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Kenalan: acquaintance. Kekgnalan: id.
Kenal-kenalan: acquaintances. Tiyada berkenalan kawan dengan lawan: friends were not
to be known from foes; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Menjadi berkenal-kenalan-lah bapa-ku itu dengan
segala raja-aj-ja negeri-negri yang ttrsebut itu:
an acquaintance sprang up between my father
and all the princes of the above-mentioned
states; Ht. Abd., XI. Bertemu kenal-kenalan:
to meet one's acquaintances; Sh. Ch. Ber., 3.
Kenali: to recognize, Ht. Gul. Bak., 45, 102.
Mengtnali: id.; Ht. Ind. Jaya. Mingenal:
id. Mengenalkan: id.; Ht. Abd., 277. Jauhari
juga yang nmingenal manikam: it is the jeweller
who knows a gem; Ht. Abd., 4.
A k6nan. Berkenan: to have a liking for anything; to find anything to one's liking.
Perkenankan; id., Ht. Abd., 274, 438; Ht.
Ind. Jaya. Menmperkenankan: id.; Muj., 2.
Segala tuwan-tuwan orang puteh semuwa-tya
berkntan-lah akan kehtndak tuwan R. itu: all the
English gentlemen approved of the wishes of
Sir Stamford Raffles; Ht. Abd., 264.
Kenan is also used of the effects of antenatal
suggestions and influences upon the appearance
of a child.
A'J. k6nantan. Aynam keantan: a white fowl,
especially a white fighting-cock.
d~ knahang. A very foul-smelling ulcer attacking the nose; a sort of polypus.
f kanlsah. Arab. A place of worship used by
Jews or Christians (kitdbi worshippers); a
church or synagogue.
j knnya. [Skr. kanya?] A maiden. Cf. ken.
-5 k6nnyat. Kennyat-kennyut: nervous or quivering movement; throbbing; the sucking of a
child at the breast; the movement of the
fontanel; the sucking movements of a toothless
old man when consuming his food.
S; k6nnyit. Slight jerky movement of the lips
or eyelids; cf. khnnyat.
-J~ k6nnyut. See kinnyat.
A k6nnyir. To lust after; = nging.
V k6nnyang. Sated; satisfied with food;
repletion. Jong pschah yu yang khnnyang:
when a junk is wrecked the sharks have their
fill; it is an ill wind that blows nobody any
good; Prov., Sh. Kamp. Boy., 5. Anjing diberi makan nasi bila akan kennyang: will a dog
be ever satisfied however much rice you may

give him; kindness is wasted on coarse-minded
people; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 9. Orang yang
khnnyang kalau di-janm, lauk yang sidap di-kata
tawar: feed a full man and he will pronounce
your best dishes tasteless; Prov.

kdnnyap. (Onom.) The sound of a man
eating. Riyoh-rendah bunyi khnnyap-nya: the
sound of the men falling to was quite an
uproar; Ht. Ind. Meng. Kennyap-kennyop:
id. These words are pronounced kennyindpkennyin6p.

JS kInnyop. See kennyap.
As knnyak. Kcnnyok-kennyak: spoilt, ruined.
Also kennyok-kennyek.
j k6nnyek. See kennyak.
-* k6nnyok. See kennyak.
S k6nnyal. Elastic or pliable to the touch,of flesh, or as a ball or inflammation.. k6nnyam. To taste anything, to touch the
lips with anything by way of testing flavour.

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kau. I. You, thou; = engkau, q. v.
II. [Chin. kdua: nine.] Main kau: a
Chinese game also known as pakau (Chin.
phah-kdu).

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Y ko. (Kedah.) An equivalent of tnggku (prince)
when not given in conjunction with the full
name but only as an exclamation of respect
or assent.
J ku. I; a pronoun of the first person; =
aku, q. v.
j kuwa. [Chin.? ] A card-game.
A \' kuwatir. Better (Arab.) \<, q. v.
~ \' kkuwarik. A golden ornament worn by Bugis.
~ \h kuwaran. A species of pigeon; J. S. A. S.,
XI., 74.
kuwasa. I. [Skr. washa; Kawi kawasha.]
Power, strength, might; (by extension) an
agent, an attorney. K. ubat bedil: the
strength of gunpowder. A ku jadikan kuwasaku tuwan T.: I appointed Mr. T. my attorney;
Ht. Abd., 300. Surat k.: a power of
attorney; (in the Straits) letters of administration.
Berkuwasa: powerful, possessed of strength.
Mana lebeh berkuwasa ubat itu-kah atau rupiyah
ini-kah: which is the mightier, that magic or
this rupee; Ht. Abd., 73.
Penguwasa: power; Cr. Gr., 41.
Perkuwasa: mighty, heroic; an equivalent
(by erroneous etymology) of pgrkasa, q. v.;
Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Raj. Sul., 13.
II. [Skr. angkusa.] The ankus or goad
used by a mahout. Better kusa.

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