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KIDfSKEK

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j~ <~ ked6kek. A greenish compound resembling
salt. It is used medicinally..5o k6ddkai. A tree (unidentified) the fruit of
which is used medicinally.
~!e k6dal. A disease causing discoloration of the
skin; Muj., 69; Sej. Mal., 31, I57; Ht. Best.
It is akin to sopak, but sopak refers to white
discoloration and kedal to other colours of the
disease.
K. anjing: coarse black patches of colour on
the skin.
K. gajah extensive discoloration of the skin.
K. tulah: discoloration of the skin as the
result of a curse (usually for profanation)., k6dul. A ball of wood, horn, or ivory used in
playing certain Malay games.
k6d6lam. A drinking vessel with a narrow
neck. Also kendelanm.

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khdudok. (Kedah.) The name of a number
of plants with showy pink flowers; melastoma
polyanthum, and allied species; Ht. Sri Rama
(Maxw.), 64; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. P. J. P.
Also (Riau, Johor) sgndudok, (Bencoolen)
se'keddok, (Menangkabau) si-kaduduk.
kdah. I. Kedah, a state on the West Coast
of the Malay Peninsula. Better A;2
II. Exposed; gaping open. Mangkok k.:
a bowl with a wide mouth. Tidor terkedah:
to sleep without proper covering.
kbdai. A shop; a selling booth; a place where
articles are exhibited for sale by retail in
contradistinction to an office where mercantile
business is transacted, but where the articles
sold are not actually stored. Ada yangr
berk dai ada yang bersauldagar: some opened
shops, some opened merchants' offices; Ht.
Abd., 215.
k6di. Congenital impotence; Ht. Sh.;
Muj., 6i. The word is applied also tohermaphroditism where the female organs are the
more strongly developed.
kUdidi. Burong kedidi: a snippet, a sandpiper; Ht. Ind. Meng.; Sh. Bur. Nuri, 15;
Sh. Pant. Shl., 9. Laksana kedidi, ka-mana
pantai terchzuggit-clhuggit: like a sand-piper
which goes hopping about wherever it can
find a beach; all is fish that comes to his net;
Prov.

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kMdOlai. Kachang kedglai: a plant, phaseolus
mungo; Ht. Abd., I80. Also kedele and kedeli.
kidampas or ktdumpas. Orang tuwa
ketdampas: a term of abuse applied to a shameless
old man. Also orang tuwa kedumnpas.
kid6mpong. I. Worm-eaten; internally
rotten, of fruit.
Laksana buwah kedenmpong;
Luwar berisi, dalam kosong:
like rotten fruit; prpmising without but emptiness within; Prov.
Also (Penang) kedepong.
II. (Onom.) A thumping sound. Also
kedepong.
III. A tobacco-pouch made of pandan leaves
and used to give fragrance to tobacco.
ktdondong, or (Kedah) kedundong. A
generic name given to a number of trees mostly
of the genus canarium; Sh. Pant. Shl., 8.
Amra jangan sangka kedundong: do not
mistake a hog-plum for a kedundong; all is not
gold that resembles it; Prov.
K. bulan: canarium rufum.
K. bilan puteh: santiria fasciculata.
K. hutan: canarium nitiduwm.

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4 sIo.-f, k6dera. [Port. cadeira.] A stool.
" kdiri. Self; v. diri. Also kendiri.
*u c kudiyan.. (Kedah.) Cheap, common,
ordinary. Kain k.: common cheap cloth.
Orang k.: one of the proletariat.
II. [Eng. accordeon.] A concertina, an
accordeon..)e" kdewas. The name of a fish. Also bawal
ar'. kldewas.,ff kadzab. Arab. A liar.,. kidzib. [Arab. kidzb.] A lie. Khabar
yang k.: false reports, slanders, lies; Ht. Raj.
Sul., 8.
f kar. [Dutch kaart.] A chart, a map.
5 kur. A cry for calling fowls; (by extension)
the cry by which the bird-like semangat is
invited to approach or persuaded to remain
still. Kur senangat has also become a term
of endearment, the beloved one being
addressed as the very life or soul of the
lover; Sh. Bid., 7; Sh. Abd. Mk., 78.
See semangat. In Kedah kcru is the word
used for calling fowls and kits for invoking
the semangat.

K. atahari cari caaiun kadondon.
II. Ikan kedondong: a fish (unidentified)..J kfdau. AMengedau: to cry out loudly for anything, e. g., for assistance.,A k6du. The attitude of a man whose head is
slightly bent forward and whose shoulders are
slightly raised. Terkedu-terkedek: sitting in
this attitude but with the body slightly bent;
sitting like a writer at a desk.

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