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TUNAK

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TUWI

--- --— ~,We; tunak. Steadily attached; firmly fixed to a
place. Hamba dan sghaya semuwa-nya tunak:
his slaves and dependents were all attached
to him; Sh. Tab. Mimp., I2.
fj tunam. The match applied to a cannon to
fire it off. Di-pegang tunam di-tangan: he
had the match in his hand; Pel. Abd., 45.
Sudah di-isi di-bakar tunam: when it was
loaded they lit the fuse; Sh. Abd. Mk., 23.
Membakar tunam: to light a fuse; Ht. Best.
In Riau and Johor the word is also used of
any torch which gives light when well shaken;
cf. andang.
C9. tunun. Burning up, consumption by fire;
usually tunu, q. v.
2)3 tunu. The consumption or destruction of
anything by fire-as distinct from burning in
the sense of merely being on fire; the burning
of incense; the final burning of jungle, the
burning which consumes the charred sticks
and stumps left over from previous burnings.
Di-tunu api dinding rumah-nya: the walls of his
house were destroyed by fire; Sh. Kamp.
Boy., 3.
Tunukan: to destroy by fire, to burn up; Ht.
Kal. Dam., II3. Menunu: id.; Ht. Sg.
Samb.; Ht. Koris. Menunukan: id.; Ht.
Ind. Nata; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Tertunu: burnt up, consumed by fire. Sang
Kenchana pun tiyada-lah sempat lagi lari lau
tertunu ka-dalam api itu: Sang Kenchana could
not succeed in escaping from it and was burnt
to ashes in its flames; Ht. Sg. Samb.
4j tunai. Reality; real; ready-in the sense of
ready money. Wang tunai: ready money;
cash down. Bayar dengan tunai: payment
in ready money; Sh. Abd., Mk., 5. Tiyadalah tunai herga-nya: the price was not paid in
ready money; Ht. Ism. Yat., x5.
Tunaikan hajat or mrnunaikan hajat: to
accomplish or realize one's desires; Muj., 3,
I2, 30. Menunaikan hurmat: to give
guarantees of respect (by a valuable present);
Ht. Raj. Sul., i8.
~J tuni. [Skr. tuna.] Wound, wounded; Sh.
Panj. Sg.;-a variant for tuna, q. v.
o tuha. Age, old; better tuwa, q. v.
09 tuwah. Luck; good fortune-in that things
left to chance turn out well. Bertuwah:
lucky; luck-bringing-as an amulet is supposed to bring luck, or as certain coins are
believed to be lucky coins; Ht. Abd., 58, 78,

486. Sudah dapat gading bertuwal, tandok
tiyada bgrguna lagi: now that he has got luckbringing ivory, common horn is of no use to
him; now that he is wealthy, the simple joys
of his poverty please him no more; Prov., v.
J.S. A. S I. XI., 56 Untong ada tuwah tidak:
e gets profit but makes no lucky strokes;
Prov.,^j tohor. Shallowness-as opposed to depth.
Ayer sungai-nya tohor: the river was shallow;
Sej. Mal., II8. Tohorkan ayer laut: to make
the sea shallow; to dry up the sea; Ht. Kal.
Dam., I14. Bagai anak sepat ka-tohor: like a
sepat fish in the shallows; a simile for vain
struggles for freedom; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XXIV., 94.
Kapor t.: lime used in building-as opposed
to lime used in sireh-chewing.
Ch3 tohok. I. The name of a fish; a kind of
medium-sized tenggiri. Pari t.: a kind of
ray. Bintang t. or bintang pari: the constellation of the Southern Cross.
II. A barbed javelin with a rope attached
to it; a harpoon used for catching the dugong.
Tikam t.: a downward cast with a spear or
javelin.
X~i tohol. An iron hammer, Kl.; cf. tukul.
(jA tuhan. God; the Lord. Tuhan Allah: the
Lord God. Tiuhan yang esa: the One God.
Tuhan-ku: my Lord God. Allah ta'ala sabenar-nya Tuhan, Nabi Muhammad pgnghulu
kami: Allah most High is verily God, the
Prophet Muhammad is the chief of us all.
Pertuhankan: to accept as God; to worship;
Ht. Isk. Dz.
Lc5 tuwai. The reaping of padi with a small
knife instead of with a reaping-hook; the
peculiar knife used for this purpose. Padi
itu di-tuwai uleh Wan Empok dan Wan Melini:
the padi was harvested by Wan Empok and
Wan Melini; Sej. Mal., 30.
Tuwai-lah padi antara masak,
Esok jangan layu-layuwan;
Intai-lah kami antara tampak,
Esok jangan rindu-rinduwan:
harvest the padi while it is ripe, let it not
wither by your waiting till the morrow;
look well on me while I can be seen, let
me not be longed for on the morrow;-a
proverbial pantun advising people to make
hay while the sun shines.
5.j tuwi. I. A shell-fish (unidentified); Kl.
II. The name of a tree, ixonanthes icosandra.
T. karas: id., aquilaria malaccensis.
III. Keeping the feet in hot water by way
of medical treatment.
IV. A Chinese game; K1.

V. = IV? The holding of a sweep, or
making of a pool at any game-the winner
to take all.
VI. A false start in a race; a misdeal or
anything which causes a stake to be again
played for.

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