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oq.} tdmbereh. A large edible saltwater fish,
otolithus punctatus..t tmb/reng. (Onom.) A musical instrument;
a small ringing gong. Also bereng-bereng.
Uj.i tambus. Orang tambus: a tribe of the orang
laut of the Riau Archipelago.
tmbus. Right through; penetrated: perforated through and through. Gowa itupun
temnbus-lah ka-luwar: the cave extended right
through to the other side; Ht. Jay. Lengg.
Tegmbus menemnbus: through and through.
Bagai kayu letmpong di-tebok kumbang te'mbusmtenembus: like light wood which the beetles
bore through and through; lacking in firmness; Prov.
U timbus. The filling up of a hole; the covering up of anything so as to cause it to disappear from view. Sungai t.: a river the mouth
of which is blocked up by sand-dunes.
Timbusi: to fill up, e. g., a grave; Ht. Gh.
u tumbas. To the very uttermost; to the last
morsel; to the bitter end. Stronger than
habis, q. v.
gS temb'su. A tree, fagrcea fragrans.
T. jantan: id., polyosma timtabile.
T. paya: id., alstonia macrophylla.
'eras t.: the heart of the temibesu (by metaphor) hard-hearted.
Also te'mbusu.. tambang. I. The fare on a boat or vessel;
ferrying for money; a ferry-boat. Perahu t.:
a passenger-boat.
Tambangan: a regular trip. Di-perblwatnya tamnbangan pergi datang: they made a
regular run of it, going backwards and forwards; Ht. Abd., 368.
Penambang: a ferryman; Sh. Sing. Terb.,
25; a passenger ferried; Sh. Sing. Terb., 38.
Perahu p.: a ferry-boat, a passenger-boat;
Pel. Abd., 8.
II. Setting; placing-in a few expressions
only. T. layar: setting sail.
III. The exposure of medicine (usually for
a night) prior to its being taken, a practice
which is believed to improve its efficacy.
i tambong. Haughty; overbearing, usually
tombong, q. v.

*. t6mbang. Jav. A class of songs; a kind of
poetry sung by dancing girls (joget) as an
accompaniment to dancing. Lalu bertandak
samnbil mengidong dan me'entbang: they
danced, chaunting and singing; Ht. Mas. Ed.

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' t6mbong. I. A kind of quarter-staff about
six feet long. T. kemtboja: a shorter variety.
Tonbak temtbong saperti chenuchup tumnboh ditengah padang: the spears and staves were
like love-grass growing in a field; Ht. Sh.
II. Birtmnbong: to obstruct the passage of,
to get in the way of.
Sa timbang. Weighing; estimating the weight
of anything; considering the pros and cons
of a question; the weighing of the good and
evil in the soul's account on the Day of
Judgment.
Batu timbangani: weights; measures of weight.
Timbangkan and mzenimbangkan: to have the
weight of anything taken; Ht. Abd., 369.
Metimbang: to weigh; Ht. Gul. Bak., o05;
to balance himself gracefully, of a man's walk;
Ht. Sh.
Penimlbang: the weigher. Petimtbang nyawa:
a term of endearment; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 20.
Timlbang-timzbangan is used for timlangilmangan; Ht. Pg. Put.; v. timnang.
7 tombong. I. (i) The seed-bud in a coconut shell. T. nyior: id.; (2) a disease in the
course of which clotted matter is ejected
through the vagina; (3) the moveable bottom
of the gobek tube.
T. damar: damar embers. Ikan t. danar:
a fish (unidentified).
Also (Kedah) tumbong.
II. Arrogance, pride, superciliousness.
Tombong laku-ntya: of arrogant bearing; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 369; Ht. Mas. Ed.; Ht. Sh.
Berbuwat tombong: to behave with objectionable freedom; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Also tamzbong and sombong.
c tumbang. Falling over; tumbling down-of
heavy massive objects only. Punggor tumnbang
belatok ienumpang malti: the dead tree falls,
and the wood-peckers living on it perish in
the fall; the fall of a great man ruins his
dependents; Prov., J. S. A. S., XI., 69.
Melulubangkan: to knock over; to fell;
M. kerbaau lemtbu: to fell cattle, to have cattle
slaughtered for a feast; Ht. Koris.
- tembop. (Kedah.) An incantation inflicting
an enemy with disease (dropsy).
34 tambak. Reclamation (of land) by filling or
banking; levelling land by filling up hollows
with earth brought from without. Gunong
uas tambak permata: a mountain of gold
banked up with gems; Ht. Koris; Ht. Ind.
Meng.

Jalan t.: a made road; a raised causeway
running through padi-fields.
Aetnamzbak: to reclaim low-lying land by
filling it up; Ht. Abd., 235; Sh. Bid. (Leyd.),
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T. bukit: a plant, vernonia cinerea.

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