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kiyani. Pers. Royal. Singgasana kiyani: a
royal throne; Ht. Hamz., 67, 68, 71.
kiyal. Jav. A title of respect given to the
venerable; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 33, 53.
kibar. Waving. Berkibaran: to be waving
(ofa flag or pennon); Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Koris.
Cr. Gr., 78. Berkibar-kibaran:id. (frequentative); Sh. Jub. Mal., 9. Kibarkan: to wave
(transitive), -used of a bird shaking out its
wings; Ht. Sh. Kub.
In Kedah kibar is also used in the slang sense
of bolting ("shake your legs and be off").
kibas. I. Holding anything in the hand
and shaking it, e.g., as a servant waves about
a fan to drive mosquitoes out of a mosquitonet. Kibas-kibas: id. (frequentative); Pel. Abd.,
47. Kibaskan: to knock aside in this way, e.g.,
as a man swinging a stick or his arm in front
of him makes his way through thin undergrowth; Sej. Mal., 57. The word is also used
(Ht. Ind. Nata) of men spitting bad food out
of their mouths and (colloquially) of blowing
out a light.
II. [Arab. kibash.] The tail of a sheep.
Kambing k.: the Arabian sheep. Dayong k.:
an oar at the stern of a boat.

-?. kiting. Vulg. A bit, a very small portion of
anything; KI., v. d. W.
j-~ ketak. Berketak-ketak: in groups, of people.

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ketek. Jalan tMrketek-ketek: the walk of a fat
man with short legs; the strutting of a
stumpy fowl.

- kebeng.

JA? ketel. Eng. Kettle.
k"< kijang. The barking deer (cervulhts muntjac?);
Sej. Mal., 44; Ht. P. I. P.; Ht. Abd., 88; Ht.
Sri. Rama...f kijing. An edible marine mussel..( keju. [Port. queyo.] Cheese..( kijai. The nervous quivering of a man after
being stung by a venomous insect. Tfrkijaikijai: shaking in this way.
{ kecheng. (Riau, Johor.) Having one eye
closed; (according to Dutch authorities) closing
an eye.
~S kechong. Swindling; obtaining goods by
tv false pretences, or, having obtained the goods
on credit, to deny indebtedness for them.. kechap. Soy, ketchup, sauce.
T-s kechek. Importuning, wheedling, worrying
by importunity; obtaining by flattery orimportunity. Kena k.: to be swindled by empty
promises; to be taken in by a plausible story.
K. anak Melaka: wheedlers are the men of
Malacca; Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV., I15.
Sudah di-kechek di-kechong pula: to wheedle a
man into lending money on poor security and
then, on top of that, to deny the debt; swindle
upon swindle; Prov.
kichak. (Onom.) The note of the murai
bird; Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), I.

Eng. A cabin on a ship.. s

kebak. Gaping open, of a deep cut; exposing
the interior.
kita. We; (in some cases) I. Kita includes
theperson addressed; cf. kami. Kita is used
for the first person singular by Malay princes
on the East coast of the Peninsulaand also
by some foreign settlers notably Indians.
kiyat. I. Out of joint, not meeting exactly;
a strain. Leher be-kiyat: (Kedah) a stiff neck.
Tulang kiyat: a dislocated joint of the body.
II. (Onom.) Kiyat-kiyut (Singapore) the
creaking of rowlocks or of the hinges of a
door; also (Riau, Kedah) kiyang-kiytt. Pronounced kiyant-kiyle"t.

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iJ kiyut. See kiyat.,:.' ketut. Warped, shrivelled,
'- keretut and kemetut.

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stunted. Cf.

kichu. A dodge, an artifice, a swindling
contrivance; to swindle. Ada-kah patut raja
hendak kichu ambil herta orang: is it right that
a prince should swindle people out of their
property; Ht. Best. Mengichu-ugichu orang:
to be a swindler, to practise swindling; Ht.
Raj. Sul., 2. Cf. kechong, kechoh, kechek and
kelichu.

iS. kitar. Revolution round a central point;
motion in a circle. Cf. kisar and idar.
A distinction is sometimes drawn between
kisar and kitar by using kitar of relatively slow
revolution and kisar of rapid revolution.
Kitarkan: to turn (anything) round as one
turns a horse by leading him in a circle; Sh.
Panj. Sg.
' ketang or kitang. I. A salt-water fish with
venomous fins, Sh. Ik. Trub., 7.
II. Chin.? A tea-cup.

4q5 kechoh. Swindling by giving false weight;
T " cheating at cards; cheating in its criminal forms.
Cf. kichu.
46 kechi. Eng. A ketch; a sailing vessel of
* small tonnage and light draft; Ht. Abd., I3,
98, 217; Ht. Jay. Lengg.; Marsd. Gr., I37.

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