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\;j trpa or t6r6pa. A leap forward; a hasty
movement forward, as when an angry man
moves impulsively to strike. Di-terepa-nya
akan pengeratn itu: he sprang at the Chief; Ht.
Abd., I25. Sa-mata duwa mata anak tangga
di-terepa-nya uleh Hang Kesturi: Hang Kasturi
sprang up one or two steps of the ladder;
Sej. Mal., 159.
The form menngherpa occurs for miterpa;
Ht. Isk. Dz.
y; tOrpal. [Eng. tarpaulin.] The apron on a
coach-box; the tarpaulin on a ship..\; t6rpul. I. The coach-box; the driver's seat
in a carriage, Kl.=terpal?
II. (Riau.) A large single jet of smoke;
the rise of such a jet;-e. g., after a cannon
has been fired. Cf. kepul.
c9i tarpin. [Arab. tarbantin; Eng. ttupentine.]
Turpentine. Minyak tarpin: id. A dapun minyak tarpin itu diya-nya datang dari Eropah, baul
nya terlalu keras, guna-nya orang buwat champnorchampor chat supaya buleh lekas kering:
turpentine comes from Europe, its smell is
strong, and it is used to mix with paint to cause
the paint to dry quickly.
L1 tOrak. I. A kind of nest made by a fowl to
lay her eggs in-as distinct from a spot
merely selected for the purpose (petarangan,
from tarang, q. v.).
II. Tin refuse, after smelting.
III. Penoh terak: absolutely full, full to the
brim. Elok t{rak: perfectly beautiful.,.j terek. I. Extreme; excessive; tothe full; to
the uttermost. Panas terek: extreme heat;
Ht. Koris;-=panas keras. Di-isi-nya merizyamn
terlalu terek: he loaded the cannon with a
very heavy charge; Sh. Abd. Mk., 23.
7Tngah hari terek: a hot midday, Ht. Sh.
Di-terek-nya uleh segala munteri: he was pressed
by all the ministers; Ht. Best.;=di-keras-nya
uleh segala munteri.
II. Burong terek chanai: a bird, the Indian
oriole, oriolus indicus.
t6rok. I. (Onom.) The sound of tearing
linen or breaking rope.
II. Severe, e. g., of illness, or of a beating.

t6rkap or t6r6kap. (Onom.) Catching by
putting a convex body over anything, e. g.,
catching a fly by putting a glass over it; cf.
serkap, tekap, serkup and terkup.
t6rkup or t6r6kup, (Onom.) = terkap, q. v.,
(when the sound of the catching is duller).
Terekup is also used of the butting of rams.
Saperti biri-biri yang amat galak beterekup: like
threatening rams when they butt; Ht. Isk. Dz.
tirkul. A carbine, of Turkish make, with a
barrel which is rifled inside and octagonal outside; a rifle generally; Ht. Koris; Ht. Gh.
Senapang t.: a rifle; Pel. Abd., 58.
tirkam. The act of springing; the leap of a
wild animal upon its prey; also used, by metaphor, to describe the rush of a lover to meet his
mistress after a long separation; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 99. Saperti singa hendak menerkamr:
like a lion about to spring; a simile for an
eager warrior; Ht. Sg. Samb. Demi terpandang uleh kuching, di-terkamn-nya akan tikus itt:
when the cat saw it she sprang on the mouse;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 12.

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AJ t6rki. Terka-terki: riddle, conundrum; v.
terka.
-; turki. Turkish. Orang t.: a Turk. Negeri
t.: Turkey. Raja t.: the ruler of the Turks;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 437. Sha'ir p1rang turki: the
Poem of the Turkish War,-the title of a poem
dealing with the last Russo-Turkish War.
Bunga t.: the pink or carnation.
3J tWral. Insistence; verbal pressure; to importune; to urge on labourers to work (by words,
not by blows)., thrum. I. A parcel of gunpowder put into a
cannon; a sort of cartridge. Cf. peterum.
II. (Kedah.) A word of command given to
elephants to make them sit down. Also
(Trengganu) terong; and derum. Gajah terum
tcngah 1rumah: an elephant sitting down in the
middle of a room; a mosquito curtain.
(Riddle.)
cr.f t6rmasa. [Pers. tatmasha.] A show; a spectacular festival; the sights of a place; any
event worth seeing; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Ind.
Meng.
Also (Kedah) temasa...fJ tbrumba or t6romba. A pedigree; a family
tree.,y, tbrumbu. A reef or rock, visible at low tide
but covered at high water.., t6rompet. Eng. A trumpet. Adasatuteronmpet di-tangan-nya: he had a trumpet in his
hand; Ht. Abd., 0o6.
Siput t.: a shell, triton variegatus.

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tbrka. [Skr. tarka.] Guess-work.
terki, or (more commonly) teka'-teki:
conundrum. Also (Kedah) kete-ki.
Menerka: to guess.

Terka
riddle,

tarkash. Pers. A quiver. Lalu hilang-lah
kozbali kapada tarkash-nya: then it (the magic
arrow) disappeared, returning to its quiver;
Ht. Mar. Mah. A nak panah dalipada tarkashnya: an arrow from his quiver; Ht. Md.
Hanaf., 93.

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