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Kon dé, the liair of women tied up in aneat round buncli on the top of the head. Kou- 

 de, C. 143 the bunch or knot in which the Singhalese tie up their hair. {Kdnda, a, 

 stalk , a stem ; a cluster , a shrub. Scr. The kondé of the women is perhaps so called , 

 because it resembles a cluster. Fr.) 



Kon dor, ha ving a s wollen scrotum. 



K o n é a s , yellowish. A contraction of the words konéng , yellow , and péas , pale. 



Kon eng, yellow. (Jav. Mal. Kuning.) 



Kon eng, Turmeric, Curcuma. Konéng is the specilic name fora great variety of plants, 

 which may be called Turmerics. They are called Tému in Malay, which word is also 

 occasionally heard in Sunda, vide voce. The konéngs are known for some peculiarity 

 inflavour, and are used extensively either economically or medicinally. The following 

 are the most common. 



Konéng Gëdé or Ki konéng, big turmeric, grows wild in open grass land. 

 „ Hidëung, black turmeric. 



„ Lalab, the Greens turmeric; from being used as a vegetable. 



„ Puti, the white turmeric. 



„ Santen, used in dying. 



Temen, or the true turmeric of commerce, and called also Kunyir. 

 Tinggang, a variety with unpleasant smell, used in dying. 

 "Warangan, Arsenic turmeric, from deep yellow colour, used in dying. 



Konéng tungtung, yellowended, said of paddy which begins to turn ripe. 



Kong'ang, of force in law. 



Kongkoh, separately, distinctly, as well as some one else. Kongholi lal niêun kobon, se- 

 parately making a garden. 



Kongkol, to plot with another. To take council with another to do something wrong. (Bat 

 Is perhaps the Dutch konkelen, of the same meaning. Fr.) 



Kongkolakan, the orifice or opening in the skull where the eye is placed. 



Kongkolong'ok, to crow as a cock. 



Kongkon, to give an order to do something; to issue orders. (Jav. Kongkon and kêngkên.) 



K o n g k o n g , o k , to crow as a cock. Hongkong 'o& kotok , cock crow - an early hour in the 

 morning before it is light. 



Kongkorak, a wooden bell hung round a buffaloe's neck, called also Kolotok. 



Kongkorong, a kind of bracelet worn by children. 



Kongkorong'ok, to crow as a cock. 



Kongsi, Chinese, a commercial association. The uniting of several persons for some mu- 

 tual object. The house where such meetings are held. The dwelling and office of a 

 government farmer or of a Chinaman conducting any business , which , however , gene- 

 rally refers to conducting government pachts er farms. 



Kon j ara, a cage, a place of confinement, a prison. Perhaps a corruption of Panjaraya, 

 C. 350, a cage, an aviary, a dove cot. Marsden gives Panjara, Page 231 as Persian 

 which is PZnjrali a cage, a place of confinement, a prison. 



