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kuwang. I. A pheasant, especially the arguspheasant. Saperti kuwang mekek di-puchok
gunong: like the argus-pheasant calling on the
mountain-peak; a simile for a complaining
lover; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., 38. Mati kuwang
karena bunyi: the argus pheasant perishes
because of its note; everything has some feature
by which it can be tracked; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
III., 42.
K. raya: the argus-pheasant. K. ranggas
or k. che'remin: the peacock-pheasant.
II. Kuwang-kuwit: v. kuwit.

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III. A case or box. Ada yang mengeluwarkan
kopak mengambil kain baju: some brought out
their boxes and took clothes from them; Ht.
Pg. Ptg. Senapang k.: a breachloader.
kopek. Very limp and pendulous, of the
breasts. Ma'-kopek: (I) a somewhat irreverent
way of addressing an old woman; (2) a title
given usually to a woman of low rank who
becomes the mother of a raja, and sometimes
to a raja's fostermother. Metgopek susu: to
suck at the breast.
kopok. An obsolete musical instrument; Sej.
Mal., I44; Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Sri. Ben., 74.
According to Dutch authorities it was made
of copper; local informants state that it was
an instrument resembling a pair of cymbals
but made of wood.

kuwing. (Kedah.) A village messenger; a
man employed to call people to meetings of
the mukim inhabitants.
4a3 kufah. Cufa; the seat of the Cufite empire.. ( kuwap. To open the mouth wide and draw a
long breath; cf. uwap. Pronounced kuwatp..,^ kupat. A wrapper made of iipah leaf. Cf.
kOtipat.

kupor. [Arab. j), ]

Boasting, bragging.

a< kupas. Shelling, peeling, skinning, removing
J the outer covering of anything. Jikalan beltn
aku kupas kulit kepala-nya belum-lah puwas hatiku: so long as I have not torn the skin off his
face, so long will I remain unsatisfied; Ht. Sg.
Samb.
Ke-na k.: to be stripped of all one's belongings; to be "cleaned out."
Kupaskan: to skin, to peel; Muj., 62.
Mhngupas: id.; Sej. Mal., 69.
Terkupas: peeled, skinned, shelled. Pipi-nya
saperti tWlor terkupas: her cheeks were like
shelled eggs; Ht. Sg. Samb. Biras yang sudah
tWrkupas: husked rice; Sej. Mal., I53. Cf.
kelupas.
kupang. I. A marine mussel, mytilus; Sej.
Mal., 45.
II. A coin or measure of value differing in
various places; (in Penang) o1 cents. Duwit
pun tidak barang sa-kupang: he had not a single
kupang in the way of money; Sh. A. R. S. J.,
30.
K. tembaga: (Penang) copper (i.e. false) tencent pieces; boasts that will not pass current;
Prov.
III. A measure of weight; = I jamipal.
ji kuping. I. Jav. The ear. Cf. chuping.
II. The crust which forms over a sore or
wound when healing; Muj., 27. Cf. kbruping.
9f kopak. I. Limp, of the breasts. Kopakkapek:id. (exaggerated). Cf. kope.k.
II. Plucking out a small portion of the shell
or skin of anything which can be plucked to
pieces; Ht. Gul. Bak., 83. Kopak-kapek:
plucked to pieces, dispersed, scattered (as a
defeated army); Ht. Mar. Mah.

X. kupu. I. Arab [Arab. A] Equality of
rank, parity of position. Bukan-nya jodo atau
kupu darah orang kebanyakan itu dengan darah
raja-raja: there is no matching or equalizing
the blood of the people with the blood of
kings; Ht. Abd., 409.
II. A butterfly; Ht. Abd., 87; Marsd. Gr.,
208. Also rama-rama.
4$S kopah. A quantity; a mass; a clot. Berkopahkopah: in quantities, in lumps or clots.
sfp kopeh. A quantity rather less than that
described by kopah.
~ kopi. I. Eng. Coffee. Pronounced korpi.
II. Eng. Copy. Buwat k.: to make a copy.
Also kupi.
III. (Riau, Johor.) Incorrect, full of errors
and mistakes.
JJ kupi. I. A small flask or pouch. K. ubat:
a powder-flask; Ht. Abd., 248.
II. See kopi, II.,"j kopiyah. A cap; v.
a. kuwak. I. To open out by seizing anything
in two places and pushing the places asunder;
to make a passage through a crowd by
pushing people apart; to draw aside curtains.
Ketika kita hendak prgi ka-darat mesti mneguwaknguwakkan bangkai-bangkai China itu: when
we wished to go landwards we had to open out
a way between the dead bodies of Chinese;
Bint. Tim., I6 Feb., I895.
II. (Onom.) A noise such as the croaking
of a bull-frog. Menguwak-nguwak bagai hidong
gajah: bellowing as though he had the nose of
an elephant; Prov., J. S. A. S., II., I59. Cf.
uwak. Kuwak is pronounced nasally kuwank.
Burong k., or burong kuwak-kuwak: a bird
(unidentified).