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tari. Dancing-often used generically, but
sometimes confined to dancing by men only,
especially at the berhinai feasts, and sometimes to dancing in the sense of swaying the
arms and not to dancing by leaping about on
one's feet (to which the term tandak is applied); cf. joget, ronggeng, gamnboh, tandak, and
topeng. Bagaimana bunyi gendang bagitu-lah
tari-nya: as the drumming goes, so goes the
dancing; as a man sows so shall he reap;
Prov.
Membuwang tari: to dance with abandon.
Menari: to dance. Tari menari: continuous
and collective dancing.
tarlkh. Arab. Date, era. Tdrkzk masz.h:
the Christian era; A.D. Sahingga kapada
tdrikh pteghabisan kitdb ini: up to the date of
the completion of this book.
Bertdrikh: dated.
Tdrikhkan: to write the annals of; Ht. Zaly.,

40.
Me'ntdrikhkan: to date; Majm. al-Ahk., 414.
J4v tasak. A drug for stopping bleeding; the
process of stopping bleeding. Menasak: to
stop bleeding; Phys., 37.
^; tasek. A lake, a mere-but probably originally the sea, and still used with that meaning in
the expression pusat tasek: the navel, or centre
of the ocean (Ht. Raj. Don., 3I), and possibly
in the proverb mgetnabor bijan ka-tasek: to sow
sesamum on the sea (or lake); to cast pearls
before swine. Tasek hijau tempat datok-nya:
his (the dragon's) ancestors came from the
Green Ocean; Ht. Pg. Ptg. Ada sa-buwah
tasek terlalu luwas saperti laut rupa-nya: there
was a lake of great size, looking like the sea;
Sej. Mal., 25.
Tasek-tasek: a plant, adenosma capitatt7um.
LSA tasai. (Malacca.) A tree, cupania lessertiana.
tangir. A tree (unidentified); K.(= tengar?);., tangas. The process of forcing perspiration
by the use of a vapour or hot air bath; fumigation, steaming, heating; Muj., 59.
c\; tangis. Weeping, crying. Ratap dan tangis
dan dukachita: lamentation, weeping and
sorrow.
Tangisi: to weep; to shed tears. Menangis:
id.
Tangiskan and teznangiskan: to weep for
(anyone), to mourn for (anyone) with tears.
Kasehkan anak tangis-tangiskan;
Kasehkan bini tinggal-tinggalkan:
to love one's children one must sometimes
weep for them; to love one's wife one must
leave her now and then; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
II., 153.

B#rtangis-tangisan: mutual and continuous
weeping; the general shedding of tears; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 99, 120; Sh. Sri Bun., 9o.
Ptmrnangis: a weeper, a mourner; Cr. Gr.,
42.
Minyak tangis duyong: the tears of the dugong,
a liquid obtained or believed to be obtained
from the eyes of the dugong and to work as a
very potent charm; Sh. Panj. Sg., 422.
Tulang rimau mttnangis: the manubrium.
tangan. The hand; the cushion of the hand
at the base of the thumb; the forearm and
hand; the fore-foot of an animal; the handle
of certain instruments; a sleeve; (by metaphor) possession.
Tiyada-kah gajah yang bagitu besar dapat katangan inanusiya: does not even so huge an
animal as the elephant fall into the hands of
men? Prov. Saperti ayer basoh t.: (as
common) as water for washing the hands; a
metahpor for abundance; Ht. Abd., 406.
T. baju: the sleeve of a coat.
T. kemudi: the handle of a rudder.
T. terbuka: openhandedness, generosity.
Bekas t.: handiwork, sign manual.
Belakang t.: the back of the hand.
Berptgang t.: with joined hands; hand-inhand.
Bibir t.: the side of the hand, the further
side from the thumb. Also tembiring t.
Gergaji t.: a small hand-saw.
Hati t.: the hollow at the centre of the palm
of the hand, the palm generally.
Ibu t.: the thumb.
Jantong t.: the triceps; the fleshy portion of
the fore-arm.
Kaki t.: feet and hands, hands and feet.
Mem1basoh kaki t.: to wash one's hands and
feet with-used of anything which we can do
what we please with; Ht. Abd., 397. Terikat
kaki t.: bound hand and foot, tied up; (by
metaphor) allowed very little liberty, as the
wife of a jealous husband.
Keduwa belah t. both hands.
Pergelang t. or penggelang t.: the arm at the
wrist.
Ritak t.: the lines on the hand.
Sapu t.: a kerchief, a scarf.
Tanda t.: signature. Surat tanda t.: a signed
document, a bond.
Tapak t.: the palm; the upper portion of
the palm near the fingers; a signature.
Tembiring t.: the side of the hand; = bibir t.

Tembuku t.: the hard bony projection at
the wrist.
Tumit t.: the centre at the base of the palm
of the hand; the part of the hand immediately
above the centre of the wrist.

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