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gum is obtained , used to rub on scabs or on persons troubled witli the cutaneous di- 

 seases called Raget and Rodék. 

 Kiamat, Arabic, tlie resurrection , the final dissolution of things at the end of the world. 

 An expression indicative of matters having gone sadly wrong. Kiamat berod, things 



are in a miserable plight. .Poi kiamat, the day of judgraent. (LoUï Qiamat.) 



Kiara, Ficus Procera, a large and spreading variety of the fjg tribe. There are several 

 varieties of Kiara, which is used a generic name. Kiara Payung, Umbrella kiara. 

 Ficus terminalis. The Ficus Procera is more deflnitely called Kiara lawang , the door 

 way kiara, from the stem, near the root dividing and forming a kind of porticoes. 



Ki-asahan, Tetracera Dichotoma, a liane much used for tying fences &c. 



Kiblat, arabic, the quarter towards which Mohammedans , of all countries, turn the face 



in pra}^er, which must be towards Mecca. (^IjJ Qiblat.) 



Iv i b o m a, name of a tree, otherwise called Pëutag, Pingko, Kadëpér. Helittophyllum Javanicum. 



Kicha-ang, name of a tree called Cha-ang , clear , clean, from the leaves being beaten 

 up in water, when they form a white lather which is used for cleaning the head. 



Kichëp, a twinkle of the eye. Sa kichép , a moment, a twinkling. (See Këchap.) 



Ividang, name of a constellation of three very bright stars; the BeltofOrion. The word 

 in Malay means a small variety of deer. Cervus muntjak, which is called in Sunda 

 minchëk , so that the Sunda people have very likely borrowed the designation of the 

 constellation from the Malays. The position in the heavens of this Kidang constella- 

 tion regulates the time for cutting forest for yearly paddy clearings. 



Kidul, South; Laut kidul , the South sea. 



Kidung, a prayer to ward off evil ; such prayer brings misfortune upon the thief or the 

 person evil disposed. The prayer is one of Mohammedan tendency , and not Bhuddis- 

 tical. (67). 



Ki-ëndog, name of a large tree. Xanthophyllum excelsum. 



Ki-haji, name of a forest tree, with good timber. Dysoxylum Macrocarpum. 



Ki-hiang, name of a jungle tree, Adenanthera falcata, or Inga Kihiancj ; it is called Ki- 

 hiang from Ngaliiang, to disappear, to vanish , as now and then all the leaves drop off , 



(67) On Bali the popular poetry is called Kidung, in contradistinction io the more honoured Ka- 

 wi [kakawin) ; this shows that it is not originally Mohammedan, but existed already in Hindu times. 

 The poor Javanese of the present day want to show themselves good Mohammedans, by referring 

 tlieir old property to the wholesome (!) introduction of the Islam. Bali alone and the inscriptions 

 of Java give the measure of what oi'iginally belongs to the Archipel, and what has been introduced 

 by the apostles of the Islam. The influence of the last has not gone till to the groundwork of re- 

 ligion, institutions and customs of Java. Fr. 



