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Këmbar, twins, two children at one birth. 



Këmbu, a large standing pannier used in boats to collect and retain fish, as it is caught 



with the casting net. Derived in all probability from Buwu with the preposition ha. 

 Këmbung, swollen up, inflated, blown up, distended. 

 Këmbung, a small sea fish so called. 



Këméja, a shirt, as worm by Europeans. Camisa, Port: a shirt. (See Kdméja.). 

 Këmëndur, a commodore, a title given to some petty native chiefs about Batavia. Is the 



Dutch word Commandeur. 

 Këmit, a watchman about a dwelling house or store. A watchman in general, and espe- 



cially at night. (Jav. Ktmit , to watch at wigth.). 

 Këmpés, small in volume, in a small compass. Said of a swelling which has gone down; 



reduced as a swelling. 

 Këmpis a small pannier to collect fish in as caught. It has a wide bottotn and narrow 



neck, like a bottle. 

 Kémpolkën, to bend aside ; to turn away or aside. 



Këmudi, a helm, a rudder; a paddie or sweep to steer with. (See Kamudi.) 

 Ken, a partiele placed after a word, which then becomes a transitive verb; as gorêng , 



bad, goréngkhi , to make bad. Suka, pleasure, sukakën, to grant, to have pleasure in 

 Kéncha, left, the reverse of right. Leungan ü kêneha, the hand on the left, the leffc 



hand. Ka kéncha, to the left. 

 Kéncha-an, to stretch out a rope in order to mark out work, where to cut the ground. 



To line out ground for a garden bed or the like. 

 K éne hang, fixed, fast, finnly set in, tight. Quick, expiditions, smart. Severe, strictly 



adherino; to regulations. 

 Kénchangan, to set fast, to tighten. To hurry. 

 Ken ch eng, money down; for ready money, for cash. 

 Kénchérkën, to turn out cattle from the Kandang, stable or place of confinement. To 



turn out to graze. 



Këndak, a param our. 



Kën dal, name of a district in the residency of Samarang. In a country where so many 

 remains of Hindu antiquity are found, it is not unreasonable to suspect a Hindu ori- 

 gin in all names of places which are not evidently Polynesian. Crawfurd gives A'ëra- 

 dcdisada, name of the country of Hanuman in the Eamayana; name of a mountain'in 

 the province of Samarang in Java and from this probably our Këndal is derived. 



Këndang, a roll or large package of anything. A roll of merchandise. 



Këndang, a long narrow native drum only covered at one end, and often carried suspen- 

 ded under the arm. 



Këndang, viz. Gunung Këndang, the name of a ridge of mountains which extends the 

 whole lenght of Java , and is found of various elevations , from a few hundred to se- 

 veral thousand feet. It is, as it were, the backbone of the Island of Java. It forms 



