A Malay-English dictionary,

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III. Patches of hair left on the head after
shaving, either left unintentionally owing to
the bluntness of parts of the razor or intentionally because of any skin disease. T.
takek: uneven, of hair-cutting, or of grasscutting.
IV. Biting,-used of dogs, sharks, crocodiles, tigers, and other animals which use
their teeth as a weapon of offence. Bertokaktokak: to fight with their teeth (of two lions);
H t. Pg. Ptg.
to'kek. [Onom., from the animal's cry.] The
gecko, gecko monarchus or platydactylus guttatus.
Also t{kek.
tokek. Pinang tokek: an areca-nut peeled for
consumption. Kepala t.: a head with many
bald patches on it; cf. tokak.
tokok. I. A small increase; something over
and above. Choba tokok sadikit: cannot you
increase it a little?
II. [Chin. tho-kho.] A large warehouse,
a godown. Better toko.
tawakkul. Arab. Surrender to God's
will; trust in God. Maka tawakkul-lah aku
kapada Allah: I resigned myself to God's will;
Ht. Abd., 308.
Tawakkul kapada ildhi rabbi: trusting in the
Lord God; Sh. Sri Ben., 7.
Untong t.: at a risk, at a venture.
Bertawakkul: resigned, resignation; often
corrupted in form to batu 'akal.
tukal. I. A measure for thread; about I6
riyan, a riyan being a small parcel of skeins
(unting); a parcel of some r6 or 20 tukal
constitutes a bantal; while about 40 bantal
make up a bandela or bale. Benang sa-tukal:
a parcel of skeins; Sh. Panj. Sg.
II. The mark left on the skin by the pressure of a comparatively blunt point which does
not actually break the skin.
III. A pointed stick used in ladang cultivation; better tugal, q. v.
tukil. I. A plant (unidentified); J. I. A., I.,
255.
II. (Kedah.) A vessel for carrying liquid;
a vessel made of a joint of bamboo and used
as a receptacle for nira or milk; a sort of
bamboo money box made of a joint of bamboo
closed at each extremity but slit at the centre

so as to allow of money being dropped into it.
Cf. (Riau, Johor) tabong. Bagai tebuwan dalam
tukil: (buzzing) like a hornet in a bamboo
vessel (from which it cannot get out), a simile
for a man with a nasal intonation or for fussy
and useless effort; Prov.,ji tukul. I. A small hammer; hammering;
striking with a hammer. T. besi: an iron
hammer; Ht. Si Misk., 50. Duwa kali tukul,
empat lekor paku lekat: with every two blows
of the hammer, twenty-four nails were hammered in; Ht. Raj. Don., 28.
II. A shoot or sprout; also tunas and
gagang; Cr., I., 68.
Cj3 tukam. A stick; a club; a knuckle-duster; Kl.
~y tukun. (Kedah.) A sunken rock as a danger
to navigation. Kapal belayar, terlanggar tukun,
pechah berlobang sudah tenggelamn: the ship
when sailing struck a hidden rock, it sprung a
leak and sank.
Kalau tuwan pergi ka-kebun,
Lihat bunga kembang pagi;
Tuwan empanma beting dan tukun,
Dudok di-dalanm lindongkan diri:
you, Sir, are like a mud-bank or a sunken
rock, you keep in the background and conceal
your presence..~ toko. [Chin. tho-kho.] A large warehouse;
a godown; Kam. Kech., II..~ tuku. Jav. To buy.
tokoh. I. Form; character; quality; type;
of goods; good make. Sa-tokoh ini: of make
such as this; of this make.
II. T. kemudi: a portion of the rudder; Kl.
III. The tightening of a knot by the suspension of a heavy weight at the end of the
string or by any other way of bringing a
strain to bear upon it.
c~ tauke. [Chin. tha'-ke.] An employer of
labour; a capitalist; a "towkay"; a Chinese
merchant; the head of a Chinese firm.
i taukll. Arab. The position of a wakil, q. v.;
trusteeship.
f~ tugar. A pointed stick used in ladang cultivation; better tugal, q. v.
tugas. Continuous and strong, of a wind;
steady, of a gale; continuously-hard, of work.
$' togok. A mutilated limbless body; a body

with stumps for arms and legs; ugly, malformed or deformed. Belayar t.: to sail with
only a storm sail set.
Si-togok, or setogok: the long-nosed clown in
a wayang; Sh. Panj. Sg.; the long-nosed
monkey of Borneo.

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