A Malay-English dictionary,

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KEINARI

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KANTIN

Abd., 204. Bagai chinchin kena permata: like a
ring fitted with a gem; a most appropriate
combination; Prov., Sej. Mal., 102. lntahkan
salah, entahkan ktna: whether wrong or right;
whether hitting it off or not; Sh. Ungg. Bers.
Janggal ta'-kena: jarring and inharmonious
(as bad rhymes or inappropriate wording);
Ht. Sg. Samb.
K. pasaltg: to hit a vital spot; to hit " full."
Kenakan and mlngsnakan: to bring into
contact; to put on or assume; to fit one thing
on another; to deceive or take in. A3lengnakan
sCnjata: to assume weapons; to arm oneself;
Ht. Sg. Samb. 1l. anak panah: to fit an
arrow to a bow; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Raja yang
pandai tiyada bitleh di-kena-kelakan akandiyat;
an experienced ruler is not to be taken in:
Ht. Abd., 260.
Blrkenaan: in harmony; Ht. Sg. Samnb.
Mengenai: to touch, to come in contact with,
to strike. Ada batui yang terbang sampai
ka-saberang dan tenngetnai rumah-rtnah: some
stones flew across to the other side and struck
the houses there; Ht. Abd., 64.
Terkbta: that have been fitted to; set or
mounted; deceived, taken in. Tiyada buleh
akn terkJna utnas atau perak lanchongan: I am
not to be taken in with counterfeit gold or
silver; Ht. Abd., 25. Intan baidiiri yang
terkcna kapada pelana kuda itu: the liamonl(ds
and opals with which the saddle was studded;
Ht. Ind. Nata.
\J k6nari. Eur. Canlary seed, catnaritint COmmUilnte.
- Burong1 k.: (Singapore) the canary.
( kinanga. A tree with scented greenl flowers
used for making perfume, canlanga odorata.
K. hutan: a tree, polyalthia scortecthinii. K.
pay'a: a. shrub, unona longtiflora..4 kr k.
hutan: a climber, iunoza discolor.
J..( k6napa. \Vhy; for what reason; (= ktnaf
apa?).:. - -50"
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konterlir. [Dutch controleur.] A District
Officer in the Dutch possessions.
kantang. Exposed by low-tide, of the banks
at a river's mouth; a bank so exposed.
kanting. See 1kontalzg.
kantong. I. A purse, a satchel.
II. [Cantonese kwang-tung.] China kantong: "Chinese from Canton," a name, however, given, in ignorance, to Mluhammadan
Chinese from Yunnan, the Cantonese being
generally knowvn as orang takanu. The form
china kuwanhtntgl is more common. In the
Hikayat Abdullah (p. 146) chilna Iantong refers
to Cantonese.
III. Bttrolng kantong: a bird (unidentified);
Sh. Ung. Bers., 7, 28.
kentang. Ubi kenttangr: the potato, solanmn
tuberosum; Ht. Sh.
k6ntong. (Onom.) Kentong-kjntong: a
wooden sounding-block used at a private
mosque (suraln or banldarsah).;S kentong. An ea:rthe1nware vessel or pot.
5 kontang. Kontangt-kanting: swaying or
shaking to land fro; dangling anld swinging.
Cf. kontal-kantil.
K+ konteng. BlJkontengl: (Singapore) to follow
its parent aboult, of a child..5,00

kantil. See kontal.
k6ntal. Jav. Thick; only slightly fluid, of
viscous bodies. Diyamt ubi lagi kcntal: the rest
of the tuber which becomes more solid with
rest; rest \which invigorates, in contradistinction to idleness which demoralizes; Prov.

~-. konta. I.
account.

[Port. cointa.] A reckoning, a, l

II. (Silgapo,re.) A tale-bearer, a scan(.dalmonger..-, kentara. Visible; a variant of ketara, q. v.
U^ ^ kentala. Burotng kntala: a ieron.,' f k6ntut. Breaking wind; Sh. Sg. Kancli., 39.
Pokok si-ketutt, or pokok kentut-kgntut: shrubs
exhaling a very unpleasant smell; saproslma
sp., and lasianthus sp.:\ S kontal. Kontal-kantil: pendulous and swaying,
of short thick objects; Pel. Abd., I30. Cf.
kontang-kanrtingr which refers to longer things.
~ kontol, Jav. Stulp'y and thick; the rod of
the penis. BIrong k.;: a bird without a tail
or with only a stumpy tail; Ht. Kal. Dam., 67.

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kuntum. A bud, a blossom. Bunga nagasari
duwa kuntunit: two buds of the nagasari flower;
Ht. Sg. Sanlb. I)ada.-ya pzu mc'olai terbit
saperti kunttut mtlali: her breasts began to
swell like the bud of the jasmine; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 87. Kalat bunga bukan sa-ktutum: as
for flowers, there is not one bud only in the
world; there are lots of good fish in the sea;
Prov.
kantan. A large wild ginger, nicolaia imperialis.
K. hultan: alpinia involhcrata.

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kantor. [ DIutch kantlor. J A police-court
(in Netherlands India); Kanr. Kech., 1 i Sh.
Lamp., 32..i kentaror kintar. I. -Eg. A decanter.
II. A variant of kitar, q. v.

~ ~ kantin.

[Dutch cantine.] Canteen.

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