A Malay-English dictionary,

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KbMALA

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3J k kemala. A talismanic stone. Usually gewala,
q. v.
Hi\ k6malai. Laxity; weakness; yielding, swaying, drooping. Lemah kemalai: soft and
yielding. Pinggang-nya lentah kemalai saperti
tarok angsoka di-tiyzup angin: her waist was soft
and yielding as the twigs of the angsoka (tree)
when swayed by the wind; Ht. Sh.
k< kbmamam. Feeling weak after illness.
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4A\> kmayoh. A paddle. Also pengayoh, from
kayoh, q. v.
J kumba. [Skr. kumbha.] A frontlet worn by
an elephant in its state trappings.
kfmbara or kumbara. Mengembara: to
wander, to rove.
3L kikmbala. [Skr. gopala.] A herdsman. Better
* gebala, q. v.
c\-g k/mbali or kombali. Return; motion or
transference back to the original starting
point. Kembali-lah iya ka-Melaka: he returned
to Malacca. Hidop kembali: to return to life.
Kenbali ka-rahmat Allah: to return to the
mercy of God; an euphemism for death; Ht.
Abd., 12. Kembali ka-ddru'l-bakd: to return
to the abode which is eternal; to die; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 17.
Kembalikan: to give (anything) back; to
return (anything); Sej. Mal., I32; Sh. Sg.
Kanch., 40; Sh. Lamp., 34; Ht. Koris.
Mengemlbalikan: id.; also to resume. MIengembalikan rupa-nya yang sediya-kala: to resume
their original form; Ht. Ind. Jaya..:L k/imbayat. Cambay (in India). Kain k.: a
Cambay fabric of cloth.
f kambut. A large basket; a receptacle containing about Io gantangs of padi.

K1lMBANG., kumbar. A large almost stemless palm with
large thorny leaves; zalacca wallichiana.
Runtput k.: a common sedge; scleria
sumatrensis.
\J^ k6mbera. I. Moving in a scattered swarm,
as flies when disturbed in large numbers.
II. A ship-cabin;=\
c~ kambus. Stopping up an orifice; filling up;
choking up; silting up. Sungai lamia-nya itu
sangat berbelit-belit lagi-pun hendak kamnbus
minjadi sungai tohor: for the old river with
much meandering and with its tendency to
silt had become quite shallow.
rf kumbas. (Kedah.) Meingumbas: to abscond,
to bolt. Also unmbas.

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kanbang. Mengambang: to soar on outstretched pinions as an eagle or hawk. Cf.
ambanlg, kimbang, terbang, etc.
kambing. A generic name for sheep and
goats.
K. belanda: the common sheep.
K. benggala: a large goat imported from
Bengal.
K. biri-biri: a small local sheep.
K. burong, k. burun, or k. gerun: the wild
goat of the Malay Peninsula.
K. kachang: the Hainan goat.
K. kibas: (Arab. kibash) the Arabian big-tailed
sheep.
K. perahan: a milch-goat, Ht. Md. Hanaf.,
20, 95.
K. randok: a hairy and rank old he-goat;
a metaphor for a lascivious old scoundrel.
K. shateni (Sydney): the Australian sheep.
Kuku k.: (i) the trotters of a sheep; (2) the
feet of a salver (pahar); (3) a peculiar forked
instrument for planting the padi-shoots taken
from the nursery.
k/mbang. Opening out, expansion, spread;
the open flower in contradistinction to the
bud. K. keichup: opening and closing, as an
umbrella. Bunga yang layu balek kembang: a
faded flower that is blossoming out again; an
old man dressed as a young one; Prov.
Balai k.: an open pleasure house or kiosque;
Ht. Ind. Meng., Ht. Pg. Ptg.
Belat k.: an outshore fish-trap on the lines
of the belat betawi but rather smaller.
Bunga kembang sa-mangkok: a seed which
swells to a great size under the influence of
water; the seed of the tree sterculia scaphifera.
Kain k.: a sarong worn without trousers
underneath; Ht. Abd., 49.

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k6mbar. Duplication; a match or pair;
twin. Duwa orang anak laki-laki kembar: twin
sons; Ht. Abd., I35. Saudara sa-kiebar: twinbrothers; Ht. Gh.. Punggok duwa sa-ke-mbar:
twin pznggok-birds; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 4.
Mengembari: to duplicate; to be a match or
equivalent for any person or thing. Penglimanya yang mlengenbari raja-nya: their penglima
who was the equivalent of a king to them; Ht.
Mar. Mah.
k/mbor. Chakap kembor: boastful nonsensical talk.

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