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KARAM

J." kadal. Jav. The grass lizard, mabuia; Sh.
Panj. Sg. Usually befgkarong or mengkarong.
5 kara. I. Kachang kara: a plant, dolichos
lab-lab. Also kachang kara-kara.
II. Udang kara: a large lobster; —from
Skr. mnakdra, Malay mengkara?
III. Gendang kara: (Riau) a drum beaten
on one side only.
IV. Akar kara-kara: an Arab drug used
medicinally; = kachang kara?
V. Sa-batang kara: alone, unaccompanied;
Ht. Gul Bak., 8. Better karah, q. v.
VI. A variant of angkara, q. v.,. karat. I. Rust; (by metaphor) deterioration,
depreciation as the result of the lapse of time.
Habis-lahl 'akal-nya itu di-imaka karat: his
intellect wasted away; his mind deteriorated;
Ht. Abd., 483. Karat di-hati: malice,
malicious feeling.
Kalan marahl kata sa-kali,
Jangai taroh karat di-hati:
if you are angry say so straight out, do not
bear malice in your heart.
Berkarat: to rust; (by metaphor) to bear
malice. Bukan-nya diyamn penggali berkarat:
his rest was not the rest of the spade which
rusts (depreciates when doing no work);
Ht. Abd., 263. Janganb berkarat aytuhai siti:
lady, do not bear me a grudge; do not be
secretly offended; Sh. UI., 24.
II. The fighting of cats with claws or of
crabs with pincers. K. gigi: to grind the
teeth.
\, karut. Obvious nonsense; lying that is
seen on the face of it to be lying; selfcontradiction. Sangat-lah karut: it is
obviously absurd; Sh. Tab. Mimp., 4.
Che' Ali orang di-kota
Turun ka-bendang ketam padi;
Alang-kah karat tlwan berkata,
Belah dada bukan-kalh mati:
is it not nonsense that you are now talking,if I open up your heart will it not mean
death? I
Mopeng karit: very much pockmarked.
Metngarut: to talk nonsense.
Karut is sometimes used with the meaning
"a spider's web "; cf. rakut.
( karas. Karas-karas: a species of cake or
sweetmeat. Also kkaras..( karang. I. A reef, a coral bank, coralline
sponge. Kena k.: to run on a reef; Ht.
Abd., I90.
r This pantun is a proverbial reply to another pantun
suggesting that the sceptical girl should rend her lover's
heart and see for herself whether her image is there.

Batu k.: coralline rock; (also) galena ore.
Bunga k.: a sponge (coralline or otherwise);
Sej. Mal., 45.
Ikan k.: a fish (unidentified).
Isi k.: shells, corals, and other things picked
up on the beach.
Penyakit karangi-karang: a form of syphilis.
Karang-karangan: = isi karang.
Berkarang: to go hunting for shells, etc.,
on the beach; Sej. Mal., 67.
II. Ordering, arrangement, composition;
literary composition. Payong di-karang
mutiyara: an umbrella set with pearls in
patterns; Cr. Gr., 32. Punlcha di-karang akan
dastar: a loose piece of cloth arranged as a
turban; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Karangan: setting; composition. Mutiyara
te1rhambor daripada karanga —nya: pearls fallen
from their setting; Ht. Abd., 15, 79. Kitdb
kdustzs karangan tluwan Marsdeu: a dictionary
of Mr. Marsden's composition; Ht. Abd., 182.
Karang-karangan: literary composition in
general; all forms of literary work; Ht.
Abd., 48. Karang-mengarang:; to do literary
work.
Karangkan: to set in order, to arrange, to
compose. Mengarangkan: id.
Pengarang: an author, a composer; Ht.
Abd., I39.
Terkarang: arranged, composed, put in order.
The word karang is also used (in romances
from Javanese sources) of an ordered garden.
Kekarang: id.; Ht. Mas. Ed. Karang
kesteriyan: a garden for the ladies of the
palace; the harem garden; Sh. Panj. Sg.
_" karong. A coarse sack made of matting and
containing at least about 24 gantang, a smaller
sack being known as kampit. Maka keratan
mata tomnbak itu di-angkat orang berkarongkarong: men picked up the broken spearpoints
by the sackful; Sej. Mal., I42. Kain karong:
matwork sacking; sacking generally., ( karap. A comb used in weaving..( karip. Sleepy; a (Javanese) variant of arip,
J Ciq. v.
) karam. I. Foundering, sinking; being buried
in the waters; (by metaphor) ruin, destruction.
Karam tiyada berayer: to founder without
water; ruin without apparent reason or as the
result of accident; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., 162.
Karam berduwa basah sa-orang: two men
foundered, but one only got wet; two men
undertook something in partnership, but one
emerged with all the profit; Prov. Orang
karamn di-laut, aku karam di-darat: others
founder at sea, I met destruction on land; Ht.

Abd., 447.
Pisau raut Maharaja Lela,
Pakaiyan anak raja di-Juddah;
Karam di-laut buleh di-timba,
Karam di-hati bilakan sudah:

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