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ • (timanten)


tilok

teu (“not”) + ilok (“ever”, Banten dialect)

Urang mah tilok ulin di mal, ja di imah baé.


ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪

ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪ • (lebet)


ᮓᮤᮒᮥ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Cu (“2pl deixis and spatio-temporal reference: that; there, then”).

der

there (far away from the speaker and the adressee)


piraku

Carogé ngalukis, putra ngalukis, piraku rék nanggeuy gado baé!

1997, Ajip Rosidi, Cupumanik Astagina, Girimukti Pustaka, page 64:

Your husband paints, your son paints, why should you just hold your chin!

word used to express disbelief, compare Indonesian masa


cenah

Blend of cek (“to say”) + -na (“his, her, its”). Cognates to Kangean cakna (“it/she/he is said [that]”).

cog

Cenah mah acarana dibatalkeun.

[Someone] said that the event was cancelled.


di dinya

there ( at some distance from the speaker)


rentang-rentang

faintly visible in the distance (especially of someone who is seen approaching in the distance)


ulah

Expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen. Don't!


bahayu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh. Doublet of baru.


hanteu

Hanteu gedag bulu salambar.

(literally, “Not wavering even a single hair.”)


teuing

karunya teuing


baheula

→ Indonesian: bahela

Baheula mah teu aya nu wani ameng di luar peuting-peuting.

Back in the day, nobody dared to play outside at night.


beuheula

(Banten) long ago; back then; back in the day.


séwang

Buku pakét ieu dibagikeun ka para siswa hiji séwang.

This textbook is given to students, one each.


karék

karék hudang tabuh sakieu


ti mimiti

ti (“from”) + mimiti (“beginning”), literally, "beginning from" or "from the beginning (of)"


beuki

beuki lila beuki gedé


horéng

Ngasuh budak horéng mah resep.

an expression used to convey a sense of surprise or revelation; as it turns out


ceunah

alternative spelling of cenah (“it/she/he is said”)


parantos

From pa- + rantos. Compare sarantos (“a moment”)

Parantos mulih ka rahmatullah...

[He/she/they/it] has returned to the grace of God... (commonly used as an announcement)