A Malay-English dictionary,

CHAKIRA [ 246 ] CHALAK.I

MInchakar: (i) to scratch-as an angry woman; (2) by metaphor, to make love in its
initial stages; bowing and scraping and trying
to attract attention, likened by Malays to a
fowl scratching up the ground.
Penchakar, or penyakar: a rake.

chak6ra. [Skr. chikra.]
V. l.

A discus or wheel;

Jy7 chakus. Menchakuts: to carry a burden slung
from a stick resting on the shoulder.
chakang. Stretched out in the shape of a
small arc of a very large circle, as the horns of
some buffaloes, or as the claws of an angry
crab, or as a log of wood or plank which does
not curve sufficiently to allow of its being used
as the rib of a boat; cf. chekang and chapang.
chakap. Able; competent; ability; to
guarantee the ability of accomplishing anything-hence, to undertake, and (most common) to talk. Chakap-nya pun berlebeh-lebeha:
their talk is self-praise; Ht. Abd., 4.
Terlangsong perahu, buleh balek;
Terlangsong chakap, ta'-buleh balek:
a ship once launched may return (to the building yard), but a word once uttered cannot be
recalled; Prov.
Ch. angin: empty boasting.
Chakapkanz: to utter; to undertake.
Berchakap: to be talking; to be engaged in
conversation.
Perchakapan: words, utterances.
t;.. chakup. Catching in the open mouth as a
dog catches a piece of biscuit thrown to it;
cf. chgkup and tangkip.
5G. chakok. i. Slight (as opposed to deep)
notches or indentations in the bark or trunk
of a tree; cf. takok.
II. (Kedah.) Curving; a blow given at a
curve, e. g., with a gaff or hoe. Golok ch.: a
curved chopper. Laksana binatang gajah, mati
di-chakok besi kuwasa: like an elephant, killed
by a blow from the ankus; (Pantun)..)- chagar. I. Relying, trusting; a stand-by,
(cf. chadang); (Malacca) a form of mortgage
by which the mortgagee is put in posession
of landed property and receives the rents in
lieu of interest on the sum lent.
II. A rapid.
J-.
chagak. The mounting of a lda or swivelgun; the swivel or elevating rod upon which
a gun of this sort rests; Pel. Abd., 7, 69; Ht.
Raj. Don., I6.
y chagu. A disease of the toes.,;3 chalat. To draw the skin forward preparatory to circumcision.
'\,3 chalit. The act of smearing or smudging,
either by dipping one's finger in dirt or ink
and passing it over anything of the nature of
cloth or paper, or by passing the finger over a
drop of moist dirt or ink on paper and so
causing it to spread; cf. palit.
Sudah regang jangan di-lilit
Takut putus tali puncha;
Hurilf rienggang dawat terchalit
Tulisan changhis susah memlbacha:
with the letters wide apart, with the ink all
smudged, with the writing all uneven it is
difficult to read.
Penchalit: a kind of chisel for smearing
solder on metal work.
)3\. chalar. A long scratch on the skin; a linear
scratch. Berchalar: scratched. Cholar-chalar: cross scratches or cuts made in bleeding
or for opening up a boil or abscess.

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chalus. Slipped off; loosened, of string.
chalang. Pelchalang: a Bugis peralh with
a double rudder; J. S. A. S., XI, 75.

4.5. chaling. I. Cholang-chialing: in confusion
or disorder; in a tangle-as nets after rough
usage, or as a skein of thread. Cholak-chaling; id. Mulut chlolang-chaling: confusion of
speech.
II. A tusk,-a variant of taring, q. v.; Cr.
III. A fence with prickly sides; C. and S..\ chalong. I. A small ladle used for oil.
II. (Riau.) Limau chalong: a lime-fruit
(unidentified).
III. Pisau chalongg: a small knife like a
pisau wali.
cij- chalak. I. Affectation; conceited talk; an
affected manner or bearing.
II. Likely to take place;= akan jadi.

chakah. Wide, of an angle; forming an obtuse or very open angle, as a man's legs when
he is taking long strides or as the blade of a
changkul when it slopes forward and forms
an obtuse angle with the handle. Cf. chakang and kopit.

I$ty chagut. A single peck of a fowl; a single
tug of a fish at a line.....!1..iI.I........