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tongkis. (Johor.) A kind of two-handled
basket used for carrying rubbish; = pongkis
(Riau).
tungkus. I. Fallen deep into anything;
embedded in anything, as a man who has fallen
into deep mud; also, by metaphor, of a person
"over head and ears" in work. Tungkus lumus: id., (intensitive); Sh. Kamp. Boy., 7.
In Kedah tongkos lomos and tongkas lomos.
II. A kind of cake, K1. (tapong bungkus?)
tOngkang. The space between the eyes.
tSngking or t6ngkeng. An angry tone of
voice; snarling. Mene-ngking: to speak in an
angry tone of voice; Ht. Abd., 24, 329. In
Kedah: tongkeng.
tongkang. I. A kind of lighter or
cargo-boat; Ht. Abd., 284; Sej. Mal., 54.
T. belat: the large boat used by the constructors of fishing-stakes for driving in the piles
(turns) of a fish-trap.
II. Pimas tongkang: a mixture of gold and
copper.
tongkeng. I. The rump. Tulang t.: the
lower extremity of the backbone.
II. Tonkin. Bunga t.: a climbing plant;
the Tonkin creeper, pergularia minor. Also
known as bunga siyam.
Main t.: a card-game.
III. (Kedah.) Altercation; = tengkeng; q. v.
tongkong. A rectangular lump of wood cut
off from the main block in carpentering; cf.
tongkol.
tangkap. Seizure; capture; arrest; getting
possession of; gripping; clasping in the closed
hand.
Tangkapan: toils; captivity; arrest. Saperti
harimau ltepas tanghapan: like a tiger escaped
from the toils,-a simile for a fierce and
eager warrior; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Abd. Mk.
Tangkapkan and menangkapkan: to effect the
capture of anything.
lMenangkap: to seize; to grip; to capture.
Tertangkap: captured.
Sa-penangkap: a measure of length; a cubit
(hesta) less the difference in length between
the open outstretched hand and the closed fist.

tangkup. Capture in the mouth or in a hollow between the hands; capture by dropping
the hand on any flat surface-as a fly may
sometimes be caught on a table; closure or
confinement under a cover.
T. belakang: a portion of the planking in a
boat, the plank to which the rudder is attached.

T. haluwan: the prow-piece of a boat, the
plank running up the stem.
Bertangkup: to close, to fold up-of one flat
object falling on another. Tangan bUrtangkup:
a malformation in the hand caused by the
existence on it of two thumbs adhering to each
other, giving it the appearance of a folded pair
of hands.
tingkap. The long low horizontal barred
window usual in Malay houses; Sej. Mal., 8I;
Sh. Pant. Shl., 2; Sh. Bah. Sing., 4.
T. ibu rumah: a long side window.
T. magon: a lofty ventilating air-passage or
window in a royal dwelling or house of some
pretensions.
T. panjang: the long window on the front
verandah (serambi jatoh) of a Malay house; Sh.
Ul., 28.
T. penanggah: the window of the kitchen in
a large house.
T. parangin: a lofty window (for ventilation
only) in any house, near the ridge-pole.
T. tela: the window of the tela, q. v.
tungkap. I. Tongue-tied, dumbfoundered
-as a man whose nerve abandons him when
about to speak; silent through nervousness,
as a false witness who is afraid to utter his
prepared story and does not know what
else to say; moving the lips but uttering no
sound, as a camel; gasping, as a fish out of
water. Cf. ungkap.
II. A peep-hole.
tengkok. The neck; the back of the neck.
Tertanamn hingga tengkok: buried neck-deep;
Ht. Sg. Samb.
Alor t.: (Riau, Johor) the hollow at the back
of the neck; also (Kedah) lobang t.
Mata punai tengkok: the part of the neck just
under the hair.
T. bewak: a creeper, fagrcea racemosa.
T. bewak hitam: a climbing fig, ficus aurantiaca.

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tengkok. A peculiar way of notching a tree
(previous to felling) so as to determine the way
it will fall; cutting two notches on opposite
sides, one of these cuttings penetrating directly towards the heart of the tree, the other and
higher one sloping downwards so that the
two lines of penetration may meet at one
point. Menengkok: to fell a tree in this way;
to cut the higher of these notches.;jI tongkok. Penongkok: (Kedah) a moveable
fastening or ferrule (te'nin) on a keris sheath,
knife, or spear.
Si3i tungkak. Jav. The heel;=tumit.

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