A Malay-English dictionary,

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KAUT

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KAYA

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6 kaut. Scraping towards oneself; peeling anything with the blade turned towards oneself;
scraping or drawing in.
Mengaut: (Kedah) to heap up the mown grass
on the dykes (batas) separating the padi-fields
when those fields are being cleared for cultivation. Tajak kaut: the scythe-like implement
with which this is done.
o:.0 kawat. (Singapore from Batavian Malay.)
Metallic thread; wire; copper wire; = dawai.
Baik-lah kita membuwat jerat kawat: well, let
us make a running noose of wire; Ht. Ind.
Nata.
Surat kawat: (rare) a telegram.;)5 kawit. I. A fish (unidentified).
II. (Riau.) Family connection; the position
of people who have common relatives, but are
not themselves actually related by blood..) \ kawar. (Kedah.) A thief. Cf. gawar.
( kaus. I. =-.4, q v

II. Eng. A couch, a sofa.
kaung. An edible fresh-water fish (unidentified); KI., Pijn., v. d. W.
kawang. Minyak kawang: the fat of the tree
diplocnemia sebifera. Also minyak tengkawang
and (Kedah) minyak chenok.
kaup. Scraping or drawing towards oneself;
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Saperti harimau masok kawan kambing rupanya: looking like a tiger entering a flock of
sheep; a simile for the effect produced by a
hero's attack on his enemies; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Saperti kawan lebah meuchlari sarang: like a
swarm of bees seeking their nest; Ht. Ind.
Meng.
Sa-kawan: one group; forming one group;
together.
Papan k.: a plank on the side of a boat
between the apit lempang and the pisangpisang.
Mengawankan: to accompany; Ht. Abd., 9;
Ht. Raj. Sul., 2I.
Ot kawin. I. Kekawit: poetic narrative; v.
kawi.
II. Tomnbak pengawinan: a state pike, the
blade of which is of a wavy pattern like the
blades of certain forms of the keris.
III. Marriage; v. kdwtn.
0o0 kawah. A large iron cauldron for boiling
sago or sugar; a cauldron generally; (by
simile) the crater of a volcano; the vortex of a
whirlpool. Lobok k.: the name given to an
extinct crater in the Lingga archipelago.
Orang tuwa bongkok mtnggelisak gadoh,
Kena serekup di-bawah kawah:
a humpbacked old man was starting a row
when a cauldron was stuck as an extinguisher
over him.
Six kawi. I. Behasa kawi: the old poetic
language of Java. Kekawi': a poetic narra.
tive; Ht. Mas Ed.
II. Red-brown. Batu kawi: manganese or
cinnabar.
III. Besi kawi: an iron believed to possess
supernatural hardness; cf. besi khersani
(Khorassan iron).,,', kgwin. Pers. Marriage; wedding. Jmas k.:
the mahr or dowry (in the Muhammadan
sense); the settlements made by a bridegroom
on a bride; Simb. Ch., I3; Pel. Abd., I3x.
Often written kahwmu., kahar. See 4;.

); kaul.

= yq.v.

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kawal. Tam. A watchman, a sentry,
watching. Holanda itu-pun terlalu keras kawalnya: the watch kept by the Dutch was very
strict; Ht. Abd., 100oo. Buwah kawal: a protecting piece, at chess.
Kawalan: a watch; a guard of watchmen;
a patrol; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Berkawal: on the watch; to be employed on
sentry duty.
Mengawal: to watch. M. istana: to stand
sentinel over a palace; Ht. Sg. Samb. M.
daripada kejahatan: to guard from evil;
Muj., 90.
Mengawali: to watch over; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Jay. Lengg.,(' kahang.
kohong.

Strong-smelling,

rancid. Also

kawan. A company; a party; one of a party
in relation to the others; accompaniment; a
companion; (by extension of meaning) a friend;
"friend," as a term of address used somewhat
condescendingly by a raja when addressing an
old man, or familiarly by one old man when
addressing another. K. gajah: a herd of
elephants. K. kambing: a flock of goats.
K. jalan: a roadside acquaintance. K. perahu:
a shipmate. K. pEnyamun: a band of robbers.

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C^rA kahin. Arab. A pagan priest or wizard.
(5< kaya. I. Wealth; power. Buleh-lah kaya
segala orang miskin dalamn Melaka: all the poor
of Malacca will be able to become rich; Ht.
Abd., 55.
Pisang raya masak scraya,
Pisang raja masak di-hujong;
Orang kaya samta kaya,
Orang miskin mgmbawa untong:

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