An abridged Malay-English dictionary (romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson ...

TAMBUN
tambun, plump, sleek.
tambur, Hind. a drum.
tambus, = iimbus.
taming, Jav. a small buckler used
by heroes of romance.
tampak, being visible; tamipaknya sa-rupa mas, it looks like
gold.
tampal, plastering, posting up;
tampalkan, to stick on; to paste
on.
tampan, I. handsome, looking
well, suitable, befitting; tiada satampan, it does not seem right
or look well; tampan - tampan
or tetampan, a shoulder napkin
worn by attendants at a Malay
court. II. stopping the progress
of a moving body (as a boy
stops a football with the side
of his foot).
tampang, I. flat; pnamrpang, the
flat side of anything. II. a tin
token or medium of exchange.
HII. cutting and tying up (as the
umbilical cord is severed). IV.
a tree (Arlocarpus Gomeziana);
t. burong, id. (Ficus vasculosa):
t. manis (Artocarpus Lakoocha).
tampar, slapping; to slap; tampari, to slap; tamparan, the
giving of a slap.
tampas, I. lopping off (small
prominences). II. blowing in
(of wind entering a house).
tampek, fault-finding; censure.
tampi, menampi, winnowing by
tossing up and down on a sieve;
mrnampi dada, heaving of the
breasts; to' ketampi, an owi
(Ketupa javanensis).
tampii, to come forward; to come
out in front.
tampin, a small plaited mWngkuang bag for sago.
tampok, the point of junction
of stalk and fruit; the little bit
of stalk usually left on plucked

TANDIL
fruit; the central point of converging lines; a boss in ornament; t. susu, the teat and the
dark circle round it; i k a n
tampok-tampok, a fish (Gerres
oblongus).
tampong, I. patching; piebald;
badak t., a tapir. II. to catch a
falling object (as a cricket-ball
is caught); tahan t., id.
tamsil, Ar. example, metaphor.
tamu, to entertain a guest - cf.
jama.
tan, Hind. tan kuda, a stable.
tanah, earth, ground, land; a
country; t. aler, territories; L.
liat, clay; t. tenggala, arable
land; tapai t., tree-shrew
(Tupaia sp.) urat t., certain
snakes (Typhiops spp.).
tanak, bertanak, to cook (rice);
sa-pftanak nasi, the time it takes
for rice to boil-a primitive
measure of time.
tanam, t. tanaman, things planted;
agricultural growth; tanamkan,
to plant (trees, etc.), to bury
(corpses).
tanda, I. sign, token, mark, emblem; t. bachaan, the vowel
points; t. tangaun, a signature;
ikan tanda-tanda, a fish (Lutianus sillaoo). II. pertanda, an
executioner.
tandak, dancing; bertandak, to
dance.
tandan, a cluster, a bunch of
coconuts; the main bunch made
up of layers (sikat) of bananas.
tandang, I. wandering; travelling; orang t. desa, a vagrant.
II. bertanaang, to visit.
tandas, a privy.
tandil, Tam. the head of a gang
of coolies; a petty officersubordinate to the serang on a
ship.

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