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f k6rah. The calling together of people for
any general service such as a corvee, or for
mutual defence; summoning to a public
assembly. Korang-korang di-kerah lebeh-lebeh
iya hcndak datang: the fewer summoned
together, the more are likely to come; Sej.
Mal., 134.
Jurt k.: an official subordinate of the batin
or chief of a tribe of Orang Laut.
Mengirahkan: to call (the people) together;
to summon all alike; Sej. Mal., 83; Ht. Ind.
Jaya.
Peigcerah: he who (or that which) calls
together a general assembly of the people.
Gong p.: a gong used for this purpose; Ht. Sh.
kireh. I. Laborious, difficult; slowly progressing, owing to obstacles in the way.
II. The chattering of monkeys.
bf k6roh. I. Turbidity, of liquid; disturbance
causing a liquid to become foul. Ada-kah
pernah telaga yang kerolh menlgalir ayer-nya
jerneh: is the flow of a turbid pool ever
composed of limpid water; can you expect figs
from thistles; Prov., Ht. Abd., 450.
K. hati ill-temper, malicious feeling. Jernehkant hati, jangan-lah keroh: purify your
disposition, get rid of ill-feeling; Sh. Nas., II.
Buwangkan ayer yang keroh, nmngambil ayer
yang jerneh: empty out the dirty water and
get clean; a proverbial expression to the same
effect.
II. (Onom.) The sound of snoring; snoring;
= dengkor, but usually suggesting less harsh
a sound. Naga itu-pun tidor dan bunyi kerohnya saperti petir: the dragon was asleep and
the sound of its snoring was as that of thunder;
FHt. Ind. Jaya.
jr k6rai. A sleeping platforlm; better gtrai, q. v.
<^5'. kUri. A sort of sickle; a knife for cutting out
weeds after the padi has ibeen planted.
4.i kdriya. Kuweh keriya: a sweetmeat made of
ubi keledek, tepong jawi, and sugar, cooked in
oil and steeped in molasses.
45f koriya. A score; a measure of numeration
occasionally used in commerce.. k6ribas. To shake a fan or any flat thin body
held in the hand; a frequentative of kibas, q. v.
Cf. also kipas.:q k6riyat. Keriyat-kiryuit: (Onom.) the sound
of oars moving in their rowlocks or of a door
creaking on its hinges. Also keriyang-keriyut.:-j kdriyut. See keriyat.

K. angin: (Straits Settlements) a switchback
railway.
K. api: a railway or steam tramway.
K. asap: a railway, Ht. Abd., 444; but k. api
is the word in colloquial use.
K. becha: [Chin.: be-chhia] ajinrikisha. Also
(Singapore) k. hongkong.
K. bogi: a hooded vehicle; a victoria or a
buggy; Ht. Abd., 234.
K. dokat: a dog-cart. Also k. lokat.
K. hantu: (Singapore) a motor-car; (elsewhere)
a name sometimes given to a bicycle.
K. hongkong: (Singapore) a jinrikisha.
K. kbrbau: a buffalo-cart.
K. emnbu: a bullock-cart.
K. lereng: a bicycle.
K. lokat: a dogcart; also k. dokat.
K. pelangkeng.: a palanquin, when the character of the vehicle is specified. Otherwise
the expression k. sewa is used of palanquins
serving as hackney carriages.
K. sa-kcrat: a shandrydan as used in Province
Wellesley, Perak, and the country districts of
Penang.
K. sewa: 'a hackney carriage.
Barut k.: a long wrapper worn by infants.
Ikan k.: a fish (nautilus pompilius, v. d. W).
According to description it should be an
octopus.
Naik k.: to go for a carriage drive; Ht.
Abd., 94.
Pasang k.: to prepare a carriage for use; to
harness horses to a carriage.
Sa-bbuwah k.: one carriage.
Sewca k.: carriage or cart hire.
Brkerkieta: to be in a carriage.
k6retut. Uneven, of sewing; unequal and
wavy.
k6reting or keriting. Woolly or curly, of
the hair; Ht. Mar. Mah.
kirichal. Thle slave of a pachal (himself a
slave); the slave of the meanest of slaves,
used as a term of extreme inferiority or
self-a;basenent.

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k6redak. Dry flaky dirt on the body; covered
with caked filth; (by metaphor) smothered in
debt.
keridek. The mole-cricket, the note of which
is heard in the jungle about sunset. Bunyi k.:
when the mole-cricket is heard, i. e., about 5.30
p.m. Sabong k.: to make these mole-crickets
light; an amusement among Malay boys.
k6resut or k6risut. Puckering the forehead.

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k6reta. [Port. carreta.]
a vehicle generally.

A carriage, a cart;

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