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k/lasak. I. (Riau, Johor.) A

floor-mat;

(Jav.) kelasa; (Kedah) gealsak.
II. A long light buckler of leather or wood,
with a handle in the centre.
k6lasi. [Pers. 3As-] A sailor; (by extension)
a Borneo monkey, hylobates leuciscus.

berdamai pun tidak: they were not at war yet
a settlement had not been arrived at; Sej.
Mal., I26.
Perketlahiyan: a dispute, a quarrel; Ht.
Abd., I96, 369.
AJ k klayu. A tree, arytcra littoralis.

ke'layak.

kdlangut. Berkelangut: looking up with
head and chin raised; = dongak, q. v.
k6lapa. The coco-nut. Pohlt k., or pokok
k.: the coco-nut palm; Ht. Abd., 170, I96.
K. hijau: a green coco-nut; Muj., 58.
In the Northern Malay States nyior is used
of the fresh coco-nut, the word kelapa being
confined to the dried nut.
K. laut: a name sometimes given to the
coco-de-mer or pauh janggi.
kelakar. Joking, jesting.

= gS, q. v.

k6lalut. Confused and
tangled roots of a tree;
twisted, of the tongue.
kelulut.

twisted, of the
hanging out and
Cf. kelelut and

yk k6lalang. An earthenware water-vessel; KI.,
v. d. W., Pijn.
~3~~ klalak. (Kedah.) Chongkang kelalak: upside
down, topsy-turvy; (Riau, Johor) songsang
kalak.
d<k k6lamin. A married couple; man and wife;
a household; a pair, male and female; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 249; Ht. Bakht., 33.
*O kelana. I. Wandering; a wanderer, a
vagabond. Kelana yang hina papa: amiserable
wandering wretch; Ht. Sh. Tawanan k.: a
wandering slave; Sh. Panj. Sg. Ngelana: to
wander.
II. A Bugis title, given in Sungei Ujong
to a ruling chief and at Riau to the heir of a
ruling chief.
c.,; " kelanet. Opening out a seam; cutting small
rents here and there along a seam so as to
allow the garment to rip open at the least
strain; picking out small pieces of anything.. K kklawar. I. The bat (animal). Tah/i k.:
guano. Also kelalawar.
II. [Dutch: klaver.] Clubs, as a suit in
playing cards.
AP k/flahi. [Skr. kalahi.] Fighting, disputing,
quarreling.
Berkelahi: to be engaged in a quarrel, to
quarrel. B. di-dalam mimpi: to fight in a
dream (to take trouble for nothing); Prov.,
J. S. A. S., I., 93. Berkelahi pun tidak,

J15 kalb. Arab. Dog. A l-kal b: the Dog-star;
Sirius.
SC.J kelebut. (Riau, Johor.) A wooden rest for a
fez; a wooden last for a shoe; a closely-fitting
model for guidance in making a cap
= (Kedah) jelebut.
j~ kelebok. (Onom.) The sound of a fruit
falling on soft ground.,~ kalbu. Laut kalbu: the Persian Gulf.
k6lfboran. The deep; a sea of great depth.
Jika melaluwi padang menjadi keleboran: if
they traversed a plain it became a deep sea;
Ht. Sh. Kub.
-J; k/lat. I. Tali kelat:hehee the sheet, the sheet of a
boat in contradistinction to that of a larger
vessel (datman). A ngin kenchang kclat: a breeze
which stiffens the sheet, a stiff breeze.
In Kedah kclat is used of fastening sheetlike objects together (as when a man connects
three or four pieces of paper by running a
pin through them). MAngelatkan layar: to
reef a sail.
II. Acidity of taste; taste which sets the
teeth on edge; J. S. A. S., II., I4I; Ht. Ind.
Meng.; J. I. A., I., 265.
III. A generic name applied to a number
of trees, especially:
K. api: eugenia filiformis.
K. asam: eugenia decussata; also (Malacca)
gordonia excelsa.
K. biliyan: = k. api.
K. besar: eugenia pendens.
K. biru: pternandra cacrulescens.
K. bising: eugenia griffithii.
K. burong: eugcnia imacrocarpa.
K. hitam: etenolophuml parvifolius.
K. jambu = k. burong.
K. jamlbu ayer: eugenia venllosa.
K. jantan: eugenia cymosa.
K. jolong puteh: aphania paucijuga.
K. lapis: = k. api.
K. layu hutan: parinarium nitidum.
K. layu laut: (Singapore) erioglossum edule.
K. menahun: kibessia simplex.
K. ierah: eugenia lineata.

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