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236 , name of a personage in ancient native lore, called mostly Sang kuriang. Perhaps Kuru hyang, from kuru, C. 131, a bud, a bow, a tortoise; thus the supernatural Tortoise god. Or Kura, C. 131, a dwarf, a pigmý; any male animal stinted in its growth. Sang kura hyang, the supernatural dwarfgod.

, I the personal pronoun; used by an inferior to a superior, and is a very humble designation of self. (Perhaps from Ku = Aku, I, with addition of ring, in. Fr.)

, name of a private Estate, South from Batavia. The ancient name of the present Grobogan, in the residency of Samarang; derived from hurip, living, thriving, prosperous. Ka-hurip-an the place of thriving or prosperity.

, the small pox, variola. Tukang kuris, the man who vaccinates.

, a pretty brown coloured bird, size of a dove.

, lean, thin, meager. (See above Kokoro.)

, a pole or straight thin piece of wood; a stake for a fence.

, to confine, to shut up, imprison; to enclose, to include. (Jav. Mal. id.)

, a cage, a coop, a place of confinement. Kuda kurungan, a stall horse kept in a Kadogan, as distinguished from one which always runs loose.

, sneaking out into view; coming leisurely along. Kurunyung bai bijil, and he came out leisurely into view.

, the thick hide of the neck of some animals, especially of deer or buffaloes, which is scraped clean, and then roasted or burnt for eating; much relished by the natives.

, to sneak or creep about any tangled thicket, as the jungle, in the way a tiger does, or as a man who is hiding himself.

, to walk into or through the jungle; to struggle or make your way through any tangled jungle.

, the zodiacal sign Sagittarius. (ألقوس al-Kaus, the bow, used in the Indian way as a zodiacal sign en lieu of Sagittarius; the Greek sign Sagittarius is also known to the Arabs under the name of Al-Rámì الرامي, the bowman. Fr.)

, jumping out inter view, coming suddenly in sight.

, a warrior, a brave man, a hero; a rebel, a man in arms against established government. Kusuma, C. 134, a flower in general, and hence has been applied in Java to represent valliantvaliant [sic] men. Dewá kusuma, the flower of the gods; the name of a prominent hero of old Javanese romance; he flourished in the early part of the 10th. century A. D. and sent his children to continental India to be educated. Raffles Vol 2 Page 88. He was the grandfather of the celebrated Panji.

, entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate. (Mai. Batav. idem.) , a fort, a fortified place, a stronghold; a walled town. Kuta. C. 127, a waterpot; a house; a mountain; a fort, a stronghold; a hammer. Ngadangdangan kuta, building a fort.