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- — I? k/ra. The common long-tailed monkey
(macacus cynomologus) of the Malay Peninsula;
Ht. Abd., 90, 385, 387. Daun kera berjuntai:
a name given to dry banana leaf. Genggamn
kera: "a monkey's grip"; a very firm grip;
Prov. Kera dapat bunga: a monkey that has
got a flower; pearls before swine; Prov. A kar
periyok kera: a pitcher plant, nepenthes.
~q.5 kdrabat. Swarming up, climbing up, sticking
to. Ikat k.: a fastening in several successive
coils. Kura-kura pandai kerabat kayu: when
tortoises learn to climb trees; when miracles
take place; Prov..>\ kbrabut. Swarming up, climbing up in
large numbers; = kerabat, but exclusively
frequentative.
\ kdrabek. Kerobak-kerabek: plucked to pieces;
cf. rabek, kerobak, etc.
~\. kbrabu. I. A flat round ear ornament;
Kam. Kech., Ii.
II. A tree; xantlhophyllum rufum or lophopeta-lumfimbriatnm; J. I. A., I., 259.
III. A sort of salad made of fish, prawns or
sea-slugs and cucumber.
O\;^ k6raton. Jav. A palace, the home of a ratu
(ke-ratu-'n); Ht. Mas Ed..< kIrajang. A variant of kWrachang, q. v..K. kIrachang. sneas kerachang: tinsel, gold foil;
Ht. Sh., Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht. Ind. Meng.
Kerajang according to Klinkert; also (Riau,
Johor) keronchong; (Kedah) geranchang.
-i\ k.rachap. (Kedah.) A wooden musical
instrument used in menora performances; a
bamboo or wooden tube beaten as a drum (not
identical with cherachap, the Malay castanets).,..( kbrachak. Ripples, cat's-paws on the water;
the wake of a swiftly rowing boat. Also
(Kedah) kelochak.

kIrakap. Sireh kerakap: dry sireh leaves
growing near the stem; the worst leaves of a
sireh vine in contradistinction to sireh charang,
the best. Mati laksana sireh kerakap: dead
like old sireh leaf; Sh. Put. Ak., 32.
Kain bersuji di-atas atap,
Baju bertekat chelana merchull;
Jikalau sudi tufan-ku santap,
Sireh kerakap, tetmbakau-nya kaynl:
if you wish, my lord, you may consume it, but
the sireh is old and the tobacco spoilt by
moisture; Ht. Ind. Meng.
kdrakah. I. [Dutch: raak?] A carrack; an
old type of sailing ship.
II. (Kedah.) A long-armed monkey; (Riau,
Johor) kEkah.

4K.cdS k6raki. [Tamil?] The blinds of a palanquin.
L> y Also kereki.
krama. A curse. A kan jatoh kerama-nya
pada Radin Asmara Jaya: that his curse may
fall on Radin Asmara Jaya; Ht. Perb. Jaya.
Better kiria, q. v.
^\ k6ramat or karamat. Arab. A saint, a holy
place; a miracle-working place, shrine or
person, especially when the miracles are due to
the personal sanctity of a living or dead man.
Keramat yang hidopyang pergi ka-Makkah dan
ka-Madinah tiyap-tiyap hari: living saints who
miraculously visited both Mecca and Medinah
daily; Ht. Raj. Sul., I3.I Jika sunggoh
mnati Chau Pandan siuggoh-lah tuwan keramat:
if Chau Pandan is really dead then you are
certainly a holy worker of miracles; Sej.
Mal., 17.
Wali k. or datok k.: the lord of a shrine; the
saint buried in a wonder-working tomb; the
individual whose holiness in life has invested
any place with miracle-working power.
Di-timpa k.: struck down by the miraculous
power of a saint; slain by the unseen powers
for sacrilege.
The name keranmat is given to many old trees,
stones, etc., which are believed to be haunted
by familiar spirits and which point rather to
an older religion than Muhammadanism than
to Muhammadan saintship. The word is also
applied to some elephants, crocodiles, and other
animals which are believed to possess a
supernatural character.
i \5 k6rana. Because; v. karena.
\, kerani. [Hind. ji.] A confidential clerk;
a secretary; a clerk generally.
A) kerawat. A rattan brace or fastening with
which the iron of an adze is made fast to the
handle.
I An identical miracle is mentioned in the Hikayat
Shah Mardan.

ji-' kdrasak. Rubbish cast
42. kurr&sah. Arab. A
book.

up by the sea.
copy-book; a blank

(cyW kdrapis. See keropas.
4\ k6rapu. A marine fish (unidentified).
K\ k6rapai. I. Fumbling about with the arms;
the frequentative of karai, q. v. Cf. rapai,
apai, gerapai, chapai, etc.
II. (Kedah.) A powder-flask see kerepai.

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