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KELONGSOR

K. pasir: parastemon urophyllum.
K. paya: decaspermumn paniculatutm.
K. penaga: eugenia cymosa.
K. puteh: eugenia pyrifolia.
K. puteh bukit eugenia densifora.
K. putera: eugenia venulosa.
K. tandok: ixora parviflora.
K. tulang: aphania paucijuga.
-~Ju k6lit. A sudden movement out of the way;
the avoidance of a blow by getting out of its
course; "dodging " anything; avoiding being
seen by hiding behind something whenever
a person's glance is wandering towards one.
Cf. klip.;J. k6lBtar. Quivering, shivering, trembling; a
frequentative of khtar, q. v. Also gleatar.
kbltang. (Onom.) A ringing sound such as
that made by the fall of a metallic substance
on the ground. Cf. kileting and keletong.
-.p k6l1ting. (Onom.) A ringing or tinkling
sound; cf. keletang.

IC>" k6las. (Riau, Johor.) Still, of water when the
tide is about to turn; high water when the
flow has ceased and the ebb has not yet
commenced.
A( kilis. I. The avoidance of a blow by
getting out of its way; k= lit, q. v.
II. Winking, blinking. Usually kelip.
I k6lus. I. (Riau, Johor.) An edible sea-worm
like a small gamat.
II. A method of skinning animals in vogue
among Tamils. The skin is cut across the
body instead of along it and is removed in
two pieces.
\.J( kl61sa. A fresh water fish (unidentified).
Also kelasa.

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kulasintana. Jav. The family and
dependents of a prince; the whole of a royal
household. Cf. ketluzearga (kula-warga).
k6lang. I. " Klang," the name of a district
in Selangor and of a small township in that
district. The name is, however, often applied
to the whole state of Selangor.
II. (Kedah.) Kelangdara: the ring or
fastening connecting a boom and the mast;
= (Riau, Johor) kelendara.
III. Bunga kachang kelangg: a flower
(unidentified).
IV. A variant of slang, q. v.; Maxw.

K

k6l6tong. (Onom.) A thumping sound; cf.
keltang.

-;j kltak. (Onom.) The sound of continuous rapping; the frequentative of ketak,
q.v.
j5 k!l6tek. (Onom.) The sound of continuous
ticking..j k6l1tok. (Onom.) The sound of repeated
blows on a dull hard surface.
j. kalajbngking. A scorpion; v. kala... k6lfchap. A bird (better known as the
t sepah puteri)., kdl1dut. Crumpled, ruffled, wrinkled (a
frequentative of kedut).. k6ldu. [Port. caldo.] Chicken broth.
X.~ kalde or k6ldai. Tam. A donkey. Mengajar
keldai hbndak di-jadikan kuda: to instruct a
donkey with a view to making him a horse;
to waste time on the impossible; Prov., Ht.
Abd., i86.
1.( k1lar. A cut which does not altogether
sever; a superficial cut, notch or dent;
-applied especially to the peculiar transverse lines cut, by local fishmongers, in fish.
)( kdlor. (Kedah.) Summoning by voice,
calling; = panggil.

k6ling. "Kling;"-the name given in the
Straits to all immigrants from the Coromandel
coast. K. isldm: Muhammadans from the
Coromandel coast. Negeri k.: the Madras
Presidency; the Coromandel coast.
Dayong k.: (Penang) the suit "spades" at
cards.

K

Pasang k.: the highest tide of the year.
k6long. I. Curved, dome-shaped, arching
as the top of certain doors and windows;
concave, as a soup-plate. K. dahi: with a
forehead the hair of which approaches in form
to a semicircle; a feature admired by Malays;
Ht. Sri. Rama. Piring k.: a soup-plate.
II. A shield made of wood and large enough
to shelter the whole body. This type of
shield was used by Ilanun pirates.
III. Tikam kloIng: to turn on its keeper,-of
an elephant.

klS6ngar. (Riau, Johor.) Swooning, fainting,
loss of consciousness.
klingsir. Metngilingsir: to slip,-a verbal
form of lingsir, q. v.
k61ongsor. MAngelongsor: to slip or slide
forward; cf. longsor.

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