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KbTING

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K.TAM

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~A kkting. That portion of the leg which
covers the tendon Achillis. Urat k.: the tendon
A chillis. Mengeting: to cut the tendon A chillis.
5 kitong. I. Onom. A sound such as that
given out by a drum or hollow wooden block
when struck violently.
II. Senzut ketong: a venomous jungle ant.
III. (Kedah.) The stump left when a branch
or limb is cut. K. ekor: the stump of a tail
in a horse or dog. Mengetong: to cut
mengkuwang.
-<~a. k6tengkang. The hermit-crab; more commonly umang-uniang.
~ kbtangkai. A marine fish (unidentified).,. k k/tfngga. (Kedah). Kayu ketengga: a very
beautiful wood; a kind of ebony.
- k6tap. MengCtap bibir: to bite the lips.
Mengerat-ngerat gigi-nya dan mrengctap-ngetap
bibir-nya: grinding their teeth and biting their
lips; Ht. Sh. Kub. Cf. also Sh. Sing. Terb., 28.,..( ketip. I. The biting or stinging of a small
insect other than a very venomous one; nipping or holding gently between the teeth (less
than ketap, q. v.) as a man sometimes sucks or
bites the point of a thumb or finger. Di-ketip
nyamok: bitten by a mosquito. Di-ketip lintah:
bitten by leeches. Di-ketip beilut: bitten by
an eel. MIngetipkan jari: to bite one's finger;
Sh. Jur. Bud., 35.
Main ketip-ketip smnut: a game played by
Malay children who place their hands one on
each other, the upper hand pinching the lower
which in its turn becomes the upper and
pinches its former tormentor.
II. The name sometimes given (Singapore)
to the smallest silver piece in actual currency.
-J ketak. I. (Onom.) A ticking sound, duller
than ketek, but more distinct than ketok.
II. A crease in the folds of the skin; a
furrow or wrinkle (more distinct than retak,
which is merely a line such as the lines on the
hands or fingers). Leher-nya jinjang berketak
tiga: her neck was tapering and contained
three furrows (considered a good sign); Ht.
Gh., Ht. Koris.;, kdtek. I. (Onom.) A ticking sound; cf.
ke-tak.
II. (Riau, Johor.) The longest pair of legs
in insects of the grass-hopper type; (Kedah)
keteh.

^t( kbtok. I. (Onom.) A sound such as that
of the rapping of knuckles on a wooden surface;
tapping; the note of certain birds. Ayam
berketok: the clucking of a hen after laying an
egg. Mengetok pint:to rap at a door; Ht.
Md. Hanaf., 83.

II. (Onom.?) The name of a small bronze
instrument of the gong type; Cr. Hist. Ind.
Arch., I., 336.
III. A rice-chest; K1.
~~ kftdki. (Kedah.) Riddling; =(Riau, Johor)
teka'-teki.
~ k6tgar. Obstinacy; innate wilfulness. Hatinya banyak ketegar: they were of a very
determined disposition; Ht. Mar. Mah.
Ikat pagar tali akar,
Pagar rebah di-tepi perigi;
Orang ketegar jangan di-ajar,
Perangai ta'-buleh ubah lagi:
do not attempt to instruct the obstinate, their
dispositions are beyond all change.
ic( k6til. Pinching, nipping; pinching off; a
pinch, a small portion of anything. Bagai
belit di-ketil ekor: like an eel the tail of which
has been nipped (off like lightning); Prov.,
Ht. Raj. Don., Io.
c\ ktul. A piece; a clot; a hardish lump of
anything; a lump made up of grains of rice
adhering to one another; a lump (of dough);
a loaf (of bread); a clot (of blood); a thick
piece (of firewood).
e kftelum. [Tamil kottalam?] A bulwark, a
bastion of a fort; Ht. Abd., 56.
" k6tam. I. A plane for smoothing wood;
the process or act of planing. Ada-pun batubatu itu terlalu lichin detgan rata-nya saperti
di-ketam nrua-nya: the stones were very slippery
and smooth as though they had been planed;
Ht. Abd., 56. Tahi k.: shavings.
K. jantan, k. betina, k. lis, k. chuchi, k. perapat:
different native tools of the plane type.
II. The time of harvest; (sometimes) harvesting. Pgngetaman: id.
Orang di-ladang mengetamn padi,
Padi di-ketan di-makan pipit;
A bang di-taroh di-datam-nya hati,
Menaroh gondalt bukan sadikit
the men in the field were harvesting the padi,
but the harvested padi was borne off by the
birds.
III. A generic name for crabs. K. renjong,
k. pasir, k. batu: varieties of the crab. Lumpor
k.: mud full of crab-holes such as is often seen
in mangrove swamps; Ht. Abd., 204, 228.
Bersepit bukan ketan: with pincers, yet not a
crab. Mengambil k.: to go crab-catching; Sej.
Mal., 45.

K. kemudi: a peculiar oval block with two
holes in it used with the native rudder (kemudi
sepak).
Kobak k.: a triangular rent in a piece of cloth.
Ketamn is also used of a pinching grip when
the whole hand is used.

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