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chlaru. (Kedah.) In disorder, in confusion.
Kbrja chelart: uncertain and bad work.
ch/lari or ch/larai. Kain chelari: a thin
fabric of shining silk cloth with gold thread;
Ht. Pg. Ptg.; Sh. Panj. Sg.; Sh. Jur. Bud., 6.
ch6lapak. (Riau.) Resting on the fork; the
posture of a man riding or sitting astride
on a wall; the angle at the ridge pole of a
roof. Maka baginda Mani Ferendam pun
jatoh-lah ka-dalam ayer terchelapak pada blnakang
ikan alu-anl: King Mani Ferendam fell into
the sea, falling astride upon the back of an
alu-all fish; Sej. Mal., Ioo.

ch6lor. Immersion in boiling liquid, especially with the idea of removing roughnesses,
or as a fowl is immersed in hot water to get
rid of its feathers; the ordeal by immersion
in boiling liquid; boiling by immersion in
boiling water, as an egg is boiled-as distinct
from boiling by placing any article of food in
cold water and then heating it with the water
(rebus). IKsat daun Pipintt; kalau kesat daun
labu buleh di-chelor: the pimipin leaf is (always)
rough, but the pumpkin leaf if rough can be
boiled smooth to the touch; a rough stranger
will always be considered rough; but if a
friend be rough, his rudeness will be smoothed
over; Prov., J. S. A. S., III., 38.
ch6las. See chelus.
ch/lis. Chopping into small pieces as firewood is sometimes chopped to make it the
more combustible.
ch6lus. Chtelus-chelas or chetlas-ci'elus: (Onom.?)
coming in and out; the sound of a man constantly coming in and out; free; familiar.
Cf. chelam-chellum. Chelus is also used to
signify that a ring slips on and off easily;
easy-fitting, comfortable.

j..-h ch6lapek.
herbs.

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chelapah. Soiling by the tread; fouling
anything with dirty boots. Also (by metaphor)
dishonouring; Sh. Put. Ak., 32.
ch6lapeta. Delirious, raving; C. and S.
chelaka. Ill-starred; bringing bad luck; an
affliction. Orang ch.: a scoundrel. Ch.
perompatt: the curse of piracy. Yang terlalt
besar chelaka ku-lihat, emak-nya di-juwalkan-nya
kapada orang lain dan ana4k-nya kapada orang
lain: the most infamous thing seen by me
was the fact that they (the slave dealers)
would sell a mother to one person and her
children to another; Ht. Abd., 268.
Hujan ini hujan chelaka,
Tetatanman tidak-kan jadi;
Muda ini muda chelaka,
Bertunangan tidak-kan jadi:

this rain is a rain which brings bad luck,
things that are planted on the strength of it
come to no good; this youth is a youth whom
misfortune pursues, all his engagements come
to nothing.
Chelaka is also used to describe lost souls in
contradistinction to the blessed (berbahagiya);
Ht. Isk. Dz.; Bust. Sal.
O.>- ch$1aga. I. (Riau, Johor.) Soot; fine
cinders adhering to a torch; (Kedah) jelaga.
II. Ch. ketmudi: the bar of a rudder to
which the tiller-ropes are attached; the tiller.
O chlana. Trowsers loose above but closing
tight round the calf; Kam. Kech., iI.
Menyengseng ch.: to tuck up one's trowsers;
Sh. Panj. Sg..l4- ch61lbor. (Onom.) The sound of a massive
body falling into water. Cf. lebor.
L chbl1bok. (Onom.) The sound of a small
heavy body (such as a bullet) falling into
water.

.. ch6lang. I. Mata-nya nmenchelanlg: (Riau)
fixed and open, of the eyes of a dead man,
supposed to be ominous.
II. Chelong-chelang': v. chelong, I and II.
1 ch6long. I. Chelong-chelang: (Onom.) the
sound of a bell ringing at short intervals.
II. Chelong-chlLang: glittering; = chhllemtre
lang, q. v.
III. The mouthpiece of a sutmpitan; KI.,
Pijn.
IV. A contrivance of wood and rattan used
in catching elephants.
i ch61lngap. Open-mouthed; gaping; ajar.
ch6lengkang. Chelengkang-chelengkok: mo- tion in curves or waves; motion in roundabout ways towards any spot. Cf. chtelengkok,
lengkok, bengkang and bengkok. Berch1elengkang-bengkok: motion towards a spot, partly
in waves or curves and partly zigzag or
angular.
chdlengkok. Motion in a curve; cf. bengkok,
which refers to rectilinear angles.
Chelengkang ch.: v. chelengkang.
JA;. chblap. Chelhp-chelap: (Onom.) the sound
of footsteps in very shallow water, or splashing through mud.

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