LEXICOGRAPHICAL COINCIDENCES IN KHASI & MALAY. 253 



Malay. 

 Dakap 



*Kukur 



Kukuran 



Eangkum 

 Kongkum 



English, 

 embrace. 



scrape, 

 scraper. 



Khasi. 

 Kap, la-Kap 



j Khur 



as much as one can^\ Khum 

 grasp in the hand. [ 



folding the icings 

 close (of a bird.) 



English. 



to join in friendship, 



match. 



scrape. 



fasten, tie, bind. 



Genggam 



carry in closed fist. Kham 



closed fist. 



Kwet 



paddle with oar or ~\ Khwait 



ply the hand like a 





hand after object. [ 



duel while swimming, 



Wet 



paddle with kicking \ 



stroke of single oar. J 



paddle. 



Ivait 



pluck fruit by cutting f Kheit 



plucl:, gather. 





with knife eit end of \ Kait 



scissors. 





pole. 





Chekak 



pinch, tie together. Kkak 



tightly, firmly. 



Dengkur 



snore. Syngkhor 



snore. 



Kakak 



elder brother or sister.I<Long 



elder brother or sister. 



(Jav. Kakang, 





Kang) 







Kia, Bekia 



chain stitch. (Bam bud-) 



lit. eat fold stitch, to 





khia 



stitch. 



Kong 



rib of boat. ] Pyrkkung, 



to bend, arch. 



Kelong 



curved, arched. \ Pyrkhun 





Gelong 



loop of rattan. | Khun 



1 



bend or drag a thing 

 to oneself. 



Kelun 



. spirals of smoke. J Kelong 



bottle-gourd, heart. 



Kangkang 



waddle. Kan-kan 



ivad die. 



Lengang 



sparse of population.Ijyng&ng 



lonely. 



Tengong- 



walling absent-mind- f Ngeng-ngeng drowsily, heavily. 



tenging 



edly, mooning. <[ Tynghong 



agape. 





( Tyngheng 



agape, spell-bound. 



Jengok 



peep, peer as through Jngok 

 crevice. 



look, peep in. 



Nyut 



throb of boil or fon- ] Kynjut 

 tanel. [ 



throb. 



Kernyut 



nervous convulsion. J 





Nyali 



to drive away. xiak 



to drive cattle, herd. 



Banyak 



much, greatly, ninny, ] 







\ Niak 



much, greatly. 



(Melachak) ; 



yak abundant of fruit. J 





Sengap 



ejuiet, of a child. Sngap 



to listen. 



Terginjat- 



on tiptoe. Kynjat 



a pace. 



ginjat 







Kechap 



smack the lips, ] Kjap 

 taste; water, of [ 

 one's mouth. 



absorb, sip, suckle. 



Jerap 



absorb. J 





Kechup 



kiss with the lips. Kjup 



suck, draw by suction. 



Jap 



completely. Jhop 



completely. 



R. A. Soc, 



No. 77, 1917. 





