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CHINCHA.. chtmidu. (Selangor.) Nervous, self-conscious, timid and retiring.

L chememis. (Singapore.) Dirty,
mouth; also chlenuwas and lelmnuwas.

of the,'- chan. I. [Chin. tsdn.] A conical basket
used by Chinese in their festival of the seventh
month.
II. (Riau.) A kind of tar made of camphor,
castor-oil and resin, and used for stopping
leaks.
iet? chun. [Chin. chhlin.] A tenth of a Chinese
foot; a Chinese inch.
\. chin a. [Skr. chihna.] A mark; a token; a
sign; cf. china, II., and chena.
}pjX ch6nangau. (Perak.) A peculiar flying bug
emitting a bad smell. Also (Kedah) jenangau.
-.? chinta. [Skr. chinta.] Care; trouble; longing; the sensation of loving desire or of regret
for the dead and departed. Ch. berahi: the
longings of love.
Berchinta: to be in love.
Berchintakan: to love; to mourn for. Baginda tiyada nobat tujoh hari berchintakan
Bendahara: the prince would not permit the
royal drums to be beaten for seven days during which time he mourned for the Bendahara;
Sej. Ial., 107.
AMenchinta: (I) to love, (2) to call into
existence by will-power; = menlchita, v. chita.
Maka raja indera pun mnenchinta zanggi terlalu
bgsar-nya: then the King conjured up a negro
of enormous size; Ht. Ind. Meng. Cf. also
Ht. Jay. Lengg. The form mzenyinta also
occurs; Sh. Panj. Sg.
Pegrchintaan: sorrow; regret for a beloved
object; Ht. Abd., 3, 221, 292, etc.
jz. ch6ntadu. (Kedah.) A plant (unidentified).
Also selttadu.
\L chintayu. [Skr. jatayu.] A fabulous bird,
which is supposed to be eternally calling for
rain. Usually jentayu, q. v.
cy>- chantas. Severance by a single blow of a
sharp instrument; lopping off; pruning. Dichantas leher panggal duwa: the neck was cut
through at a blow; Ht. P. J. P.
ei' chanting. I. A bamboo cup or pail used
for drawing water from a ship's water tanks;
it has a flexible rattan rope attached to it.
Cf. gayong and cletonlg.
II. A stone attached to an anchor if it fails
to hold. Also anting-anting.
i- chdntong. I. A crest running along the
back of the neck; a tuft of feathers which can
be made to stand erect. Cf. jambul, which
refers to a fixed tuft only.

II. A kind of ladle consisting of a cup of
bamboo with a handle rising vertically upwards-in contradistinction to one with a
horizontal handle (gayong), or with a flexible
rattan attached to it (chanting).
Sl chinteng. [Chin.; Fukien: chhin-teng; Cantonese: ts'un-teng.] A revenue officer; an
employe of the Opium and Spirit Farm; a
"chinting."
chonteng or chunting. The act of smearing by passing a substance, which leaves a
smear or mark behind it, over any surface.
Sakaliyan-niya berchzunting-chunting tuka-nya
hitarn: all had their faces smeared with blacking-as gang-robbers; Ht. Abd., 319. Muka
terchunting arang: a face blackened with
charcoal-a metaphorical expression signifying that a man has had an unpardonable
insult put on him; Sh. Put. Ak., 26.
s 5 > chintapuri. A kind of cloth; Ht. Sh. Kub.;;;? chantek. Pretty; neat; nicely got up, of a
person; well groomed, of a horse. Bersikat
berminyak berchantek-chantek: combed and
oiled and neatly turned out; Sh. A. R. S. J., 5.
Apa gatta berkain batek,
Kalau tidak detgan suchli-ya?
Apa guna berbini chantek
Kalau tidak dengan budi-nya?
of what use is it to wear a Javanese sarong if
that sarong is not clean? What is the good
of being married to a pretty woman if that
woman has no chastity?
chantum or chentum. Folding together;
bringing together; coming together, used of
the folding of a bundle when the corners and
edges are gathered into the hand and the rest
of the outer covering hangs as a loose sack.
Charek-charek bulu ayam lama-lama iya berchantun pula: you may tear a fowl's feathers apart
but they will grow together again; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., XXIV., 103.
3;-" chintamani. A short gold-yellow snake
the finding of which is believed to augur
good luck in love; Sh. Peng., 5.
Buwah kedunidong masak berkiwclah,
Makan di-atas permnadanii;
Tuwan beltuttong lagi bertuwah
Sa-bagai ular chintamani:
you, Sir, bring fortune and good luck, as
does the snake, the chintamani.
This word is of common occurrence in
incantations.

4.: chontoh. A specimen; a model or sample? for copying-as distinct from a design or
plan; Sh. Sri Ben., 9.
chincha. Kain chincha dewati: the name
~ given to a cloth mentioned Sh. Sri Ben., 53.

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