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Indië Oct. 1852 Page 275 where mention is made of „4 aioeen pieken"", four awin 

 spears , and of „2 awinans" 1 or attendants as occurrying at Grissée. In the Sunda dis- 

 triets you still see the intended father in law, with a spear in hts hand, go to the 

 priest, foliowed by his intended Son in law, when the legal form of the marriage 

 takes place. See Nikah. 



Ka win ken, to cause to marry , to marry out. 



Ka win i, a variety of mangga, mangifera. A true Terebintacea being very turpentiny. 



Kawista, name of a large tree which yields a gummy matter used in making native ink. 



Kawul, a sort of tinder procured from scraping the root part of the leaf branch, or frond, 

 of a Kawung Palm. A spark. of light struck from a steel is caught upon it , when 

 fresh fire is made. 



Kawung, name of a Palm tree so called, which yields sugar. Saguerus Saccharifera or 

 Borassus Gomuti. Called Aren or Anau in Malay. The Sugar is boiled down from 

 the toddy which exudes from the sterns of fructification , on being beaten and sliced 

 off every day. 



Kawung Parasi, a poor ill grown kawungpalm which yields little or no Sugar. 



Kayang, some of the wild varieties of Quercus trees are so called. 



Kayangan, the abode or temple of a Hyang or divinity. 



Kayu, wood, timber; sometimes used for a tree in general. Kha appears to be wood in 

 Burmese. See Singapore Journal Vol 4 Page 59 where Theet-K/ia is given, a bitter 

 wood. Theet is evidently the Singhalese Titta, C. 231, bitter, pungent. Au nunu, 

 the name of the Waringin tree at Letta and Kissa of the Serwatti group , east of Ti- 

 mor. Au signifies tree- Singahore Journal Vol 4 Page 131. Now the word Jcayu ap- 

 pears to be a compound of these two words, Kha and au y inserted euphoniae gratia. 

 Or it may be simply au with the idiomatic ha prefixed. 



Kayu is an idiomatic term for counting certain substances which fold up fiat like a 

 board, especially piece goods. Chita sa kayu, a piece of Chintz. 



Kayu-putih, literally- white wood. The tree grows in the Moluccos ; and on Java the 

 words kayu-pnlih , as in Europe , mean the essential oil derived from the tree. It is 

 the Cajeput of Europe. Melaleuca Cajeputi. 



Kéak, to chirp like a bird; to make a small chirping or squeaking sound. 



Këbat, straight on without divergence; in a due straight line. Këbat bai ngidul went 

 South in a due straight line. 



Këbël, a long time, a good while. Undur na geus këbël, it is a good while since he went 

 away. Sa këbël, as long as. 



Këbo, a buffaloe, in Malay Karbau. This animal is also called munding in Sunda. Bos 

 Bubalus. Karabha, C. 108, a Camel, an Elephant, probably derived from Karanawa, 

 C. 108. to do, to act, to make, to perform-, and thus a working animal. (66). 



(66) Karabha Scr. A young Camel, or any young animal; a young Elephant. Also Kalabha. I 



