200 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Kapiran, disappointment, anything done contrary to expectation or desire. Utah sia jadi 

 kapiran, D'ont you cause disappointment. (Known at Batavia). 



Kapirang-pirang, how many, so very many. It is of the same etymology as the Ja- 

 vanese word Piro , how many, many- Piro-piro , multitude. Kapirang-pirang imah 

 ëunyëuh, how many (or so very many) houses have fallen down. 



Kap is er, having become unconscious, but coming to life again ; apparent death- the same 

 as Kapilangan. 



Kapitan, Captain. Kapitein, Dutch for captain. Kapitan-china , the Captain Chinaman. 



Kapiting, a Crab, a sea-crab. Cancer. (Mal. Batav. idem.) 



Kapo-ékan, overtaken by night; darkness closed in. Mad with rage, furious; dizzy, gid- 

 diness. The state of mind which precedes Amulc. (From Poë , night.) 



Kapoi, exposed to the sun. To laku kapoi, it must not be exposed to the sun. 



Kapok, disgusted with anything so that you will have nothing more to do with it. Dis- 

 continuing some act or offence in coiisequence of the penalty inflicted therefore. Ma- 

 ling këbo éla to daiken kapok , they will not cease to steal buffaloes ( notwithstanding 

 the punishment inflictedf or the offence.) Kapok ayëunah ngahëurëuian aing they now know 

 better then to trouble me. — [Kapok, Batav. to become afraid, to get terrified from (doing 

 anything) Kapok, Jav. to better, to amend himself. Gerick.) 



Kapoi, the soft husk of a young Cocoanut which is eatable. 



Kapoi, Cardamums. Amomum Cardamomum. 



Kaponakan, third cousins, children of mindo. (From anak, prefixed kapua? At Bata- 

 via and in the neighbourhood Kaponakan are the children of one's brother or sister; 

 kaponakan misan , children of a cousin. Fr.) 



Kaporod, stollen — a vulgar expression. 



Kap rah, of the average rate or quality; something that every one does; universally ad- 

 mitted. Pare na kaprah, the paddy is an average erop- is fair. Kaprah lalalti éwéan , men 

 as a rule take wives. Nu sugih kaprah bogah kawasa, ifrch men are universally admit- 

 ted to have power. {Kaprah , custom . usage. Jav. Batav.) 



K a p u a h , an excessive quantity , a glut. 



Kapuah, used in Jampé and incantations , and seems to correspond with the Singhalese 

 Kapuwa, a Demon priest , C. 105. (Might be the Kawi pronoun Kapua.) 



Kap uk, the cotton used for stuffing pillows, mattresses &c. It is short in staple , and can- 

 not be used for spinning. It is produced by the trees called Randu , and Randu lëu- 

 wëung , respectively Eriodendron Anfractuosum , and Bombax Malabaricum. See Randu. 

 Kapu , C. 105 , the silk cotton tree ; cotton. 



Kapur Baros, Baros lime or Baros Camphor the produceotthe Dryobalanops Campho- 

 ra. Baros is a place on the west coast of Sumatra where it is procured. Kapuru , C. 

 105. Camphor. (Scr. Karpüra, Camphor. Fr.) 



Kara, an idiomatic expression hard to translate. Lain karagoréng éla D'ont you very well 

 know that that is bad. It calls the attention of the hearer forciblv to some matter. 



