A Malay-English dictionary,

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Batok k.: consumption.
Ikan k.: dried fish.
Kuweh k.: a cake made of egg and flour
cooked in a flower-like mould.
Tulang k.: the shinbone or tibia.
ekek-ringan: dryness. K. saperti ikan yang
kena je-mor: the dryness of fish that have been
dried in the sun; extreme dryness; Prov., Ht.
Abd., 216.
Keringkan: to dry; Muj., 58. Mefngeringkan:
id., Muj., 51.
II. (Onom.) A ringing sound, sharper in
tone than that described by kerang.
kWrong. I. (Onom.) A deep metallic sound;
cf. kerang.
II. Cutting a round hole through anything;
boring; a round hollow cutting.
k/rengseng. I. A brazen vessel for oil and
other liquids. Also gerengseng.
II. Mulut terkerengselng: a grinning mouth;
a mouth the teeth of which are exposed by a
harelip or other deformity which gives the
mouth the semblance of a grin; Sh. Peng., 19.
Also (Riau) gerengseng; (Johor) kereseng;
(Kedah) gerising.
k6rongsang. A native brooch fastening the
kebaya together; also (Singapore) kgrosang;
(Riau, Johor) keronsang; (Kedah) keresang.
kbrangkang. The fork; the point where the
lower limbs meet; cf. kangkang.
kdrongkong. The gullet; v. rongkong.
k/rengkek. See kerengkel.
k6rengkel. Berkerengkel: (Riau, Johor) to
spread, of a skin-disease like putr or kurap.
Also (Kedah) kerengkek.
kiringkam. (Riau.) A seaweed found on
coral reefs. Also (Kedah) rhngkamn karang.
kdringkam. Kain keringkamn: (Riau) an Indian
cloth fabric; also kain kelingkan and kain
kelengkang.
k6r6ngga. I. The red ant, the bite of which
is very painful; Ht. Abd., 406; Ht. Jay.
Lengg.; Marsd. Gr., 2Io.
Buloh teor di-buwat terotpet,
Bila di-tiyup lidah terapit;
Sa-ekor krc-ngga datang mgnggigit
Jantong lmn2pedu berasa sakit.

when a red ant comes and bites you, you feel
the pain of it in your very heart and spleen.
II. Kerbngga-tmuggt: a spice; at aomumi
cardatmontm.

9-. k6rap. Repetition, frequency. K. kali:
frequently, repeatedly, often. Kerap kamahaligai pruteri: he was always going to the
princess's palace; Sh. Abd. Mk., 26.
Kerapi: to repeat; to keep repeating anything,
e. g., doses of medicine; Muj., 51.
II. (Onom.) The sound of rapping.
3 krip. (Onom.) Metgegrip: to gnaw, as mice.
k6rup. (Onom.) A sound such as that of a
man munching crisp cakes.
lJ kkarpus. [Port. capuz.] A long knitted cap
worn by a child; a knitted cap similar to that
sometimes worn by boys playing football.,4 kr61pas. I. (Onom.) A rustling sound.
II. The dregs of anything; sediment, such
as is left in a cup of coffee or in an inkstand.
III. Teke'rpas: (Kedah) startled; = tevrkjut.
(T, k6r6pis and ker6pus. Variants of kercpas, I.,J^~ kerdpak, k/repek and kdr6pok. The sound
of anything cracking; the sound of a breaking
branch or twig; crackling.
4j?. k6r6poh. Ikma kerepoh:a fish (unidentified).
JJ k6rfpai. (Riau, Johor.) A powder flask, Ht.
Abd., io6; = (Kedah) kNrapai.
< k6rak. I. The scorched pieces of food adhering to the sides of a saucepan. Keras-keras
kerak, di-buboh ayer longkahjuga: however hard
the saucepan refuse may be, it will soften
when water is applied; however angry a true
friend may be, a few kind words will restore
harmony; Prov. Balek k.: to return for the
refuse; a proverbial metaphor used of a man
who remarries his divorced wife through the
medium of a muhallil. Berkerak: covered
with burnt food; a proverbial expression
descriptive of a man who is very dirty, or,
by metaphor, who has many debts.
II. (Onom.) A sound such as that of a man
cracking nuts or hard biscuits with his teeth.
j$ k6rek. (Onom.) A sound similar to that
described by kerak, II., but sharper in tone;
the gnawing of a mouse; cf. kerip.
( v kdrok. I. (Onom.) A dull cracking or croaking sound; the croaking of a frog, Ht. Sg.
Samb.; the gnawing of a large rat, cf. kerip
and kerek.
II. Acurry-comb. Also k'reda.

III. Kerok-'korok: a card-game.
IV. (Singapore.) The fruit fly; more usually
bari-bari.
-~J k6rtkut. A chain for closing a door.

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