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CHULA

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J>. chula. [Skr. chult.] A horn or hornlike
animal substance possessing magical or
mystical properties; Sej. Mal., 114; the horn
of a dragon; the dried penis of a squirrel,
believed to be a charm inspiring virility in
its possessor. Berhulu-chula (Sej. Mal., I34);
or berhulukan chula (Ht. Hg. Tuw., 40): a
keris with a handle of magic horn. Keris
landaiyan chula: a keris with a large handle
and with a sharp point-called after the
hornlike projection on a lobster's head; Ht.
Ind. Nata. Maka burong pipit hinggap di-atas
chula naga A ntaboga: the sparrow settled on
the horn of the dragon Antaboga; Ht. Ind.
Jaya.
Chula is sometimes used of a mountain peak.
'-J2 cholat. A dig with the elbow, or with the
hand; cf. cholet.
cholet. To dig with the finger, to poke with
a pointed stick or instrument; = cholek, but
somewhat rougher or coarser in use.
OJ.' chulas. Inert; sluggish; slow; idle; used of
extreme laziness, and stronger than zalas,
q. v.
Hairdan inmeanldang gajah mina,
Tempat berdiyamz dalamn laut;
Chulas malas menjadi hina,
Tali mzenila metnjadi sabut:
the idle and lazy one comes to disgrace; the
rope of hemp becomes one of fibre-(the last
line being a proverbial definition of a social
fall or degradation).
t. ' cholang or chulang. Cholang-chaling: in
confusion; in a tangle. Also cholak-chaling.
t.. cholong. Jav. To steal..y,. cholak. Cholak-chaling: confused, entangled.
Also cholang-chaling.
jy cholek. The process of poking out anything;
removal by the use of a pointed instrument;
rubbing the point of anything against a
substance; digging out with a point-as
when one removes a thorn by cutting it out
at the point of a lancet, or as one scrapes
out festering matter from a boil, or as a
climber gets out an edible bird's nest from
a hole in the rock by the use of a stick.
Mencholek: to poke out, dig out, prise out,
or scrape out with a pointed instrument; Ht.
Gh. Mencholek kapor: to scrape up a little
lime (by the use of the finger nail) in order to
season the sireh leaf.

Pbncholek api: a lucifer match (ignited by
the friction of its point against a flat surface).
t3 - cholok. A fuse made by wringing or twisting a piece of cloth into a roughly cylindrical
shape and then steeping it in oil; Muj., Io.

chulek. (Kedah.) The cry of a night-bird
which is believed, when heard, to be ominous
of thieves or fire about the house.

chulim. [Hind. chilat?] A pipeful
tobacco or opium. Penchuliml: the iron
scraping out the opium dregs.

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chulan. A flower (aglaia odorata, according
to Favre); Ht. Koris., Sh. Bur. Nuri, 7.
L choli. [Hind.: id.] A tight-fitting native
corset or bodice worn next to the skin; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 105..- chuliya. A "Chuliah"; an Indian from the
Madras Presidency; the name by which
Tamils are known to the natives of Northern
India.
- choma. Vain; useless; idle; uselessness.
Senjata di-bawa bukan cholra: the weapons
he bears are not borne for nothing (of a
boar's tusks).
Chona-chota: uselessly; without any serious
object; gratis. Choma-chonma-lah aku bertanya
ini apa htega-ulya: I asked idly (i. e., without any serious intention of purchasing)
what their price was; Ht. Abd., 267.
Alendapat kitdb choina-chonma: to get a book
gratis; Ht. Abd., 138. Mengajar chomachoia: to give free education; to teach for
nothing; Ht. Abd., 136.
Perchoma: vainly, uselessly;=-choma-choma.
Malti perchoma: to die uselessly.
C.k. chumut. Smeared; defiled with dirt; cf.
chomor and lomor.,rm chomor. Smeared; dirtied, but not quite
so dirty as lomor, q. v.
A?- chomek. I. Chottek-chaomek: a sepia or
cuttle-fish with a long body.
II. The hair under the lower lip; K1.
^ chomil or chomel. I. Dainty; pretty-of
small persons and objects. Choimil chantek:
dainty and pretty; petite and pretty; Ht. Sh.,
Sh. Put. Ak,, 28.
II. Babbling; chattering-of the tongue;
unable to hold one's tongue-of a person.
Gajah munil mudek ka-hulu,
Kesah permnata datang bertalh;
Lidah yang chomil sudah-lah kelt,
Berkata-kata tiyada-lah lal:
the babbling tongue is silenced (in death);
and words no longer find their utterance.
chonet. A slight projection of the point of
anything.
chunda or chuwanda. Grandchild; Ht.
Koris. See chuchu.

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