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CHHANGGAI

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changgai. A sort of artificial finger-nail,
usually of gold; a nail protector; an ornamental gold finger-nail worn as a mark of
distinction; Ht. Gul. Bak., 99; Ht. Ism.
Yat., 30, iI6; Ht. Koris; Sh. Put. Ak., 15.
The word is also applied to the nail itself
(Ht. Perb. Jaya), and to the curving shoots
from the stem and branches of climbing plants
which enable those plants to adhere to a tree
or trellis work.
Ch. bajang or ch. putcri: a plant, alstonia
macrophylla.
Berdandan ch.: with a scroll-shaped figure
head-of a ship; Sh. Pant. Shl., Io.
chingge. [Chin. tsng-ge.] The " chingay"
festival among the Chinese of the Straits; the
great symbolic procession which is the most
important feature of this festival.
ch6ngal. A kind of tree yielding an excellent wood, balanocarpus maximus.
Ch. batu or ch. bant bukit: a tree, melanochyla
maingayi.
Other varieties of trees to which this generic
name is given by Malays are:-ch. bunga, ch.
kampong, ch. keladi, ch. paya and ch. tandok.
chgngi. A slight nasal intonation or twang
such as is associated with dialectic differences
of pronunciation, and as distinct from speaking through the nose when the result of
physical malformation or disease.
chap. I. [Cf. Hind. chhap: id.] A seal; a
printing-block; a die; a branding-iron (Ht.
Abd., 6I); anything used for marking by impression. The word tera is, however, used of
the impression on coin and sometimes of the
raja's seal, while chap is confined to stamping
with colour or ink. This rule is not universal,
chap being used even of the impression on gold
coins (mtohur) in the Hikdyat Bestaimtam.
Me1mbuboh ch.: to affix one's seal; Ht. Abd.,
io1. Tukang ch., or tuikang dalaml pekeijaan
ch.: a printer; a man employed in a printing
office; Ht. Abd., x66, I67. Perkakasan ch.:
instruments for printing. Ch. batu: lithography. Ch. timah: printing by means of
metallic type. Ch. kebajikan dan selanat
sijahtra: the seal of good will, of safety and
prosperity; Ht. Abd., 472. Ch. tra: a raja's
official seal.
Mengchapkan: to publish; to have a book
printed; Ht. Abd., 445.
II. A measurement of thickness; as much
as can be enclosed between the thumb and

index-finger of one hand when applied to the
thumb and index-finger of the other; a small
bundle of padi stalks for transplanting. Sachap tangan: id.; = (Sumatran) sa-chakap
tangan and ( Batak ) tiyop.
III. Chap-chup: (Onom.) the sound of
people eating soft food or of fish splashing
about on the surface of the water.

III. ( Kedah.) A kind of spade.
(Trengganu) chok.

Also

IV. Chap-chap: (Onom.?) the name of a
small bird; C. and S.
V. Chap-chap: viscous; half solid, half
liquid.
VI. Chup-chap: (Hind.) an interjection
enjoining silence.
VII. Chap-chap: (Onom.) native castanets;
better chnracthap, q. v.
chop or chup. I. An exclamation in a
game when a player wishes to recall a false
move or play a stroke over again before the
chance of doing so is irrevocably gone.
II. Blowing, puffing out; better tiyup, and
chiiylp. Chup-chup: the musical instrument
better known as serunai.

IV. Chap-chup: (Onom.) the sound of
people eating soft food or of fish splashing on
the surface of the water.
V. Chup-chap: (Hind.) an interjection
enjoining silence..,- chepat. Speed; rapidity of movement;
- speedy; quickly; Ht. Abd., 120o.

-. chap-chap. V. chap, IV.
jp- chap-chup. V. chap, III.
J- chup-chap. V. chap, VI..Ad chBperup. (Onom.) The sound of a man
walking through deep mud or deep wet sand.
X;'. ch6pok. I. (Onom.) The sound given out
when water is struck by anything with a flat
surface, such as a plank or the flat of the
hand. Cf. tepok.
II. (Kedah.) A tobacco-pouch.;i- chB6p1ok. (Onom.) The sound of a man
sinking in deep mud; the placing of the wax
in the mould (achuwan) used by a brazier.
y.Lh ch1pu. I. A flat round box of wood in
which toilet requisites are kept; Ht. Gh.; Sh.
Pant. Shl., 13. Bagai chepu dengan tutup-nya:
like a box and its cover (fitting each perfectly);
Prov., also known in the form bagai chzeibul
dengan tntup-nya.
II. Puting chepu-chepu: the foot of the mast.
III. Chepu-chepu: a small white bird (unidentified).

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