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Max Havelaar

Note 12 — Chapter VIII · [CONTINUATION OF STERN’S COMPOSITION.]

Alphonse Nahuys translation

Oeser-oeseran = as the hairs are on the head. It means the place where the hairs of an animal meet (also said of the hair of the head). It is rather difficult to explain this peculiar hair vertebra—the oeser-oeseran, a peculiar one—a peculiar whirl in the hair. The Djaksa saw such a peculiar meeting of hairs on the head of little Max, just as some people in Europe look at the lines on your right hand. ↑

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