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have received from European navigators the name of Java Head. See Barat. (It is al- 

 so Malay, Javan. and Balinese.) 

 Kulop, the foreskin, the prepuce derived from the Arabic Ghulf , of same import. (Arab. 



&JJ and 'aks. Qulfat, Ghulfat, praeputium.) 



Kulub, to boil, to cook in hot water. 



Kulumud, the soft eatable pulp of a fruit, which surrounds a stone or kernel, such as 



the Eambutan. 

 Kulur, name of a tree, Artocarpus Incisa, called in Malay Kluwi and Timbul. 

 Kul ut uk, one of the names of a variety of plantain of which the fruit is not eatable, 



but the leaves sought for and used as wrappers. Yide Chaw. 

 Kumaha, how? in what way? whatisthe matter; what do you want. Kumaha daik hadê, 



how can it be good, or right? Sa kumaha har ga na, what is the price of it? Kumaha 



pihadêan nana, how shall we act in order to have matters right. Sia manan lumpat 



kadiyo kumaha , what is the matter that you come running here. 

 Kuman, a small fine animalcule, adhering to the skin and causing itching; an atom, a 



minute partiele. 

 Kumat, a relapse of disease ; confirmed illness. ( Jav. Karnat , to be sick and well by rotation.) 

 Kumbah, to wash, to cleanse with water. The etymon of this word is Bah , which does 



not occur alone, in Sunda, but in Malay, Marsden P. 57 is- „a flood, an inundation". 



The Bah has the usual preposition Ka before it, elided with urn implying a frequent 



repetition of the act. (Jav. idem.) 

 Kumeli, name of a lowly plant with crenulated leaves, which is planted and produces a 



small potatoe. Plectranthus Tuberosus of the family of Labiatae , also called Coleus Tu- 



berosus. 

 Kumis, mustachios. The hair growing on the upper lip. (Mal. idem.) 

 K.umisi, said of paddy when it is about to shoot the ear of grain. Literally- like a kisi 



or spinning wheel spindle. (Cf. Jav. Mal. Isi, the contents; to fill.) 

 Kumpai, the fine straggling, dangling, long offsets of the roots of such trees as grow on 



the moist banks of water. 

 Kumpani, The European government; the Dutch government. Derived from the East In- 

 dia Compang. Paréntah kumpani, a Government order. Ka-pal kumpani, a Government 



ship, a man of war. Gawé kumpani, to work for the Company or Government, to do 



feudal service. This is the name by which the feudal service on private Estates is known. 



The services of a man for one day in seven being at the disposal of the land owner. 



Orang kumpani, a person who is performing feudal service. 

 Kumpul, to collect, to gather, to assemble, to accumulate. (Mal. Jav. idem.) 

 Kunïpul, a small sized gong for collecting guests, or giving notice that an entertainment 



is preparing. (Certainly the same word as the preceding Fr.) 

 K umus ut, en tangled, in confusion. A kind of plural of kusut, and means kusut, only in 



a superlative degree. 



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