A Malay-English dictionary,

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cheng or ching. I. (Onom.) A sharp
ringing sound; the chink of falling coins; cf.
deching.
II. (Riau.) Ching-ching: a noise for calling a cat.
III. Ching-ching: a musical instrument.
IV. Ching-chizng: the name of a dance.
'. chengcheng or chingching. I. See ching
Ld II, III and IV.
II. Tucking up, rolling up, as one tucks
up one's sleeves before setting to work; Sh.
Panj. Sg. More commonly sengseng, q. v.
L.j., chang6rai. Ill-starred; an unlucky part;
the foreskin. Mesmbuwang ch.: to drive away
ill luck; circumcision.
yA chdngis. A repulsive odour about food; a
smell which destroys appetite; a sulky or hard
look about the face. Cf. bengis.
_. chbngang. Astonishment; bewilderment at
an unexpected occurrence.
Terchelgang: bewildered; dazed; Ht. Abd.,
52, 54 -Berchengang-chengangan: in astonishmentof a number or crowd; Sh. Bur. Pung., 8;
Sh. Sri Ben., 44.
chfngong. Looking fixedly at anything,
gazing in open-mouthed astonishment.
_.,. chgngap. Catching in the mouth; seizing
with the jaws, as a tiger or alligator seizes
its prey; puffing; panting; gasping for
breath, as a fish out of water.
4A.>- chongpoh. [Chin. ts6ong-pho'.] A cook. Also
chontpoh.
ch6ngkarok. (Riau, Johor.) A kind of cake
made of boiled rice eaten with coco-nut and
sugar.
j ~ch6ngkala. (Johor.) When, whenever; =
mana-kala.
jp. ch6ngkalak. Cast aside unfinished, as a
work which shows no likelihood of turning
out successful; cast aside in a tangle or
muddle. Also chongkang kgellalak and songsang
kelalak.
changkat. I. A shallow such as is caused
by a mud bank in a river or along the coast.

II. Low; gently rising, of ground; a low
hillock. Changkat sama di-daki: we have
climbed the hill together; we have been
companions in difficulty; Prov. Chtangkat
dan gunong: hills and mountains; Ht. Raj.
Don., 50.

changkir. 1. A small glass cup of Arabian
design; Muj., 64; Kam. Kech., Io.
II. See chongkar.
ch6ngkor. A medicinal herb (kaemipferia
galanga?) Also chekor, q. v.
chongkar. Chontgkar-chantgki: of all sizes
and shapes, as the component parts of a heap
of firewood.
ch6ngk6ra. An unnatural (hollow and dark)
appearance of the eyes, as when a man suffers
from sleeplessness.
ch6ngk6rama. [Skr. changkrama.] Spreading over a large area, as news. Also chgngkertmta, q. v.
ch6ngkret. A cricket; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Better chnlgkerek, q. v.
chbngk6reng. I. A tree with orangecoloured flowers, erythrina stricta.
Rnfmput ch.: a common weedy herb with
small white flowers, hedyotis glabra.

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II. An abscess of a fatal or dangerous
character.
K.>- chBngkdrek. A species of cricket; Ht. Sh.
Beradzc ch.: to make these crickets fight.

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chdngkdram. Earnest-money.
chengk6rema. [Skr. changkrama.] Moving
over an area; spreading-as news; wandering. Di-MAlayu belum berche'ngkerema: which
has not yet spread to the Malay language, of
a tale still untranslated into Malay; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 157. Te'tmpat pergi bermtain dan berchitngkerrmana: a place for games and strolls;
Ht. Ind. Nata. Also chetngkerata.

jLJ-.. chengkeran. A portable stove of earthenware.
S changkis. (Penang.) Uneven, of handwriting; = changkeh, q. v.
changkeng. Lifting by or with the elbows
or upper arm, as a boy is sometimes lifted
off his legs; the name given to a rope for
giving the required angle to the yard of a
cutter sail.
changkong. Sitting on the ground with
one's feet drawn close to the body and one's
knees in the air.
CA. bWrtongkat dagu: to so sit with one's
knees supporting one's chin.
Ch. pelok lutut: to so sit with one's arms
round one's knees.

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