Remembering to Live: Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia

Glossary

Glossary This glossary includes only those words or phrases cited frequently in the text. The language or languages to which the word belongs are indicated as Sasak (Sas.), Indonesian (Indon.), and Arabic (Ar.). For those words highlighted by an asterisk (*), the Sasak meaning is different from its counterpart in other languages, and only the Sasak meaning is given. The interested reader is directed to Echols and Shadily 1989 for comparisons with Indonesian. adat (Indon.) tradition, custom aiq (Sas.) water, blood, ›uids bakat (Sas.) to burn, to be burned barugah (Sas.) large covered platform used for social gatherings bauq (Sas.) to have some action be possible in a passive sense begawai (Sas.) a ritual conducted in accordance with recognized traditions or “words of the ancestors” in the community belian (Sas.) midwife-healer, always female benung (Sas.) hot, warm (in relation to health, hotness is taken as a sign of illness) bidan (Sas.)* a biomedically trained midwife coba (Sas., Indon.) to try; the attempts or tests of black magic curses cocok (Sas., Indon.) to ‹t; in relation to health, illness names must “‹t” the particular illness in order for associated treatments to work cukup (Sas., Indon.) enough, an adequate supply; in relation to health, implies healthy
317  glossary dalem (Sas.)* inside, the insides of a body, the heart; can refer to someone’s intentions or motivations dareq (Sas.) blood; similar to the Indonesian darah dewa (Sas.)* soul, gods, animate but unseen entities, often animistic dukun (Sas.)* shaman, always male epe (Sas.) soul, spirit, a person’s shadowy twin hati (Sas., Indon.) literally, liver; connotations similar to those for heart for English speakers ilmu (Sas.)* secret, potent knowledge, including jampi and puji. ingat (Indon.) remember jampi (Sas., Indon.) treatment spell or the act of performing a spell (to jampi); jampi is both the singular and plural noun form jinn (Sas., Indon., Ar.) spirits recognized by Islam; among Sasaks, jinn are considered largely impish and mischievous spirits, who dwell primarily on the volcano but travel and can be found anywhere on the island. kemalikan (Sas.) illness resulting from coming in contact with potent objects or auras kepala dusun (Indon.) government position of mayor or head of a hamlet ketemuq (Sas.) illness resulting from meeting a ghost or spirit ketomuai (Sas.) kind of treatment ceremony that calls on spirits to be involved in making the illness leave the patient; only performed by dukuns, who may be assisted by kiayis kiayi (Sas.)* religious leader, Muslim, who must know local ritual traditions and also how to recite the Qur’an kotor (Indon.) dirty, impure kurang (Sas., Indon.) not enough; a less than adequate supply; in relation to health, kurang implies less than healthy lekaq (Sas.) to walk, move, ›ow luge (Sas.) dirty, impure maju (Indon.) progress, development, modernity malik (Sas.) taboo, very potent
318  mul (Sas.) neither hot nor cold; neither anxious or disturbed , but relaxed; in relation to health, when a body is mul it is healthy ndeq ku bani (Sas.) a phrase meaning “I am not brave” nyet (Sas.) cold, clammy; in relation to health, coldness is taken as a sign of illness panas (Indon.) hot, warm; in relation to health, hotness is taken as a sign of illness puji (Sas.) “small words,” a form of ilmu used to prevent harm sakit (Sas., Indon.) ill, not healthy selaq (Sas.) a witch, always female semangat (Indon.) life force animating a person suci (Sas., Indon., Ar.) pure, clean sugul (Sas.) to exit, leave, go out of taget (Sas.) to be surprised; an illness resulting from being surprised, shocked; similar to the Indonesian kaget tauq (Sas.) to be capable of doing something with agency; to know tertinggal (Indon.) left-behind; backward tiak (Sas.) rising; similar to the Indonesian naik tume (Sas.) to enter, go into turun (Sas., Indon.)* to go down urat (Sas.) channels for ›uid in the body, similar to blood vessels glossary
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