A Malay-English dictionary,

KEL.NTANG

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ifLJ k6lIntang. (Onom.) A succession of heavy
clanging sounds; heavy metal repeatedly
striking against hard substances.:~ klentang. Buwah kelentang: the horse radish
(obtained from the plant moringa pterygosperotda); Ht. Kal. Dam., 28I.
'~" keelenteng. A Chinese temple.
S( kblnting. (Onom.) A sound such as that
of repeated ringing.
9~ kblntong. (Onom.) A repeated booming
sound.
t~> kdlentong. (Onom.) An instrument beaten
by Chinese pedlars to draw attention to their
presence; (by extension) a pedlar. Also
(Singapore) kelontang.
5(" k8lontang. I. A sort of noisy scarecrow;
an instrument for frightening birds away from
the padi fields.
II. See kelentong.
"c. kalantan. The name of a Malay State on the
East Coast of the Peninsula.
3. k6lenJar. The region of the lymphatic glands.
Biji kelenjaran: the lymphatic'glands. Buwah
keletjaran: swollen glands. Sakit kelenjaran:
bubonic inflammation; glandular swellings.
Cf. also machang..1) k6lau. Kglip-keau: glistening, twinkling;
appearing and disappearing as flashes of light
on a moving surface such as that of the sea.
kJ k6lu. Dumb, speechless; Ht. Gh.; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Ind. Meng.; Sh. May., 3.. k6lo. (Kedah, Trengganu.) To call; to summon; a variant of kelor, q. v.. kalau. See 5and.~.( k6 ubor. A soft or muddy hole; a pit. Cf.
kegleboran../" k.lubong. Veiling; to veil; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
239; Ht. Si. Misk., 46. Also kelumbong, q. v.
4 AX> k6lubi. Asam kelubi: a plant; zalacca conferta.
~j35 k~lotok. A variant of gelotok, q. v.
f k6lucha. (Kedah.) A sweetmeat made of
jawi flour, sugar and egg, and cooked in coconut oil... k.lochak. MAIgelochak: to strip bark or skin
off anything; = mengelnpas.. k6lochah. (Kedah.) Broken, of water; choppy
of a sea; v. kuncliah, 1I.
-jk k6lodak. Thunder; Kain. Kech., 7.. Il kelodan. Panah kelodan: a meteor; KI.,
v. d. W., Pijn..g)y keluwar. Motion {outwards; = ka-luwar; v.
luwar..( k6lurut. A disease; a gathering at the.25 extremity of a finger.
c3)j k6lorak. Runiput klorak: a grass, lophaterium
gracile.

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kelinchir. Menge-linchir: to slip, to slide;=
menggelinchir. Cf. gelinchir, gelunchor, lichin,
etc.

q" k6lenchong. Motion such as that of a man
threading his way through a crowd; the
motion of one item among many when that
item does not move uniformly with the rest.
c( klinchi. Akar kelinchi: (Kedah) a creeping
plant, guilandina bonduc; = (Riau, Jobor) akar
kelichi.
>\jJ( kalandar. Pers. A "Calendar;" a Persian
ascetic.
\J("f klendara. (Riau, Johor.) The ring or
) fastening connecting a boom with the mast,
Pel. Abd., Io8; = (Kedah) kelang dara.
d klindan. Strong sewing thread. Lulus
benang lulus kglindan: if cotton will go through,
so will thread; if one man must put up with
anything his equals must do the same Prov.,
J. S. A. S., III., 39.
yL~ kelinsir. To slip; usually gelinsir, q. v.
A(J kblonsor. A variant of gelonsor, q. v.
kl6nong. (Onom.) A sound such as the
booming of a gong.
X~ kl66imyar. Scratching; continuous scratching such as that excited by the itch.

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klurok. Jav. The clucking of fowls.
k6luwarga. [Skr. kula-warga.] Family;
kinsfolk; circle of relations. Kaum keluwarga:
one's family and connections; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
39. Cf. kula seltanta.

~)5 k6losok. Alengelosok: to rub cloth against
itself when washing it. Also mnfenggfosok. Cf.
gosok.
( k6luwang. The large fruit-bat or "flyingfox," pterocarpzs edulis; Sh. Abd. Mk., 29. Siku
k.: a very acute angle; an acute-angled
pattern; Pel. Abd., 81.
c \ kSluwangsa. [Skr. kula-wansa.] Family,
kindred; - keluwarga, and kulasgntana.. - kdlupor. The convulsive struggling and
sprawling of a fowl when being slaughtered.
Mntgelupor: to sprawl and struggle in this
way; Ht. Best. Also tenggetlupor, Ht. Raj.
Don., 64; from gRlupor, q. v.

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