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TAGEH

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TALI

-~~~ -. l ---~~ ---.u tageh. Dunning, pressing; the pressure pu
a man by a craving such as that for opiun
drink. Ketageli: the craving of a man
some indulgence to which he has long gi
way. Ketageh madat: the craving for opir
Ht. Mar. Mah.
Chandu chelaka jangan di-tubi,
Tulang rusok bagai seligi,
Sahdb at renggang, saudara benchi,
Datang katageh, hendak inenchuri
do not give yourself up to the curse of op
or your ribs will stand out like wooden sta
your friends will leave you, your broti
detest you, and when the craving seizes
you will become a thief (to gratify it).
cj tagai. (Kedah.) Tertagai-tagai: continu
putting off (a creditor).
tala. I. In harmony, in harmonious resp<
one to another, as a band taking up a t
begun by another; at intervals, of a me]
rising and dying away in harmonious re
larity. Cf. talu. Keduwa pehak bertala-t
each side replying to the other (of the ba
of opposing armies); Sh. Pr. Turk., 5.
II. A padlock..) talar. (Riau.) Permitting; letting; all
ing,=biyar; ( Kedah) throwing open to
public, allowing unobstructed passage to
talang. I. A kind of freshwater fish.
II. (Jav. and Sund.) A water-pipe
gutter;=saloran, q. v.
III. Orang talang: (Indragiri) a n
given to certain wild tribes of Sumatra.
IV. A bawd, K1.; cf. jalang.
V. Bujang talang: a bachelor or chile
widower: a man living alone in a stat
celibacy.
J1; talak. (Arab.,). Divorce; letters
divorce; a deed of separation. Bedrch
tidak bertalak, bernikdh tidak berkdd1i: divo:
without formality, married without a regist
a casual liaison; Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV.,

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talan. The name of a shrub, saraca triandra.
T. kunyet: a small tree, saraca cautiflora.
Rumput t.: a kind of weed, adenosma capitatzun.
talun. I. Resounding; replying; re-echoing; returning sound for sound; cf. talu and
tala.
II. Pisang talun: a large kind of banana.
talu. Bertalu or bertalu-talu: continuous;
uninterrupted; in unbroken succession.
Mengata bertalu-talu: to pour out a stream of
continuous abuse; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 29. Ayer
mata-nya jatoh bertalu-talu: a continuous flood
of tears; Sh. Bur. Nuri, 34.
talai. Negligence or forgetfulness in work;
dawdling; careless labour; cf. lalai.
tali. A rope; a cord; anything of a cordlike
character or appearance; a money value
representing about an eighth of a riyal or
ancient dollar of 60 cents; 3 wangs being one
tali, 2 tali one suku, 2 suku one janmal, 2
jampal, one riyal. Sa-tali tiga wang juga: a
tali is three wang all the same; six of one,
half a dozen of the other; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XI., 55. Bergantong tidak bertali: suspended
with no rope to support one, a description of
the magic power of a divinity, and used ironically of a woman who has no visible means of
sustenance.
T. ayer: a groove in a column or pillar; a
channel or canal for conveying away accumulated water. MIebe-tulkan tali ayer sungai
besar: to repair the (irrigation) canals connected with the main river; Ht. Mar. Mah.
T. belohan: the strap passing under the neck
of an elephant and preventing the howdah
from slipping back.
T. daga: a sounding line.
T. haruts: the thin line of driftwood which
sometimes marks the flow of a current.
T. kang: the reins; also t. torn.
T. kanjang: a nickname for a man who is
soft-spoken but hopelessly unreliable.
T. kulit: a strap.
T. leher: a necklace, a string of beads round
the neck.
T. liyong: a sort of sash for carrying a keris;
= (Bugis) tondro batong.

T. perampat: the rope attaching the rudder
to the tiyang goyang.
T. pinggang: a girdle, a waistband.
T. pisang: dried strips of pisang skin.

Menalak; to give a woman her second and
third talak so as to complete the divorce and
make it practically irrevocable; (by metaphor)
to give way and give all, to let a child eat its
fill after giving way to the child a little at a
time.
talek. Menalek: to take light refreshment,
K1.
talam. A wooden or brazen tray or platter
without feet; Sej. Mal., 159; Ht. Hg. Tuw.,
86, etc. Talam duwa muka: a tray with two
faces to it; a tray which can be used upside
down as well as otherwise; treacherous,
double-faced; Prov. Saga di-atas talam: a pea
on a platter; uncertain or wavering conduct.

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