A Malay-English dictionary,

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KMSTURI

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kdrising. Just revealing the interior, as the
mouth of a man when the lips are slightly
parted permitting the teeth to be just seen, or as
a durian when a crack just shows its contents.
k/risek. I. Sand, gravel; a variant of
keresek, q. v.
II A preparation of bananas.
k6risi. Ikan kerisi: a fish (unidentified); Sh.
Ik. Trub., i9.

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kdrenah. I. Composed of many items;
working at many things; miscellaneous (of work
or material); possessed of an uncertain temper,
capricious.
II. (Penang.) To unintentionally reveal a
secret; " to let the cat out of the bag."
k~riyau. Crying out; making a loud noise or
uproar. Berkeriyau pinta tolong: crying for
help; Ht. Mar. Mah.
kas. I. Kas-kus: (Onom.) the sound of
Europeans talking to each other; the general
impression left on a Malay ear by European
speech. Cf. cho-che and gerok-.gerak.
II. Eur. A packing-case.
III. (Riau.) Epaulets..f k.riyang. A plant, archytea vahlii. Also
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kdreput. Wrinkling up or shrivelling round a
central point (as the skin round an old boil
or scar).
k6repes. Moving the fingers in search of
anything; groping with the fingers only.

cS ^ k~repek. A round flat cake of sago-meal and
sugar.
i..Jt( kuripan. A state in Java; a kingdom which
played a considerable part in Javanese history
between ooo1000 and 1300 A. D.; the home of
the hero Sri Panji or Sira Panji..~ keriyok. (Onom.) The crowing of many
cocks; a frequentative of kiyok, q. v.
-_ 4 kfreket. Completely closed up, of the hand;
completely shrivelled up into scroll-shape, of
the extremities of certain climbing plants.
Cf. kerekut.
4s.~.. kirekut. The curling or warping of certain
substances when exposed to the influence of
great heat; the shrivelling up of paper when
thrown into the fire; shrivelled up, curly, or
hook-shaped, if loosely curling and not tightly
closed. Orang k.: a miser (who coils round
property and will not part with it); Prov.
j4/ krikal. I. A large flat tray or salver; a tray
such as would be supported by more than one
person or by one person in both hands; Sej.
Mal., 92, 159; Sh. Abd. Mk., 92; Ht. Ism.
Yat., 76.
II. Batu kerikal: flint; Ht. Isk. Dz.
kfrikam. Kain kerikam: a coarse fabric of
linen from India; Sh. Bid., 89. Also kgringkanm.

yS kus. I. A sound made to drive away a
cat.
II. [Arab. kuss.] (Vulgar.) The pudendurm
inuliebre.
III. (Riau.) The blowing of a porpoise;
(Kedah) pons.
IV. (Kedah.) The cry for calling the
semangat; =(Riau, Johor) kur.
V. See kas, I.
i.S k6sa. The first (from sa, q. v.);= pgertama,
which is the commoner form.
~ ~ ~, kUsibukan. Better kesimbukan, q. v..' kesat. I. Roughness to the touch; unevenness
of surface, coarseness of texture; (by extension)
acidity which sets the teeth on edge. Halus
dan kesat: fine and coarse (contrasted); Sh.
Lamp., 19. Kesat daun pimpin: the roughness
of the pimpin leaf (which does not soften
under the action of hot water); ingrained
coarseness; Prov.
II. Wiping moisture off a smooth surface,
as water is wiped off a table by means of a
duster.
t.S.~ kusta. I. [Skr. kushta.] Leprous ulceration; leprosy.
K. bangau: leprosy with white ulcers.
K. bunga: leprosy showing itself in patchy
discoloration of the skin.
K. dendang: leprosy with black ulcers.
K. limbong: leprosy causing the extremities
to fall off.
K. pari: black swellings with knob-like
projections on them.
II. [Port. casta.] Caste, race; descent.
iS~)~ ksturi. [Skr. kastzri.] Musk; Ht. Abd.,
132, 387; Ht. Jay. Lengg.; Muj., 47; Ht. Sh.
Kub. Kayu k.: a tree (unidentified); Ht. Sg.
Samb.; Sh. A. R. S. J., 7; v. infra.

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karim. Arab. Merciful, generous. Al-karm%.:
the All-Merciful; God.

- (./ k6remut or k'rimut. The twitching or
puckering of the face; to pucker up the face,
Sh. Panj. Sg.
J< k6rimun. Pulau krimun: the " Carimons";
a group of islands not very far from Singapore.

K. hutan: a plant; gomphandra lanceolata.

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