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KIYAL

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kiyal. Supreme effort or exertion. Terkiyalkiyal: throwing all one's strength into a last
effort.
kilat. Scintillation, flashing; lightning. Petir
kilat: thunder and lightning; Ht. Abd., 370.
Kilat senjata: the flash of weapons in fencing;
Cr. Gr., 44. Kilat sabong menyabong: forked
lightning; flash against flash; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Sej. Mal., I52. Saperti kilat pantas-tnya:swift
as lightning (of a horse); Ht. Abd., Io6.
Berkilat: to flash; shining. Temnbaga b.:
shining brass; Ht. Abd., 453. Hitami b.:
shiny black. Berkilat ikan di-dalami ayer:
let a fish but flash (its scales) in the water.
Berkilat-kilat: glittering; Ht. Abd., r13, 273.
Berkilatan: shining; Sh. Abd. Mk., 29.

JL? kili. Kili-kili: the small reel on a Malay
fishing-rod; the ring through a buffalo's nose;
a thread wrapped round the legs of a fighting
cock. Also kekili. Chabut kekili: (slang)
stark naked.
kima. Siput kimna: a very large shell (trir- dacna squainosa?).
kiyambang. An aquatic plant, pistia stratiotes.
'( kemut. A variant of klmut, q. v.
kimiya. Arab. Alchemy; chemistry. 'Il/mu
kimziyd: id.
y0. kiyan. "Time" in such expressions as
" five times," "ten times." Sa-kiyan: once,
this much, so much. Sa-puloh k.: ten times;
Ht. Best.; Ht. Sri. Rama. Jangankan sa-kiyan
ini tinggi-nya jikalau sa-puloh kiyan sa-kali-pun
kena juga di-panah-nya ntleh Sang Ranjuna itu:
not only at this height but even at ten times
this height he could be struck by an arrow
from Arjuna; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Detni-kiyan: to this extent, so.
A ra-kiyan: accordingly; v. ara.
Kala-kiyan: this time having elapsed; next;
in the next place; afterwards.

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kilir. Sharpening, setting. MAiegilir:
sharpen; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 77.

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kilas. A thong for tying the hands behind
the back; the process of pinioning. Di-kilas
sikz-nya tegoh-tegoh: his elbows were securely
pinioned; Ht. Sh. Kub.
kelang.. The rollers or crushers of a mill;
a mill generally. K. ubi: a tapioca mill. K.
minyak: an oil mill.
kelong. The well-known fish-trap everywhere
seen on the shores of the Peninsula; better
known (Kedah) as btlat, q. v. Metmbuwat k.:
to erect fishing-stakes.
kelek or kilek. Carrying anything tinder the
arm without using a cloth orsling; Sh. Lamp.,
26; Ht. Best. Kerja raja di-junjong, kerja kita
di-kilek: to carry our work for the prince on
the head while carrying our own work under
the arm; to look after private interests while
attending to those of one's employer; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., II., 152.
Tulang kilek buyong: the crest of the ilium.
Mingilek: to carry by one's side; Sh. Kamp.
Boy., 4. Kilekkan: id.; Sej. Mal., 92.
kelok. An artistic curve; = kalok, q. v.
Cf. lok.
kilan. Jav. The span of the hand; =
jingkal.
kilau. Brilliancy, radiance, glitter. Kilat didalan kilta, guroh mengandong hujan: lightning lurks within brightness, thunder is big
with rain; a hidden purpose may lurk behind
apparently innocent behaviour; Prov., J. S.
A. S., II., 150.
Kilau-kilauwan: flashing at intervals, glittering; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Kilau is used of light which keeps varying in
brightness but which does not appear and
disappear.

kenek. Shrunken;
developed.

dwarf; old but

'C kini. A variant of ka-ini: v. ini.:J kenang or kinang. I. Jav. Kinaugan: a
sireh-box.
II. Kuweh kenang-kenang: (Kedah) a cake
made of pulut rice.

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kewang. A plant (unidentified).
kiwi. I. A supercargo or officer in charge
of the hold in a native ship; J. S. A. S., III.,
64.
II. Kiwi-kiwi: ridiculous pride of ownership;
the pride of a man who goes round showing
his latest purchase to everybody.

4> kiyah.

Pengiyah: a shoe-horn.

Lg kehel or (Kedah) kihil. Not fitting,
harmonious; out of its course, of a ship.

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kinyang. Rock-crystal.
k6nya. [Skr. kanya.] A maiden; v. kennya.
k6nyut. See knnyiut.

4 kknyit. See kennyit,
"( kinyang. See kfnnyang.

4j kilah. A salt-water shell-fish (unidentified).

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