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CHALOK

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chalok. I. A relish or sambal made of small
prawns. Also chzenchalok and menichalok.
II. A chopper with a curved point used for
cutting down brushwood.

III. To rebound out of a hole in which it
is intended to remain-of coins or marbles
in children's games.
'A?' chalun. To argue; to discuss; C. and S..\. chalu. [Hind. chalo.] Begone! be off! a
colloquial expression used in the Settlements
to order a person off the premises. In
Penang the word is also used in the sense of
a steamer being on a certain run. Chalu Deli:
the Deli run..Vs. chamar. A sea-bird (unidentified). Also
called chenmar and chetchamnar.,. chamor. (Kedah.) The act of scattering or
sowing grain or any similar material by using a
swift round-arm motion and jerk-as opposed
to dropping it in small quantities here and
there (tabor, q. v.), or throwing it forwards
and upwards (ambor, q. v.). Cf. also simlbor..b chamang. (Kedah.) The ferrule at the base
of a keris sheath when that ferrule is made of
gold or silver.
l chameng. A shield; Ht. Sh.;-a variant of
the more common form, tameng, q. v.
drS-. chamin. Chamin-chamin: a small tree with
green acid fruits used in curries, cicca
acidissimna..A.- chamau. A kind of tree; a generic name for
tree-draccenas, such as d. maingayi and d. angustifolia. Also called chakmau.
\>. chana. A big tree with masses of white
flowers, parinarium griffithianwm; -chanar?
j\> chanar. A generic name for the trees known
as smilax.
Ch. babi: smilax repauda, Cr.
Ch. bokor: smtilax leucophylla, Cr.
n-, chanang. I. A kind of gong; the ordinary
gong without the hemispherical knob in the
centre and with a shallow rim. Bawa chanang
taroh buwat apa: you are carrying the gong,
why keep it to yourself; you have important
information, why make a mystery of it? Prov.
Chanangkan: to proclaim by beat of gong;
to make a fact known by means of a public
crier using a gong to call the people together;
Ht. Abd., 252; Ht. Bakht., 71.
II. Two pieces of bamboo from which are
suspended the cords which support the lease
of a loom; C. and S.

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III. The name of a game the principal
feature of which consists in striking a short
piece of stick lying on the ground and then
striking it again on its leaping up under the
influence of the first blow.
chanu. A tin kettle or boiler; K1.
chanai. A whetstone; a smooth roller intended to give a flat surface, e.g., a roller
used in making pastry; the process of smoothing or polishing by means of a wheel or roller,
as a knife is sharpened on a grindstone. Keris
beharu di-chanai: a newly-sharpened keris.
Saperti di-chanai rtupa-nya: smooth as though
it had been artificially polished; Ht. Sh.
Pandai ch.: a man who wastes other people's
money; Prov.

Papan ch.: a kind of smooth hollow cylinder
with a slit in it used as a sort of gong or
sounding-board for calling people together.
Terek ch.: a bird, oriolus indicus.
~ >. chawat. A loin cloth such as that worn by
a Tamil coolie; a garment (such as that of a
Sakai) hanging down loosely from the waist
so as to conceal the private parts; any vesture,
even of an elaborate character, which is
passed between the limbs and fastened at the
waist on either side-as in the case of the
Siamese dress. Sa-puloh kapal datang anjing
berchawat ekor juga: half a score of ships may
come but the dogs will wear no loin cloth but
their tails; the fortunes of his masters little
affect the miserable lot of a slave; Prov., J.
S. A. S., II, 143. Anjing tiyada berchawat ekor
is also used in a contemptuous sense; "even a
dog pays no attention to him," "even a dog
will not look at her."
Ch. k&eret: a garment for children in arms.
Kenmudi ch.: a rudder on European lines in
contradistinction to one consisting of an oar
(kelmudi sepak) at the stern.
Berchawat tlnggal: wearing only a single
loin-cloth; Ht. Hamz., 77.,.. chaus. Thin by emaciation, as the features
of a starving man; too thin in parts-as a
plank which a man wishes to have of a certain thickness throughout and finds it too
narrow in some places.
chawas. An oar used on a river raft; C. and S.
chawis. Jav. Ready, prepared. Segala ke') t ltngkapan itu-pun chawis-lah sudah: all the
equipment had been got ready; Ht. Mas Ed.. chaung. I. Sunken, of the cheeks, as the
result of loss of teeth; cf. chaus.
II. A species of timber, J. S. A. S., VIII.,
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