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KONTAN

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RANCHINGt~~ G,r$Z kontan. [French comptant.] Cash; ready
(of money); Kam. Kech., ii. Usually tunai.
AjS kontento. [Port. contento.] \Willing; satisfied
ready to accept or agree.

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kantu. Stiffness in the limbs; cramp;
inability to move without effort and delay.

A5 kuntau. [Chin. kinl-thdut.] The fist. B1rmain k.: to box; Ht. Abd., 362.
*7 J kuntuwan. [Chin. kiin-tan?] A coarse
fabric something, like satin.
^ kinja. Terkinja-kinja: fidgeting, restless,
unable to keep still. Lomnpat k.: id., Ht. Sri,Rama (Maxw.), 55. Also kinchak.,, kunjit. See kunjang.. kanjar. I. [Pers. klhanjar.] Adagger; Pel.
JA Abd., 65.
II. Tearing at anything; tugging and
running; Sh. Panj. Sg.
ji? k6njor. Erect, stiff; also gnljor, q. v.
'/ kanjus. I. Buwah kanjus: the cashew-nut,
anacardium occidentale; also known as (Riau)
gajus, and (Kedah) janggus.
II. [Eng.: congee-house.] A house of
correction; a lock-up or gaol; v. kanji.
y^. kinjas. To snatch a thing forcibly out of
another man's possession.
> kanjang. Berkanjang: to exert oneself, to
make an effort. Bertali kanjang: (Kedah) to
play the fool.
-'5 k6njang. Migeinjang: to dig.
y. kunjang. I. (Borneo.) A cat.
II. Kunjang-kunjit: (Riau, Johor.) Running
backwards and forwards as a broker engaged
on business.
kunjing. A fish (unidentified); KI., v. d. W.;
(= gonjeng?).
r kujong. I. Mlengunjongi: to pay a ceremonial visit to a superior; see unjong.
II. Bekpwjong: (Kedah) to rise to a very
great height, of smoke.
III. Mangunjong: (Riau, Johor) to lie
prostrate on the ground (used of a big boy
only).
kanjapuri. A variant (Ht. Mas. Ed.) of
kachapuri, q. v.
'5 kEnjah. Berkaejah-kMnjah: in scattered quantities (of fruit lying on the ground, etc.).

J kanji. " Congee;" thick rice gruel; Ht. Abd.,
66; Sej. Mal., 13I.
kuncha. I. (Kedah.) A fish-basket.
II. A bale; a measure of quantity; v.
kunchah.
-~' kenchana. [Skr. kanchidna.] Gold (in literary
language only). Anak-anakan A.: an image of
gold; Ht. Gul. Bak., 41; Cr. Gr., 79. Paspa
k.: flowered gold. Ukir k.: graven in gold;
Sh. Bur. Nuri., 7..j, kanchut. A worn piece of cloth used as a? loin-cloth (chawat). Tali k.: (Kedah) the
fastenings of a seine net (pukat).. '( kinchat. Tekinchat-kinchat: (Kedah) running
- along with short quick steps; cf. kinchak.
Also teginjat-ginjat.;- kinchit. I. A slight involuntary issue of
foecai matter (orang berjalau keluwar sadikit
tahi dengan tiyada berasa; kala banyak, cheret).
II. (Kedah.) Dust eddies on a windy day.: — konchet. I. A short queue such as is worn
by a Tamil.
II. (Riau, Johor.) Perversity; a mental
warp. Orang itu konchet sa-kali: that man is
most perverse.
f( k6nchar. Terkenchar-kenchar: (Singapore)
making short rushes from one place to another
(as a child that can only just walk); Sh. Put.
Ak., 28. Cf. kinchat, and kinchak.. k6nchor. A (Batavia) variant of chckor, q. v.,J kinchir. A peculiar contrivance used in
Chinese tin-mines for raising water to a higher
level.
" konchor. (Riau, Johor.) An animal resembling
the belangkas (king-crab, limulus molhtccanus).
Also (Kedah) keroncho.,{ kanching. A bolt, a rivet, a buckle; buckling
or bolting together.
Kanchingkan: to bolt, to buckle together, to
fasten. Menganching: id.; Sh. Peng., I9.
Menganchingkan: id.; Ht. Abd., Io6. Lalu
di-kanchingkan pintu rmnah-nya uleh baginda
'Umdr: then the Caliph Omar bolted the door
of his house; Ht. Abus., 24.

Barkanching: having a buckle, bolt or
fastening. B. mas: with a golden buckle;
Sh. Bid., 26.
Tetrkanching: bolted, fastened up, secure.
Tulang penganching g: a bone near the junction
of the upper and lower jaw; also tzang
kamkan.

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