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KNCHANG [ 539 1 KUNCHAR

HtN'CHA'NG

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HUNCHAH

'~ knchang. I. Stiff, of a breeze; steady and.,strong; vigorous. Bunyi k.: a loud and prolonged cry; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 31. Angin k. a i
stiff breeze, a gale; Pel. Abd., ii. Ribut k.
or itfdn k.:a violent hurricane; Ht. Abd., 126;
Ht. Koris. A ngin k. kelat: a wind that stiffens
the sheet; a strong and steady breeze.
Kenchang-kenchanig angin timor,
Hcndak belay ar tanah saberang;
Minta do'd panjang 'umor
Hendak balas budi orang:
steady and strong may the east wind blow
when we wish to sail to the land across the
Straits.
In Penang the word kenchang, when applied
to a man, signifies that he is "warm" in the
sense of wealthy and prosperous. In Riau, it is
used of a man being " dressed up to the eyes."
II. (Riau.) A small bag or sack made of
mnngkuwzeang work.
T kencheng. I. A Chinese drill for boring
Cj holes. It is worked with a bow.
II. (Riau, Johor.) A kettle of iron; a kettle
of a European type.
-~ kbnchuig. Passing urine; Ht. Abd., 269;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Mar. Malih. K. karang,
and k. darah: kidney diseases.
K. kambing: a wild jasmine, jasminuln smilacifoliun.
K. pelandok: a small plant, apostasia nuda.
Akar k. kerban: a woody climber, fibraurea
chlorolcuica.
* kenchong. I. Kasut kenchonu,: a type of
slipper with upturned toes.
II. (Singapore.) Swindling, deceptive; =
kechong and kichu.
III. Akar kenchong: a large woody climber,
melodorn m ma1 briat iim.
s< kinchang. Kinchang-kinchang, or kinchang
( kerap: gadding about, rushing about, busying
about. At Riau kinchang is also used contemptuously of the affected swagger of a
prostitute's walk.
'. konchong. (Riau.) The white cap which
covers the face of a condemned man at an
execution by hanging. Also (Singapore)
kochong.

=- kunlciong. (Singapore.) The peculiar fringe
on a certain species of paper kite known as
the layang-layang tokong.
" kanchap. Flush; on an exact level;-used
of water being flush with the brim of a glass
or of a tidal inark or stake being exactly level
with the surface of the sea.

kenchup or (Kedah) kinchup. Coming to a
point; shaped like a sharp point;-used
especially of the lirst appearance of a flowerbud. Buncga kezmtbang berbalek kinchupt: a fully
opened flower becoming the freshest of buds;
an old man or woman affecting the playful
ways of extreme youth; Prov.

< kunchup. Closing up or folding up, of an
umbrella or any similar object which closes
on itself (but not of things like flags and sails
which are rolled up or folded round something else). Muhguinchupkan payong: to close
an umbrella; HIt. Koris.
Kjimbang-kunichtp: opening and shutting (of
an umbrella), Ht. Koris; expanding and contracting.
* kanchapuri. A variant (Ht. Mas. Ed.) of
(5?A kachapuri, q. v.
"' kinchak. Terki1ncak-kinchak: swaying the
arms and body when singing; pantomime
accompanying, singing. Also (Kedah) teginjatginjat..S konchak. (Riatu, Johor.) The summit of a
heap of stones or any similar object; cf.
kemonchlak, ponchak, etc.
Distinctions in meaning are sometimes drawn
between derivatives of this group of words,
e.g. (Riat) konchak is the top of a heap of an
artificial mound, while kemonchak is the
summit of a mountain; (Kedah) pochak is a
rounded summit, while kemochak is a peaked
summit. These distinctions are not, however,
generally observed.
\ ( kanchil. The barking-deer, cervulus mtuntjac;
Ht. Abd., 88. Sha'ir Sang Kanchil: "the
Poem of master I)warf-deer," a story in
which the I)warf-deer plays a part very
similar to that of the Fox, as the emblem of
cunning. Cf. pelandok; the name pelandok
is given to a dwarf-deer for its cunning,
while kanchil is given it for its size, v. kechil.
Kayu k: a shrub, anisophyllea disticha.
A kinchah. Cleansing other than washing;
cleaning by rubbing dirt off or scraping it off.
Busok daging di-kinuchah di-lnakan juga, busok
ikan di-buwang: when meat is bad we scrape off
(the bad parts) and eat (the rest), when fish
is bad we throw it away altogether; when
our relatives offend, we whitewash them;
when strangers offend we have nothing more
to say to them; Prov. Also (Kedah) ginchah.
4~ konchah. See kunchah, II.. kunchah. I. A measure for grain,-= th
4i of a koyan(KL.), or (Kedah) i6ogantang; (Riau,
Johor) a bale, a measure for straw or grass or
for anything easily made up into bales (barang
yang bertangkai).
II. Disturbed and broken, of water;
choppy, of a sea; K1. = (Riau, Johor) konchah;
(Kedah)e kelochaht.

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