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Katalang, replaced by, to have got a substitute. Derived from the word Talang , aspout, 

 and the idea implies — as water is carried over a hollow by aspout, so we are carried 

 over a difficulty by the aid of some one else. Katalang hu minantu, relieved from 

 some public duty by a son in law. The son in law performing the the public duty 

 relieves his father in law from the obligation. A custom common at Jasinga and 

 many other parts of the Sunda districts. The son in law relieves the father of his 

 wife, but not his own father from the performance of feudal service. (Talang in Jav. 

 has the same meaning; Nalang^ngH, to order somebocly to relieve ones self in the per- 

 formance of a duty ,• also to give orders to buy. In the last acceptation talang is found 

 in Malay Fr.) 



Katalimbëng, lost in a forest so that the person cannot find his way home. The natives 

 pretend that this is in consequence of stepping over a liane called arëui Bcmdéng which 

 in a manner charms them. (From a root Timbëng ; al infixed.) 



Katambahan, augmented, increased; something in addition. (From Tambah, to add.) 



Ka tang 1 én, known, seen, evident. (Tangi, Jav., to become awake, to rise.) 



Katapang, name of a tree bearing a fruit like an almond. Terminalia katapang. 



Katar a, visible, clearly seen, manifest, espied. (From Scr. Tara, radiant , shining ; clean , 

 clear. Jav. Balin. Batav. idem.) 



Katé, dwarf, small in stature, diminutive. (Batav. id. Jav. A small cock or hen. Gericke.) 



Ka té la, of nearly the same import as katara. Visible from a distance, clearly seen. 



Katëlah, called after, named from. Katëlah Jeu anale, called after a child. The Sundaese 

 have a practice which is the reverse of what is usual among Europeans. The father and 

 mother are called after the eldest child. Thus if that child is called Hamat , the father 

 will be Bapa Hamat , add the mother Ambu Hamat , the father or the mother of Ha- 

 mat. But the word father or mother is often dropped , causing much confusion as to 

 identity. This is an affectionate way of always acknowledging a child, which however, 

 at same time conveys the pride of parentage. 



Ka té pa, infected with any disease; infected by contagion. 



Katépéng, a shrub producing a largish bright yellow flower, called also Daun kump , 

 or ringworm leaf. Acacia alata. 



Katétésan, to get adrop; to have a drop fall upon you. To be implicated in any matter. 

 (Jav. a&ti?),^ Tilis, to drop.) 



Kati, a catty, a weight so called; the 100 th . part of a Picul, which see. 



Kat ia, a bark used fordying black. Imported, not found in the Sunda Jungles. 



Katib, Arabic. A clerk, a priesfs assistant; a preacher. (^ LU-? KMxtib , the priest who 



reads the Khulhat or the sermon of the Friday. Fr.) 

 Kati ga, the dry season , from June to September. It is a remnant of the old Javanese 

 method of counting the seasons, of which the other terms are not retained in the Sun- 

 da language. Katiga means- „the third" (Season). (On Bali and Java the third month.) 



