202 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE. 



Karasak, a scratching noise, like that of a rat. A moderate but sharp noise. Often used 



in the expression Karasak karésék, scratching and grating. 

 Karasan, to have a pleasure in; to be delighted with. (From rasa, Scr. flavour, taste; 



taste, sentiment.) 

 Karatan, only heard in the expression lain karatan, something which is so bad that it 



cannot be endurecl; too bad to be put up with. 

 Kar at on, the abode of a Ratu or native prince. A native palace. 



Karawachi, Pica; name of a pretty little bird like a magpie in miniature, not much 

 larger than a sparrow. It is found all over Java, and appears to exist on Sumatra, 

 as Marsden at Page 340 gives the word Murei, a species of bird resembling a small 

 magpie , commonly called the Dial bird. 



I saw it also in the garden of the factories at Canton. It is not known by tliis name 

 at Jasinga, but by that of Manuk Haur, which see. 

 Ka ra wang, lattice work. Name of a district and chief place to the Eastward of Batavia. 

 It obtains its name from the mouth of the Chitarum being rent and torn in sunder , 

 or divided into many embouchures, where it flows into the sea. Rawang expresses the 

 state of being torn or split. See Rawang. 

 Karé-és, gravel, small stones- such as are laid down on a road or on a garden walk. 

 Karéhkél, gravel, small stones. 

 Karékéb, to eat, to munch , to gnaw. 

 Karémbong, a long piece of cloth worn by a woman round her chestand breasts; a sort 



of scarf. Called in Malay Saléndang. 

 Karëmi, small worms in children. Intestinal worms. (Scr. Krimi. Jav. Krimi and Kërmi 



worms.) 

 Karen du, crumplecl as a cloth; folded or gathered in plaits. 

 Kar é pek, a wattled fence of split bambus set in a river to intercept the passage of fish , 



whilst the water can fioAV on as usual. 

 Karëpus, a cap, a night cap , a sailor's cap. The article and name are both Batavian. 

 Karésék, making a small noise, as of a mouse gnawing or the like. It is in a smaller 

 degree , what Karasak is in a somewhat larger one. (Onomatopoetic word. Known at 

 Batavia.) 

 Karësil, shrivelled , small, diminutive; the remainder from which the larger ones have been 



picked out. 

 Karet, name of a tree; Ficus elastica. India rubber or Gum Elastic, which is procured 

 from the Karet tree by tapping, when the sap runs out readily and soon coagulates 

 into the gum Avhich is seen in trade. Called also Kolélét. 

 Karéumbi, a tree, Omalanthus Lechenaultianus. 



Kari, Curry. A common Indian dish made of fowl boiled up with several ingredïents. 

 Kari, and only, no more than, it only remains to. Kari siji déui there is only one leffc. 

 Kari ngahatéupan , only remains to put the ataps on (said of a house which is building 



