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kAPAL

Godok k.: the occipital bone.
Haluwan k. biyola: fiddle-bows, in a ship.
Pusar k.: the centre of the parietal bone.
Ringgit k.: a Dutch 24 guilder piece.
Ringan ik.: intelligence, quickness of
Lapprehension.
Sakit k.: headache.
Ular klpala duwa: a peculiar blind-worm.
AMengepalakan: to sit on the head of anything;
to take the front place or the lead. M. gajahl:
to sit on an elephant's head; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Sej. Mal., 93. M. rata: to take the foremost
place in a chariot; Ht. Sg. Samb. M. pedati:
to take the driver's seat in a cart; Ht. Mas. Ed.
U( k6palang. Ordinary; not out of the common;
unimportant. Bukan k.:extraordinary, important; Ht. Abd., 364; Cr. Gr., 45. Tiyada k.:
id.; Cr. Gr., 56.
cS\ k6paya. Buwah kepaya: the papaya fruit.
Better betek.
\.o< k6payat. A large fish (unidentified).
kbpayang. A tree, pangium edule; Ht. Koris;
AS\ Sh. Kumb. Chumb., io. Mabok k.: intoxicated
bya thefruitof the kepayang; Sh. Abd. Mk., To2.
Laksana buwah kepayang,
Di-mtakan imabok, di-buwang sayang:
like the fruit of the kepayang which intoxicates
you if you eat it and which you have not the
heart to throw away; pretty but harmful; Prov.
K. ayer: a shrub, gardenia tentaculata.
A kar k.: (Pahang) hodgsonia heteroclita.
z.~' k6pit. I. Pressure between two connected
surfaces, as, for instance, between the arm and
the side of the body. Cf. sepit, which refers
to similar but tighter pressure, and apit, which
refers to pressure between two unconnected
surfaces. Mengepit: to hold or carry under
the arm. M. sa-buwah kitdb: to carry a book
in this way; Sh. UI., I6.
II. A vessel like a buyong. It is especially
used for perfuming liquids. Also kcnzpit.

5JlS kapri. Negro, African.
AJ~ kipsiyau. [Chin.?] A coffee-pot.

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kiping. A bit, a piece, a morsel, a fragment;
a classifier of morsels, especially used of
foliaceous objects such as sheets of paper.
Kartas sa-keping: a piece of 1)iper. Sa-keping
papan: a piece of planking. Delapan keping
te-mbekar: eight broken pieces of pottery.
Keping is also the name given to a piece of
money of very small value, such as a quarter
cent.
Papan sa-kCping: the plank used in the
simplest -form of burial when the body is laid
in a hollow excavated in the side of the grave
and the hollow is closed up with this single
plank, after which the grave is filled up.
k6pong. Surrounding, fencing in, investing,
besieging. The word is also used to describe
the process of stopping up a part of a stream
(bandar ayer) so as to let water into thepadi
fields. Hang Kesturi di-kepong orang: Hang
Kesturi was surrounded; Sej. Mal., 158.
Di-suroh kepong kota itu berkeliling: he ordered
the fort to be invested; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Berkepong: to patrol round and round. Orang
b.: the watch on a ship; J. S. A. S., III., 70.
Metngepong: to surround, to besiege, to invest;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Sej. Mal., 121, I58.
Terkepong: surrounded, invested, besieged;
Ht. Ind. Nata; Ht. Abd., 241.
kbpak. A wing, a pinion; the act of flapping
the wing or pinion. Ktna-lah kepak burong itut
patah sa-bMlah: the bird was struck on its
wings and one pinion was broken; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 62. AMItgepak-ngepak: to flap.

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Pulau Jerejakl tentangan Tanjong,
A nak keling pg pgng edontan;
Nyamok berkepak dunya berchondong,
Lautan kgring di-hisap kuman:
the mosquito flaps its wings and the world is
knocked out of position; the ocean is dry having
been drunk up by a gnat.
Pintu berkepak duwa: a folding door; a
double door.

~i kaptan. Eng. The captain of a European
ship; a master mariner. Cf. kapitan.
kapada. To, towards; v. ka and pada.
k6par. I. An edible fresh water fish
(unidentified).
II. A curious stumpy palm, (unidentified);
J. S. A. S., VIII., 128.
J)( k6per. A sudden jerk of the hand (intended
to shake off any object adhering to the hand).
'J kopral. Eng. Corporal: Sh. Pr. Ach., ro.
v.~ kapista. [Skr. papistha.] Godless, wicked.

Ik k6pok. A receptacle for storing rice.
large barrel or box.

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A pa gunla kApok di-ladang
Kalau tidak berisi padi:
of what use is a rice-box in your padi-fields if
you do not fill it withpadi; do not keep things
for show only; Prov.
kapal. Tam. A ship; a ship of Arab or
European type in contradistinction to a local
plrahu. K. api: a steamship. K. layar: a
sailing vessel. K. perang: a warship. Kapal
pechah yu yang kennyang: when a ship is

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