An abridged Malay-English dictionary (romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson ...

CHtKUT
chikut, to pick up between the
tips of the thumb and three
fingers.
chela, censuring, blaming; finding fault chela - menchela, to
abuse; nama yang kechelaan, a
bad name.
cheladang, Pen., a square basket
for padi.
chelaga, I. soot, fine cinders (adhering to a torch). II. chelaga
kemudi, the tiller.
chelah, crevice, fissure, crack,
cleft; c h. b a t u, the space
between two boulders; c h.
dinding, a crevice in a wall;
ch. gigi, the line between adjoining teeth; ch. gunong, a gully
or ravine; ch. jari, the space
between two fingers.
chelak, antimony - powder (used
to darken the fringe of the eye).
chelaka, ill-starred; ill-omened;
bringing bad luck; a term of
abuse; orang ch., a scoundrel;
yang terlalu besar chelaka kulihat, the greatest infamy of all
that I saw.
chl1akuti, Tam. betel - nut scissors; - kachip. Ked. kelati.
chelam, (onom.) chelum-chelam,
stamping; tramping.
chelana, trousers (loose above
but tight round the calf).
chelap, (onom.) chelup - chelap,
the sound of splashing.
chelapah, soiling, dishonouring.
chelapak, astride; sitting on the
fork; sitting astride; also chelepak.
chelapek, a preparation of dried
fish and herbs.
chelari, kain chelari, a thin
fabric of shining silk with gold
thread.
chl!aru, Ked. disorderly, confused.
chelas, chelus-chelas. the sound

CH1tLUP
of a man coming in and out;
free, familiar.
chelatu, the flying ant; better
kelekatu.
chele, kain chele, a cloth fabric
imported from Southern India.
cheledang, cheledang - cheledok,
a swaggering, rolling gait (affected by abandoned women).
cheledok,-s.v. chiledang.
cheleguri, a shrub (clerodendron
disparifolium); also seleguri.
chl!eh, idle, lazy, sluggish.
chelek, lifting the eyelid; seeing;
si-bita baharu chelek, a blind
man who sees for the first time
(a beggar on horseback), prov.
chelempong, a musical instrument, a set of gongs.
cheleng, I. Jav. a pig; = babi;
ch. alas, a wild pig, = babi
hutan. II. R. J. closed moneybox.
chelengap, agape; open-mouthed.
chelengkang, ch. - chelengkok,
moving in curves or waves.
chelengkok,-s.v. chelengkang.
chilepa, a round (Pk.) or octagonal (N.S.) watch - like box for
tobacco, suspended by chain
from belt or kerchief.
chelepak, sitting astride; = chelapak.
chel6pek, (onom.) the sound
made by mud bespattering a
surface.
ch6lepok, (onom.) the sound of
a heavy mass of mud falling on
anything.
chilichi covetous.
chilis, chopping into small pieces.
chelomis, weak, sickly.
chelong, a sort of elephant trap.
chelum, (onom.) ch. - chIlam,
tramping, stamping.
chilup, steeping in; dyeing; dichelup merah, dyed red; ch&liipkan, to dip, to (lye.

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