198 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Kan va h o, knowledge , understanding. Kula to bogah kanyaho I have no knowledge (of the 

 matter.) 



Kanyahokën, to recognize, to acknowledge, to impart knowledge, to communicate. 



Kanyaya- see kéniaya. 



Kanyut, a bag, a sack, a purse. 



Kapahili, taken by mistake; anything that is taken or done, under the impression of' 

 doing something else. Kapahili imah na mistaken in the house. (Jav. Hili, to give in 

 exchange; ngilenni , to exchange, to indemnify. See Liru, which is the JSTgoko-form.) 



Kapahung, lost in the forest; cast away in the wildemess. 



Ivapaihan, swooned, fainted, lost consciousness. (Cf. Pajak Batav. Mal. exhausted , deadly 

 sick , nearly gone. Fr.) 



Ka pal, a ship, aseaship, a square rigged vessel. Marsden says that Koppel is the Malabar 

 for ship. It is properly a Tulugu word. Kappara , C. 105, aship, a sloop. Kapal api, 

 a steamer or more literally a fire-ship. The words are Malay but always used to denote 

 a steamer. Kapal prang , a ship of war. Kapal sudagar , a merchant ship. 



Kapala, a chief, a headman; the best of anything, as of rice, tobacco, &c. the prime 

 part. The word in Malay implies the head , but in Sunda bas this meaning only figu- 

 ratively, as Hulu is the word simply for head. KapEla, C. 105, the head, the skull. 

 This resembles the Greek Kephale. Ka, C. 117, the head, the body. Palet, C. 372 

 fruit, fiesh. (Scr. Kapala means only the skull, the cranium.) 



Kapalang, not worth while, inopportune , any act undertaken which is suddenly impeded. 

 Kapalang amai daik di gawé déui , térék burii , It is not worth while beginning to work 

 again, as it will soon be night. Jadi kapalang, It will not be worth while (as some- 

 thing will intervene and prevent it.) (Jav. xnrL,^ Ngalangngi, to impede; palang , 



impediment.) 

 Ka pan, an idiomatic expression for confirming an assertion. Kapan geus di be'ré , now have 



not I given it you. Can be best translated by- now , as in the following example Kapau 



daik kaluar, now are not you going to leave your situation. (Kapan , Ml. Jav. at what 



time, relatif and interrogatif ; derived not from apa, but from puan, pon, demonstra- 



tiv, the original form in Kawi being kapuan Fr.) 

 Kapanasan, heated , overcome with heat. 

 Kapang, the Teredo navalis; the sea worm which bores so easily into wood and even 



into soft stone. 

 Kapan g -1 er od, said when the feet get entangled in a rope, string, or jungle-rope, so 



as to impede walking. 

 Kapanggih, to meet; met, come in contact with. Tilok kapanggik , I never met him. (Jav. 



Panggik, to find, to encounter.) 

 Kaparëk, near, in proximity. (Parèk Javan. id. Kr. Chakèt^ Mal. dë/cat. This word un- 



dergoes a great variety of alterations , which it is to long to enumerate. From parëk- 



parïikkan , followers. Fr.) 



