214 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Këkëtëg, the pulse, the beating of the blood. (Jav. Këtëg id.) 



Këkompongan, the flank of either man or beast. The side of lower part of belly. (Jav. 



Këmpong, the milt, the bladder; Këkëmpongan, would be the side, the place about the 



milt or bladder. Fr.) 

 Ivëlalén, forgotten, Compounded of Ka-lali-an. The word lali however, is of rare occur- 



rence in Sunda for- to forget, which it more especially implies in Javanese. The com- 



mon Sunda word being Polio. 

 Këlang, dry, desiccated. 

 Këlar, to have an affection for. Eëlar ka Pajajaran to feel affection for Pajajaran. (Jav. 



To have sufficiënt power, to be able.) 

 Këlat, to connect with a bit of string; to tie lightly with a bit of string to fix to any-' 



thing by tying down. A string used as a brace. (Jav. A ring, a string etc.) 

 Kélé, a bit of bambu, as much as is contained between two joints, used for holdin^ wa- 

 ter. KêWs are always seen about the doors of native houses, to hold water to wash 



the feet with. Kale C. 114- a water pot. 

 Kélék, the armpit. Di kéttk , to carry under the arm. 

 Këlem, sunk under water, covered by water, inundated. (Jav. id., also to sink under the 



sand. Batavian TangkHëm.) 

 Këlëngar, swooned away, fainted; in a fit and not recogtiizing people. (Jav. Mal. id.). 

 Këletik, to extract oil from Cocoanuts by rasping the pulp and then boiling it down, 



as contradistinguished from di kampa , to procure the oil by squeezing in a press. 

 Këlëwëk, Pickung nuts prepared for cooking by drying over fire and then burying in 



the earth for a couple of months , or else they are poisonous. 

 Këlid, toward off, to parry. 



Këlinchi, a hare, a rabbit; derived from the Dutch word Kleintje, a little one. 

 Kélong, Satan, the devil, evil spirits or genii. 

 Këlor, name of a tree Moringa Pterygosperma. The bark of the root of this tree rasped 



in shreds looks like and tastes like horse- radish, and is sometimes eaten with roast 



beef in same manner. 

 Këraang, an inferior variety of mangga, Mangifera foetida. 

 Këmat, to influence, to be will disposed towards others. An incantation to induce others 



to marry you. 

 Kern bang, a flower, blossom, the choice of anything. Gummg këmbang flowery mountain. 



K.ëmbang or kambang maybe derived from ka , the preposition , and Bang or abang , red. 

 Këmbang ang''in, literally- the flower of the wind, means private information , secret no- 



tice. 

 Këmbang pala, mace; literally — the flower of the nutraeg. 

 Këmbang Sapatu, the shoe flower, Hibiscus, Rosa- Sinensis. The red flower rubbed 



on leather serves as blacking, hence the name, It is properly Malay and ealled more 



usually in Sunda , Wéra. 



