194 A DICTXONARY SUNDANESE 



Kami, we, us, also I. A polite expression whereby the speaker does not put himself 

 above the person addressed, which lie wouid do by using the pronoun aing. Imah 

 kami, my house. Kami kabéh daik ka gunung , we are all going to the mountains. (Mal. 

 and Kawi , I , me ; we, us.) 



Kam-kara, a chinese weapen of defence , like the blade of a sword mounted with a 

 spear handle. 



Kam pa , to express oil with a peculiar press used by the natives and called Kampahan. (Mal. id.) 



Kampahan, a wooden press to extract oil. There are two uprights set in two horizontal 

 pieces, and by forcing in wedges the two uprights are driven together and thus 

 exercise a great pressure on any oil producing matter placecl between them. 



Kam pak, an axe; au axe such as used by Europeans and Chinese in contra distin cti on to 

 the native axe called Baliyung , which see. (KampaJe Jav. a great axe without a woo- 

 den shaft. Fr.) 



Kam pil, a bag, a large bag for Eice , Coffee &c. (Jav. A bundie, pak, bag.) 



Kampu, a large wooden bucket or tub, in which oil is kept or measured. Ampuh, 

 in Malay to overflow. 



Kampung, a village; is properly Malay, but is still from associating with Europeans 

 and Chinese often used , especially to designate themselves as- orang kampung , village 

 people , as distinct from foreigners. Kampung is probably derived from Kapung or 

 Këpung to enclose , with the peculiar m interposed , giving it the sense of an enclosed 

 place or village, as in rude states of society, every village was a fortified place. The 

 usual word for village in Sunda is Lumbur. Kampung in Malay is not merely 

 a village, but „an inclosure ," a place surrounded with a paling; a fenced or fortified 

 village ; see Marsden in voce Page 267. The Etymon of Kampung signifying enclo- 

 sure , is also heard in the Malay expression Kain bëlcampo which is another name 

 for a Sarong. See Singapore Journal April 1849 Page 275. 



Kampung, to mix , to associate. 



Kampungkën, to join together, to unite, to collect into a common stock, especially a 

 number of small things or trading articles. 



Kamudi, a helm, a rudder, an oar to steer by. (Mal. ^ó^ Kumüdi; Jav. Kamudi, 



Këmudi, Kumudi.) 

 Kamuning, name of a tree common about towns and in cultivated places. It has a 



pretty white fiower and yields a handsomely mottled wood. Murraya exotica of the 



family Aurantiaceae. 

 Kana, to become , for the purpose. Kana hadé mohal, It is not likely to do any good. 



Jadi kana goréng , It will turn out bad. This word is evidently compounded of the 



partiele Ka which see, and na, bis, her, its- possessive pronoun. 

 Kanang'a, name of a tree with its yellow fiower, which is much sought after by the 



natives to stick in their hair , Unona Odorata. 

 Kanari, name of a tree, the fruit of which yields a fine esculent oil; Canarium Com- 



