A Malay-English dictionary,

KARENA [ 494 ] KASEH

if you are swamped at sea you can bail the
water out, but if you are wrecked in your
affections when can you hope to get over it;
Prov., cf. J. S. A. S., II., I53.
II. [Arab. IO.] A term of abuse; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 346.
karxna. [Skr. kdrana.] Cause, reason;
because. Apa s bab dengan karena: for what
cause or reason; why. Karena Allah: God's
will; God as the originating cause of anything.
Usually pronounced kgrna or kerana.

karim. (Arab. karuin.) Korah,
among Malays as a Croesus.

known

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karuniya. [Skr. kdrunya.] Favour; kindness from a superior to an inferior; v. ukarau. Stirring up, disturbing; splashing
water with the feet; stirring up the oil when
frying; drawing in a fishing line slightly so as
to draw the attention of the fish to the bait.
karn. Breaking into a conversation; interrupting. Cf. haru.
karah. I. Kulit karah: tortoise-shell. Buloh
k.: a bamboo with a peculiar variegated
pattern suggesting tortoise-shell. Berkarah:
variegated. Pnnyu karah: the turtle yielding
this shell.

Karah is also used to describe the appearance
of the teeth when lumps of sireh or other
foreign substances are adhering to them, and
to describe the appearance of leaves when
covered with the white spots of disease.
II. Sa-batang karah: alone, by oneself,
unattended by one's usual suite. Janbatan k.:
a bridge without a parapet. Also kara.
O.. kareh. Stirring up cooked grain with a hot
spoon so as to get it cooked evenly throughout.
( kari. I. Curry. The proper word for Malay
- curry is gulai.
II. Surplus, remainder; KI., v. d. W.
kasa. I. A kind of cloth; =.
II. The firmament; = angkasa.
f kasut. Shoes, boots. Mmnakai k.: to wear
boots. K. sa-pasang: a pair of boots.
K. belulang: leathern shoes.
K. kayu: clogs.
K. pelembang:a sort of clog with a projecting knob for seizure between the toes.
K. rumput: Japanese grass slippers. K.
serit: id.
Tapak k.: the sole, in a shoe.
-;- kasar. Roughness or coarseness (of manner,
texture, or material); thickness; gruffness.
Kelakuwan k.: coarse boorish manners.
Kasar-nya saperti ibu kaki: it (the fuse) was

about as thick as a man's ankle; Ht. Abd., 64.,
Dapat-lah kt turut-turut rupa huruf sadikitdikit, tetapi dEngan kasar-nya: I managed to
follow the lines of the written characters though
only in a rough sort of way; Ht. Abd., 21.
Kekasaran: roughness, coarseness, rudeness;
Ht. Abd., 371.
-..Lt kasap. I. Rough to the touch, as coarse
paperor coarse woollen material. Buloh k.
and mnepelas k.: plants with rough leaves.
II. A sailor whose duty it is to look after the
flags, cordage and lamps of a ship.
III. Nakhoda kasap, or anakhoda buloh kasap
or anak kuda bulu kasap: meaningless variants
of a jingle suggesting pangkal hilang hujong
lesap: the handle is gone and the point is lost;
all is lost; all is up. I
L-t( kasip. The last of anything; the last rains of
a wet season; the last gusts of a parting
monsoon.
- ( kasek. See kosak.
( kasau. A rafter, a cross-beam; cf. rasok and
gelegar. K. jantan: the main rafters. K.
betina: the minor rafters. Harimau belang k.,
or harimau torang k., or harimau terong k.: the
royal tiger (from its stripes).
40 kaseh or kasih. Affection, love, strong
liking. Merajok pada yang kaseh: be sulky
with those who love you (for they only will
stand it); Prov.
Terina k.: the receipt of kindness or favour;
the acknowledgment of a favour; the usual
Malay expression of thanks. Beribu-ribu terima
k.: many thousands of thanks.
Kasehan: kindness, favour, mercy (especially
in the sense of the pity or favour of one who
is vested with power); a pity, an unfortunate
thing. Dengan kasehan Allah: by the mercy
of God. Menaroh kasehan: to harbour feelings
of pity; to feel pity; to be merciful. Gajahgajah itu-pun kasehan semuwa-nya habis inati:
unfortunately all the elephants died; Ht.
Abd., 76.
Kasehani, or mnengasehani: (I) to feel pity;
(2) to pity (transitive).
Kasehankan or mengasehankan: to treat as an
object of pity; to pity. Kasehankan raja
berusong: to pity the prince borne by in his
litter; misplaced condolence; Prov.
Kasehi or mne-ngasehi: to love; to feel love for
any one.
3erkaseh-kasehan: in mutual love or affection;
with love on both sides.
Meingaseh: to fall in love with; Ht. P. J. P.

Pengaseh: a creator of love; love arousing.
Do'd p.: formulae to win love or affection.
Guna p.: love magic, love potions, any magical
i Another variant of the second line is modal habis laba
lesap; the capital is gone and the profits have vanished.: