A Malay-English dictionary,

KiPAL

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K]bKhTUWA

wrecked the sharks eat their fill; it is an illwind that blows nobody any good; Prov.
Kapal satu nakhoda diuwa: one ship with two
captains; a lady with two lovers; Prov. In
many pantuns the word kapal is used
metaphorically for the lady.
k6pal. A lump; a coagulated mass; a clotted
bit. Huzdang k.: a shrimp; J. S. A. S.,
III., 40. Puteh hudaug k.: the whiteness of a j
(dirty) shrimp; a good feature vitiated by many
bad ones; Prov. Also hudang kepai.
3 k6pil. Hard by; close together; side by side
or in line. Gajah di-kepilkan: they drew up
the elephants in line; Sej. Mal., 93, I30. |
Maka gajah permaisuri pun terkepil-lah di-balai!
itu: the queen's elephant drew up alongside
the platform; Ht. Sh. Kub.
3A^ k~pul. Closely packed; pressed side by side;
massing in crowds, or lumps, or clots. Sa-kepul:
a measure of volume approximately equal to
chupak. Berkepul-kepul: in huge volumes, as
smoke rising out of a funnel; Ht. Abd., 6;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 258.
kpulaga. A plant; amomuum cardamnomum{.
Also pelaga.
kpom. Hollow and drawnl, of the face;
sunken, of the cheeks. Also kempong and
kempom.
_. k6pudang. B13rong keptdangg: a kind of
thrush; Ht. Perb. Jaya; Sh. Panj. Sg.
* ).5 kepurun. Broth made from sago meal.
y.~ k1puyu. A lish; better puyu-puyu.
~~ k6puyoh. The Malay quail; better puyoh, q. v.
4.. kepah. A flat broad sea-mussel, capsa; Ht.
Abd., 88; Ht. Mar. Mahaw. K. bugis: a shell
from Celebes, anodonta. K. kurap: another
shell, capsa deflorata.
( k6poh. Full, as the sails of a ship; bulging
out with contents, of a bag or other receptacle.,~PD kapitan. [Port. capitan.] A captain, whether
as the headman of a race under the Portuguese
and Dutch systems of Government or as the
master of a ship (in which sense kaptan is
becoming more common). Dalam Melakapada
masa itu ada bmpat kapitan masing-masing bangsa
dengan kapitan-nya: at that time there were
four " captains" in Malacca, each racial section
of the community having its own " captain";
Hit. Abd., 34. K. china: the representative of
the Chinese. K. kapal: the master (of an
English ship); Ht. Abd., 222. K. terang: a
(Dutch) military leader: Sh. Pr. Ach., II..A( kbpiri. Kain kcpiri: napery; Kl..,( kbpiyah or kopiyah. A cap, a hood.
M- ngenakan k.: to wear a cap; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 90o. Seri k.: a name given to the Emperor
of China; Sej. Mal., 157.
kak. An abbreviation for kakak (elder sister),
q. v.. kek. I. (Chin. kheh.) Orang kek: Kheh or
Hakka Chinese.
II. (Onom.) The note of certain birds.
Mlek: to sound a note (of the Argus-pheasant);
J.S.A S., II., 138. B&rkek: a snipe (Riau,
J ohor).
III. (Onom.) Terkek-kek: giggling.
3 kok. A yoke, in a cart; cf. igu (the yoke in a
plough).
'~ f( kokkok. To carry pick-a-back; also ko'ko'.
O kbkateh. (Penang.) The large wall-spider.
> kekara. (Kedah.) A plant; -- kachang kara?
~,-~ kdkaseh. Beloved; v. kaseh.
A,\ k~.kapah. (Riau, Johor.) Driftwood on a
river..O)Jf k6kawin. Jayv. Poetical recitative; v. kawi
and kawin.,~5S k~kat. Fallen leaves, rubbish, and scum on
the surface of water.
Balek k.: the time when rubbish begins to
turn back upstream; the turn of the tide after
the ebb.
Mati k.: the time when rubbish remains
stationary; dead low water (at sea); the period
of the tide when tide and river current
neutralize each other; the period just before
the turn.

-( kfk6tuwa. The white cockatoo of the
Moluccas; a nail extractor, so called from its
teeth suggesting the beak of the cockatoo.
Also kakak tuwa.

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k/pai. Hudang kepai: (Kedah) a shrimp;
(Riau, Johor) hudaug kepal. Also hudangpepai.

p\.S k6piyalu. Denam kepiyalt: malarial fever;
Ht. Abd., 362. Akhar k.: a plant, grewia
tmnbellata. Dgmam k. radang, and de-mam
kepiyalu nyaman: malarial fever in different
degrees (delirium and consciousness).
Denmam k. ketulangan: rheumatic fever.
kpiting. Anl edible salt-water crab; Kam.
Kech., 6.