A Malay-English dictionary,

KUNCHI

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KUNDANG

J kunchi. A lock; (better anak kunchi) a key " to
gC lock up. K. peti: a lock sunk in a door so that
only the key-hole is visible. Meilbawa kulnchi
mtmbukakan pintl: to bring a key to open the
door; Ht. Abd., 117. Anak k.:a key; Cr. Gr.,
63; Ht. Abd., 418. Kunchikan: to lock (a
door); Ht. Abd., 244, 323, 436; to fasten
chains (with a padlock), Ht. Abd., 29. Berkunchi: to be provided with a lock. TPmpat
pengunchi: a place Iwhere keys are kept; Sh.
Abd. Mk., 145.
Siput k.: (Kedah) a shell (unidentified) found
in mangrove swamps.
T7tmu k.: a small cultivated ginger, kcempferia
pandurata.
J~S kanda. I. Elder brother or elder sister, Ht.
Koris; a variant of kakanda, q. v.
II. (Riau.) A titleor appellation given to an
officer whose duty it is, when a raja is born,
to throw the caul (tembuni) into the sea.
\J. kk6ndati. Desire, wish; Bint. Tim., 23 Feb.,
1895; = kcendak hati.
\ k6ndara. [Skr. kalndra.] To be borne along
either mounted on a horse or other animal or
else carried in a litter or carriage. Kendaraan:
a mount; a steed; a vehicle; a carriage.
KIndaraan: is often pronounced keindcraanl.
MAe'gendarai: to ride; to be borne in.
\j kndala. [Skr. kandala.] Hindrance, difficulty, obstruction, stumbling-block. Usually
gendala, q. v.
A k6ndali. Jav. The bridle of a horse.
Usually ktlg kuda.., kandut. (Batav.) To hide or stow away in
the lap. Biunga di-kanduti-nya: she put the
flower away in her lap; Sh. Panj. Sg.
X,:.A; k6ndit. A narrow belt or girdle. Also kedit,
and (Kedah) gnldit.

k6nd6ri. [Tamil kun1ri.] A " candareen," a
measure of weight the equivalent of one saga.
Also knl~ri and saga kcneri.
kandas. Running aground; being brought to
a stop by insufficient depth of water; a hindrance or obstruction. A kiu takut akan kandasan
banyak di-jalan: I fear that there will be many
obstructions in the way; IIt. Perb. Jaya.
kandis. I. A tree with an edible fruit,
garcinia n)igroliteata; Ht. Abd., 387, Ht. Koris.
K. gajah: an allied plant, garcinia andersoni.
II. Sweets; a type of sweetness (saperti madu
dan kandis, Sh. Abd. Mk., 15; madu kandis
laIkt-ya, Ht. Sh. Kub.).

AW'

kandang. An enclosure; a kraal; a pen for
cattle; a fold for sheep; a sty for pigs; the
inner circle, ring, or square, about the bull's eye
in a target. K. kuda: a stable, a stall for a
horse; Ht. Abd., 56. K. babi: a sty; Ht.
Abd., 60. K. gajah: an elephant corral,
v. Ht. Abd., 71, 72.
2A;. kandong. Carrying in an enclosure; carrying
inside anything, e.g., in a sack or in the
womb. Kechil di-kandong ibu, besar di-kandong
'ddat, mati di-kandong tanah: when young a
man is borne in the womb of his mother, when
grown he is borne in the wrappings of custom,
when dead he is folded in earth; man is
always the creature of his environment; Prov.,
cf. Ht. Raj. Don., I4. Di-kandong tanahl
(enfolded in earth) is a proverbial equivalent
for death.
Kandongan: the folds of anything; the
receptacle or container; J. S. A. S., XXIV.,
IOI.
Mengandong: to bear inside one, to support,
to contain; to be pregnant with. Awat yang
mtngandong hujan: clouds containing rain, Ht.
Abd., 392. Cf. kendong.

4X

kandar. Carrying on a pole (a burden being
hung fronl each end). Sa-tengah junjong, satengah kilek, sa-tengah berkandar: some carried
burdens on their heads, some under the arms,
some on carrying-poles; Ht. Best.
k6ndor. Loose, not taut, slack. Klndor
berdetinlg-ldting, ftgang bejela jela: the loose is
twanging, the taut is hanging loosely; a
proverbial expression signifying that " black
is white and white black;" cf. J. S. A. S., II.,
151. Kopek k.: hanging slackly, of the breasts.
Tuboth-tny berkendor-kenndor: id., Ht. Kal.
Dam., 274.
kundor. The wax gourd, benincasa cerifera;
Ht. Koris. Kundor tiyada melata purgi, labu
tiyada ulelata mari: if the gourd-plant does
not creep forward, the pumpkin vine will not
creep to meet it; advances must be met halfway; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., i50.

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k6ndang. A variant of kedang, q. v.
kendong. A tree (unidentified).
kendong. Carrying in a small fold or wrapping; cf. kandong which refers to carrying
on a larger scale. Thus, carrying anything
in an apron of which the ends are held up
to form a sort of sack would be kandong; to
carry tucked away in the folds of the sarong
above the belt would be kendong. Yang dikejar tiyada dapat, yang di-kendong berchichiran:
what he chased he failed to catch, while what
he carried got spilt by degrees; a proverb
suggesting that it is unwise to risk a certainty
for a chance; cf. Pel. Abd., 120.
kundang. I. Control, command, authority;
the possession of authority over; the direction
or rule of; (in magic) the possession of
influence on the will of another; cf. undang.
Kundangan raja: the body-servants and