A Malay-English dictionary,

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ta'bir. Arab. Elucidation; explanation;
interpretation-especially of dreams; Sh. Sri
Bun., 24; Ht. Gul. Bak., II3, 1I4; Sh. Tab.
Mimpi, 6. Baginda itu tabu akan ta'bzr mimpinya: the king knew the interpretation of his
dream; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Sha'ir ta'br mtimpi: the name of a poem
published in Singapore dealing with the
meaning of dreams.
Ta'birkan and menta'b&r-kan: to interpret;
to give the meaning of a dream; Sh. Tab.
Mimpi, I, 6; Ht. Kal. Dam., 327.
i! ta'ajub. Arab. To wonder; Ht. Abd., II9;
Arabian Nights, 15..2i ta'dar. Arab. Difficult, impossible; Majm.
al-Ahk., 23.
aj. ta'ziyah. Arab. Lamentation (for Ali).
Memberi ta'ziyah: to lament at a funeral.
ta'tlim. Arab. To respect, to have a high
regard for (stronger than hurmat); great
respect; Arabian Nights, 5.
Ta'tlimkan: to revere; Sh. Bid. (Leyd.), 383.
ta'aluk. Arab. Dependence; subjection;
Ht. Abd., 441.
Yang ta'aluk: subject to; in subjection to;
Sej. Mal., 5.
Mena'alukkan: to bring into subjection; to
conquer and annex; Sej. Mal., II, 24; Ht.
Ind. Jaya.
Pronounced ta'alok.
A3i ta'alik. I. Arab. To give nourishment to
animals, to feed, to fatten; Arabian Nights,
42. Ta'alikkan: id.
II. Arab. To be attached to (Majm. alAhk., 13), to be enamoured with, to be
"taken " with; to be interested by a story
(Arabian Nights, 162). Mena'alzkkaz: to
imagine; Arabian Nights, 237.
Lji ta'wil. Arab. Resolution, reliance; Ht.
Best.
tang. I. (Onom.) A clinking sound or ringing sound such as that made by the fall of a
coin on the ground. Cf. letang, keletang,
lentang and kelentang.

ting. (Onom.) A chinking sound; a ringing
sound rather clearer than that expressed by
tang. Cf. tang, leting, dating, etc.
tong. I. [Dutch ton.] A tun; a wooden
tub; a barrel; Ht. Abd., II5.
II. (Onom.) Deep metallic resonance, e. g.,
such as the sound of a gong. Cf. ketong,
kentong, letong, lentong, kelentong, tang, etc.
oi;3 t.ngadah. Upward; facing, pointing or
looking upwards. Trindok tengadah: looking
first down and then up, as a poet in difficulties
about a rhyme, or a writer in search of a happy
turn of expression. Sudah terantok beharu
tengadah: to look up after a collision; to close
the stable door after the horse has been
stolen; Prov.
Mengadah: to turn up; to lift up; to give
an upward motion or direction to anything.
Maka A busanzah -mnengadah ka-langit serta
kata-nya: then Abusamah looked up to heaven
and said; Ht. Kal. Dam., 388.
' tingting. I. Hopping. Chiyak tingting:
the name of a Malay tune.
II. Taut, tightly stretched.
'l tongtong. I. A kind of hollow wooden tube,
struck with a knocker and sounding a deep
note-used to give an alarm; cf. tong.
II. A turtle better known as tuntong, q. v.
III. Buwah tongtongan: a fruit (unidentified,
but apparently resembling that of the berangan
padi).
A ku pikir buwah tongtongan,
Tiyada ku tahu berangan padi;
A ku pikir anak junjongan,
Tiyada kit tahu anak anjing babi:
I thought it the tongtongan fruit and it was
the fruit of the berangan padi (quercus spiccata);
-a proverbial equivalent for the last two lines
of the pantun: I thought him a dear son of
mine and he proved the son of the vilest
parents (dogs and pigs)..j tengar. A kind of tree (mangrove); ceriops
candolleana. T. hutan: a tree with very conspicuous fruits, ternstroemia penangiana. T.
belukar: a tree, elaocarpus paniculatus.
The tengar tree is constantly mentioned in
pantuns, especially as a rhyme for dengar; Ht.
P. J. P., Ht. Koris., etc.;C tangsi. I. (Riau.) A barrack canteen;
barracks generally.

II. [Chin. thdng-si, $worm-silk." ] A
strong gut made from the caterpillar (called
tng-thdng in Chinese) and used for fastening
the fish-hook to the line. Tali tangsi: id.

II. = tentang, q. v.
quially) whither; in
far; = tentang mana.

Tang mana (collowhat direction, how

teng. I. [Chin. teng.] AChineselantern;a
paper lantern. Satu jinis teng yang buleh mambawa beberapa orang terbang ka udara: a kind
of paper lantern which can lift several persons
to the sky-a Montgolfier fire balloon; Ht.
Abd., 355.
II. A tree (unidentified).

S t6ngsi.

[Chin. thng-sz.] A soup spoon..4 t6ngek. Rancid, of oil.

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