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chlkup. I. Covering with the hand or enclosing in the hollow between the two hands;
cf. tangkup, which refers to catching under
a cup or any similar concavity.

II. Chekup-chtkap: (Onom.)
made by fish splashing on the
very shallow water.

the sound
beach or in

chekam. I. The sewing of a mattrass in
various places so as to prevent the stuffing
accumulating in any one portion,
II. (Kedah.) A peculiar instrument used
for making holes in hard ground with a view
to padi planting.
III. Sakit chekam: a festering sore caused
by a foreign body getting under a toe or
finger nail.

S chkak. I. The amount that can be enclosed
in a circle formed by the thumb and forefinger.
Pinggang-nya buleh di-chekak: her waist can
be girdled by the finger and thumb, an
exaggerated description of a very small waist.
Sa-chekak: a small portion; as much as can
be girdled by the finger and thumb-a measurement of the thickness of saplings; Sh.
Bid., I35.
Berchekak pinggang: an expression used of
two warriors who fasten on each other so that
one or the other must perish; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Ht. Ind. Meng.; Sh. Ik. Trub., I5; etc. The
forms berchengkang pinggang and berchekal
pinggang are also used in this sense. Berchekak
pinggang also means " with the arms akimbo."
Cf. chekek.
II. Reliable; trustworthy, of a workman.
III. Proximity; the space between two
objects close to one another.
S>. chekek. I. Seizure and pressure with the
finger and thumb, or with the hollow of the
hand; garotting; hand-pressure causing the
sides of the windpipe to meet.
Mlnche-kek lehler: to garotte; to seize a man
by the throat; Sh. Peng., I5; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
373. Di-tangkap-nya halku1im inang itu diche1kek-nya lainya a mati: he seized the old
woman's throat and throttled her, and she
died; Ht. Hamz., 99.
Mati terchAkek: death by choking.
II. See chekok.
ch6kok. I. Chekok-chkekk: the gasping of
a drowning man.
II. To force a child to eat; to force food or
medicine down a child's throat.
III. ChAkok-clhekek: fighting, of women
only.
IV. A forked stick placed over a calf's
mouth and used as a muzzle to prevent the
calf sucking.
ES. chbkal. I. Strength, toughness, ability to
withstand.
II. Berchekal piggang: to fasten themselves
together (of fighting warriors) so that one or
other must perish; Sh. Panj. Sg. (p.p. 98,
IoI, 239 of my MS.) More commonly berchekak pinggang.. ch6kau. Stretching out the
view to drawing anything
reaching out for anything.

hand with a
towards one;

cheku. The act of pressing a sharp point
or edge (as the edge of a thumb-nail) into
anything.

k.5 \ chakawari. (Riau, Johor.) Ancestors in the
- ' generation anterior to moyut; ancestors in
the fifth generation, i. e. bapa, itenek, moyang,
moyult, chakawari.
Spe

aS chekah. Split open; broken open, by outside pressure, as a mangosteen is opened-in
contradistinction to cutting open or tearing
open. Cf. chekeh.
456o ch6keh = chekah, but confined in use to light
pressures and small fractures. Terchekeh:
slightly cracked or opened by pressure.
ch6ki. [Chin. tsdp ji ki.] "Chicky" cards;
small Chinese playing-cards.: chBgat. (Kedah.) Terchegat: bolt upright,
stiffly erect; (Riau, Johor) chegank.
JT. ch6gar. I. A rapid; rushing water over a
rocky bottom.
II. To discuss; C. and S.
i5. chbgak. (Riau, Johor.) Firmly erect; rising
to an erect position; (Kedah) terchegat.
j ~ ch6gok. A draught; a gulp; as much as a
man can swallow at a gulp. Minum sa-chegok:
to swallow a mouthful of anything; = minum
sa-tegok.
- chela. Censure; blame; fault-finding. Puji
dan chela praise and blame. Chela menchlla:
to keep uttering censures; to abuse; Marsd.
Gr., 211. Jikalau hidop dengan nama kechelaan
apa-tah guna-nya: if I am to live on with
a bad name, of what advantage will life be to
me? Ht. Ind. Nata.
j3 ch6latu. The flying ant; better kUlekatu, q.v.
-~ ch6ladang. (Penang.) A square padi basket.; *-II —- i" ""'^