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the boundary ridge between Jasinga and the Prianger Eegencies, and is tliere about 

 5000 feet high. In the residency of Sourabaya, there are also Gunung kêndang which 

 are a few hundred feet above the sea. It is probably derived from Kanda, C. 104, 

 ahill, with the Polynesian ng added to it; in the same way that it is supposed the 

 Malay word Padang , a plain , is derived from Pada, C. 357 meaning a place , a scite. 

 Khandha, C. 158, a multitude , the trunk of a tree- and hence the multitude of moun- 

 tains , or the mountains in ridges like the trunks of trees. Mr. Friederich writes me — 

 „Khanda (masculine and neuter Khandam) means , a piece , a part , a fragment , a por- 

 ti on , a chapter, a section (Këndang?). The root is Khad, to devide , to tear , to break 

 off; a part, a piece. Khanda, Clough Page 157 has precisely the same meaning, word 

 for word. 



K ë n d i , a water goglet , an earthenware jar with a long narrow neck for holding drinking 

 water. Kéndii/a, G. 136, a water goglet. Kundhi is the water pot carried by Siwa, 

 as represented in images of this god , at the old Hindu temples in Java. Marsden 

 gives this word as Kundi , Gundi and Gindi (Kondu in Greek , Poculum barbaricum , 

 Persicum , certe asiaticum) a water-pot , Earthenware bottle , ewer. (Scr. kundi.) 



Ken dit, a piece of string which is worn round the hips by way of a charm. Most native 

 women wear a Këndit vinder their clothes. 



Ken dor, slack, wanting in tightness; remiss, negligent, slow. 



Këndoran, to ease off, to slacken, to be less severe. 



Kénéh, still, in continuance. Hadé kêné/t , it is still good. Tahan Mnéh , it will still hold out. 



Kéngkérang, the shoulder blade, the bone which joins the shoulder to the neck. 



Kéniaya or Kanyaya, to oppress, to ill use, to tyrannise over; to persecute. Aniya , 

 C. 29 a common word for violence or power, to which is thus prefixed the Polyne- 

 sian Ka, and an ertra ya put at the end. 



Ken ing, as di këning, to cut and trim the eyebrows, as young coquette native girls do. 

 See di dahi. 



Kënjëng, a title for high personages invested with poAver, and is applied as well to na- 

 tive chiefs on Java and Bali, as also to the European authorities, such as the Resi- 

 dents. Jëng in the Kawi of Java means foot, and thus the great man is designated 

 by a part of his body not higher than the foot, as inferiors are consiclered unworthy 

 to look higher. 



Ken on g, a small round and convex metal musical instrument, belonging to a gamelan. 



Këntang, Potatoes, any tuberous root of the Solanum kind. 



Këntang, Chinese Cash, being a mixed metal, of which copper is the chief ingrediënt, 

 with a square hole in the middle to string them by. Probably in common use in Java 

 before the arrival of Europeans , as it is still to this clay on Bali and Lombok. Called 

 also Pichis and kupang. 



Kent eng, a tile, a roofing tile. 



Këntrung, the dull hollow sound of the stampers in the rice block. Any dull sound. 



