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jim tOmpek. A cheer; a loud shout; a shout of
menace; the cries of an army on achieving
some success. T. sorak: id., Sej. Mal., 15;
Ht. Sg. Samb., etc. Harimnau btrttmpek, ta'makan orang: a tiger that menaces but does not
eat men; his bark is worse than his bite; Prov.,C tompek. A kind of thick cake of sago; K1.
In Kedah, sa-tompek is used for a small quantity; = sa-dikit.
$, tompok. A small heap; distribution in small
heaps; cf. timbun and tonggok.
Sa-tompok: a small heap. Sa-tomfpok di-sini satompok di-sana: a heap here, a heap there; Pel.
Abd., 15. Bertompok-tompok: in small heaps.
Jic tampal. Plastering; pasting; posting up;
sticking adhesive material on anything as
plaster is put on a sore, (Muj., 8i); or as a
notice is posted up on a wall, (Ht. Abd., 276);
or as caulking is put into the leaking seams of
an old boat.
Daun t. besi: a medicinal herb. Also daun
sulap.
Tampalkan: to stick on; to paste on; to
make a plaster of; Ht. Abd., 226.
Tampal is also used of patching, (Sh. Jur.
Bud., 26) when a new piece of cloth is sewn
over an old perforated one, the piece not being
removed; superimposition, not substitution;
cf. tampong.
JA tampil. Advance-especially in the sense of
one or more warriors leaving the ranks and
charging the enemy; Ht. Sg. Samb., Sej.
Mal., 15; or of one man coming forward out
of a group; Ht. Gul. Bak., 104.
Ji tempel. Close approach; joining; close association. Jangan bertempel dengan diya: don't
go near him. Daging mnnempel: strawberry
growth, warts.
)i tumpul. Bluntness; loss of sharpness; blunt
as the blade of any instrument or weapon
such as a knife or chopper; (by metaphor)
dull, silly, Ht. Jah., io; Arabian Nights, 54.
Usahkan tajamn nakin tumpul: so far from getting sharp, it became blunter; Ht. Abd., 483.
Parang ta'-tahu di-tumpul-nya: the chopper
does not know its own bluntness; that man
does not known his own deficiencies; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., XI., 54.
9j t6mpl1ak. Twitting a person with opinions
or conduct which the issue has shown to be
mistaken; teasing a person after the event.
lMenezplak: to twit in this way.

Thus, when Abdullah learnt English,
expecting the knowledge to be profitable, and
the English left Malacca, his friends twitted
him (tempalak) with his mistake; Ht. Abd.,
I9I. But when the English resumed possession of Malacca, it was Abdullah's turn to
twit his friends; Ht. Abd., 272. Tempelak
does not refer to teasing in any other sense.

t2A tampan. I. Handsome; appropriate; prosperous, fortunate (Sh. Si. Lemb., 6);
brilliantly effective; gorgeous in appearance
as an officer in dress uniform (Ht. Abd., 223);
or as a king in his royal robes (Sh. Lail.
Mejn., ). Tiyada-lah tamtpan mnjadi padri:
he did not seem to suit his holy office; Ht.
Abd., 37I.
Memakai pedang sangat tampan: wearing a
sword in an imposing way; Sh. Abd. Mk., 26.
Tampan-tampan: (Riau) a napkin or shoulder cloth usually of yellow silk, worn by court
officials at a state audience; usually tetampan,
q. v.
II. The act of stopping a rolling ball with
one's foot; barring the passage to a rolling or
moving object. Kubu di-hadapan menjadikan
tampan: the stockade in front serves to bar
the passage (to the cannon-balls).
a tampin. A kind of parcel made of leaves and
used for holding sago. Saga t.: pearl sago;
Pel. Abd., 78.
pcr tampun. (Pahang) Folding together, coming
together in a bunch; cf. chantum.
Tampun is used of a handkerchief being folded
so that its corners meet in a point. Chantum
or chentum of its being folded and tied below
the corners, the corners being then allowed
to hang loose..a tampu. The breadth of the hand used as a
measure of length, Kl.; v. pelWmpap, telempap
and teampap.
tempo. Port. Time, especially in the sense
of a further allowance of time for a payment
or for the performance of any work. Minta t.:
to ask for an extension of time.
Tempokan: to postpone, to allow time;
Majm. al-Ahk., 13.
c tumpu. Pressure on some particular spot;
the centre of effort; a firm footing on anything. Melompat bersatumpu: to jump with
one effort (used of standing jumps only, not
of a running jump). Bodoh orang Menangkabauyang tiyada nmenumpu laut: stupid are
the men of Menangkabau who have no footing
on the sea; Prov.
Bertumpu: to have a footing or fixed rest
anywhere with a view to making an effort.
Bertumnpu-lah gunong yang basar besar: he
firmly propped himself against some mighty
mountains; Ht. Sg. Samb. Bertunpu is also
used of the midwife resting her feet against
the patient's body while performing her
duties, cf. Sej. Mal., 64.

Tesmpat tunpuwan: the place for " taking off"
in jumping; Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), 58.
Tumpu-tumpuwan: a boundary.
J. timpuwa. The weaver bird; Pel. Abd., 94.
Ikan t.: a freshwater fish, barbus apogon..~ -I 1.II