218 A DICTIONABY SUNDANESE 



probably called Kérékdn, the snorer , f'rom the sound made when winding the thr'eads 



upon the reeds, in the native spining whedl. 

 Kërëng, severe, rigorous. 



Kërëp, set close together , crowded , thickset; frequently occurring. 

 Kërëpan, to set close together- to bring nearer to each other. 

 Kërépék, split bambu fastened together so as to make a temporary fence, and set in rï- 



vers to enclose and catch fish. 

 Kërëti, the constellation of the Pleiades , called also Guru Desa or the village monitor, 



as the Paddy cultivation is regulated by its rising. Kdrttika , C. 1'20 the month Asala 



(Oct. and Novr.) when the moon is full near the Pleiades. Karttikéya , C. 120, the 



Endian god of war, ansevering to the Grecian Mars. (Krittikd, the Pleiades, who were 



considei'ed as the nurses of Karttikega, who is navned after them. Pr.) 

 Kerëwëk, to lay hold of a man and bind him ; to pounce upon. 

 Këri, growing slowly, stunted. 

 Kerid, to turn out a population to work corvees; a general turn out of the population 



for public work. Kérid balok, a general turn out for work; all available hands turned 



out to work. 

 Këri dan, people turned out to work corvees. Dl gawé keridan , to work by corvees. 

 Kërik, to scrape with the edge of knife. To scrape gently in general. To scratch, to 



scratch out or efface. 

 Kenia, for the reason that , because. (Scr. Karana, cause, motive. Kdrana id.) 

 Kërok, to curry -comb, to scrape roughly. To strike off grain even in any measure — 



as in a gantang. 

 Kérong, to twist a rope round any object, so as to bind it securely; entangled. See Pan- 



gérong. Sung'ut anjing dl kérong, the mouth of the dog is bound (by a rope twisted 



round and round its mouth, so that it cannot open it to bite.) 

 Kërta, peace, peaceable , in a state of repose , tranquil. Appears to be a participle of Kara- 



nawa, C. 108, to do, to act, to perform. Kërta or karla is often met with in the 



composition of proper names , both of' pei'sons and places, and means then- auspicious, 



fortunate. (Karta, means on Java in the words Surakarta , JS'gayogyakarta , rather town. 



How Jcr'éta , made , can mean peace , 1 have not vet been able to understand. Fr.) 

 Kërtas, Arabic, paper- Wang kèrtas , paper money. Sa kerf as one guilder in paper rao- 



ney. The more usual word for paper in general is Daluang. ( *& ( LJM [ Ss^ , J^sS 



Arab. but a vox peregrina , Freytag. Latin Charta.) 

 Evërta-Sura, name of the Kesidency and Capital of Java, near the present Sura-hërt 



or Solo. The name of the Capital was inverted when removed. Kurta . accomplished, 



perfect in all that is done. < 



Jvérud, atiger, but not the Tiger royal , which is called Maung. There is a great variety , 



in the Sunda districts, of which the Black Tiger, Felis niger, is one. 

 Këruk, to play as children by putting earth in half cocoa nutshells, and turning it out 



as from a mould. 





