Tamba cangkeul beuheung kesel ngantos beja
These are the lands of Java which have pates, lords and governors, and now
as for Sunda.
First the king of Cumda with great city of Dayo, the town and
lands and port of Bantam, the port of Pontang (Pomdam), the port of
Cheguide, the port of Tamgaram, thepost of Calapa, the port of Chi Manuk
(Chemano); this is Sunda, because the river of Chi Manuk is the limit of
both kingdoms.
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The city where the king is most of the year is the great city of Dayo. The
city has well-built houses of palm leaf and wood. They say that the king's
house has three hundred and thirty wooden pillars as thick as a wine cask,
and five fathoms high, and beautiful timberwork on the top of the pillars,
and a very well-built house. This city is two days' journey from the chief
port, which is called Calapa. The is king is a great sportsman and hunter.
His country contains stags without number, pigs, bullocks. They do this most
of the time.[1]
Eta teh cenah aya dina buku laporan ngumbara Tome Pires nu nepi ka pulo jawa
(tiasa dipilari di google). Cenah tahun 1513 manehna nepi ka dayo. Dayo teh
cek nu apal mah, ti kecap dayeuh, nya kadenge ku ceuli bule mah dayo cigana.
Duka Pires nepi ka ngitung tihang karaton atawa henteu, nu nepi ka apal
ayana 330 tihang sagede-gede tong anggur. Mun cek paribasa di urang mah
meureun sagede beuteung munding tea. Bisa jadi nanya atawa ngadenge ti
urang dayeuh harita.
Mun Marco Polo balik ka Italia mawa mie cina nu jadi spageti, duka ari Pires
mawa sangu timbel atawa leupeut henteu nya. Heuheu.
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[1] Asian Educational Service, 1990, Suma Oriental of Tome Pires, An
Account of the East, from the red sea to China Written in Malacca and India
in 1512-1515, And the Book of Francisco Rodrigues Pilot major of the Armada
that Discover Banda and Mollucas, New Delhi, hal. 167-168.
