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CHANG..U. chdrubah. A weapon (unidentified but still
remembered by name in Kedah); Ht. Mar.
Mah.,;3j ch6rotok. Bercherotok: to squat in a row, as
disciples at their master's feet; Sh. U.,
io. Usually cheeratok, q. v.
j ch6rutu. Cigar; cheroot. Minun ch.: to
smoke; Ht. Abd., 133. Also cherut and serlttu.,JL.... chdruchup. A burr; a kind of love grass.
Lemnbing saperti cheruchup: spears (sticking
up in all directions) like love grass.
J..) ch6rochok. I. The frequentative of chuchok;
sticking out horizontally-of spears and points
generally; cf. cherachak.
II. A noisy instrument consisting of a
bunch of oyster shells shaken together and
used to drive fish into going in the desired
direction.
J,-)'. chdrorot. The musk rat; better chenchurut
and tikus turi or tikus kesturi.
~i: ch6rah. I. Clearness; transparency, as the
result of there being nothing to impede the
view; emptiness. Tiyada berhenti cherah chuwacha sapfrti siyang: it did not cease to be as
bright as day; Ht. Mar. Mah. Che'haya-nya
cherah: it was of transparent brilliancy-of a
gem of very pure water; Sh. Sri Ben., 87.
Cherah lapaug: blank and empty; Ht. Mar.
Mah. Terang-lah kalbu abang dan cherah-lah
durja kakanda: my (lit. your brother's) mind
is at rest, and my countenance is brightened
-(literally) free of anxious expression; Ht.
Sh. Kub. Fajar cherah: the day broke, the
dawn appeared; Ht. Sh. Mard. Che'rah iata
hati: the eye of the heart ceased to be dimmed; anxious feelings and doubts were driven
away; Ht. Best.
II. Cherah perut: looseness of the bowels;
violent diarrhoea.
Vo. chhreh. The fragments or rubbish left over
after work; KI., Pijn.
o.- chgroh. A second pounding for whitening
rice..?' chirai. Separation; severance; divorce. Jika
tiyada kulit neschaya cherai-lah tulang-nya:
were it not for the skin his bones would have
fallen to pieces; Cr. Gr., 33. Kurdnt itu diturun-nya barcherai-cherai: the Koran descended in separate portions; Mith. Sar., i9.

Ch. barai: scattered in all directions-as a
beaten army; Sej. Mal., i8; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Ht. Ind. Nata, etc.
Bercherai dgngan: to separate from; to leave;
to divorce; Ht. Abd., 9, I33, 261. Bercherai
daripada: id.; Ht. Abd., 23, 163.

MAencheraikan: to separate (any person or
object from any other person or object); Ht.
Abd., 448; Sh. Pant. Shl., I3.
Percheraiyan: the state of separation;
severance.
Tuwan kaseh, sehaya pun kaseh,
Nasib inmmbawa pgrcheraiyan:
you love and I love, but our fates have decreed
our separation; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Bulan pencheraiyan tahun: a popular- name
for the month Mutharram.
sj-. churi. I. A fruit (unidentified); I1.
II. Gtlang cheri: (Hind. churi: a glass
bangle?) a kind of bracelet; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Ht. Koris.

chriya. I. Cleared; brightened, of
countenance; restored, of the temper.
II. [Skr. charya.] Fidelity.

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C chgrita. I. [Skr. charitra.] A story; a tale;
a narrative; a colloquial variant of cheritera,
q. v.
II. Keris cherita: a keris of Javanese make.
Its blade has nine or more curves (lok) in it.
III. Akar cherita: a medicinal herb.
"s.. s ch6riga. I. Always on one's guard; watchfulness, of a man who never allows himself to
be taken in.
II. [Skr. chhurika.] A cutlass, a broadbladed short sword or dagger.
AfJ- chbrewet. Fussiness, as that of a man who
worries his servants about small matters and
is never quite satisfied.
chas. I. Chas-chus: (Onom) the sound of a
person fussing about a room, or going in and
out continually. Jangan chas-chus: don't go
rushing about; keep still.
II. Boasting, bragging, blowing one's own
trumpet.
*- chis. An interjection expressive of somewhat
contemptuous denial; = cheh, in meaning,
but more vulgar in application.
u(j* Chus. I. See chas.
II. An interjection imperatively enjoining
silence; shut up!-used to inferiors only.. chang. I. Carrying on the back as practised
by children playing at horses; sitting astride.
II. A shrill treble. Better mtneggeranchang.
III. [Chin. tsahng.] Kuweh chang: a Chinese cake.
IV. [Chin. tsan.] A square net on a bamboo frame; it is lifted out of the water to
catch fish.
V. (Kedah.) The panniers on an elephant.
VI. Rapid sentry-go; walking up and
down quickly.

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