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

TIrBAS
tebas, to fell small scrub, clear
undergrowth-cf. tMbang.
tebat, damming; barring; barricading; closing to traffic; a
dammed fish pond.
tebeng, spread out; expanded, as
a sarong or piece of embroidery
is spread out to show the pattern; menebeng, to show oneself off, as a woman.
tiberau, a name given to several
large grasses (especially Sacharum arundinaceum, Sacharum
Ridleyi and Thysanoloena acarifera).
t6bing, a bank by a cutting; the
bank of a river or canal.
tebis, sa-t., a particle.
tebok, mnengbok, to bore; making
a cylindrical hole in anything;
sinking a shaft or well.
tebok, a heavy thrust.
tebu, sugar-cane; ular katang t.,
the banded karait (Bungarus
fasciatus).
tebuan, a hornet.
tebus, menebus, to redeem from
mortgage or pawn; to purchase
a slave from someone else.
techi, = tezi.
t~das, a raised ring round a pillar.
tedoh, still, after storm and rain;
bertedoh, to take shelter.
tedong, ular tedong, a generic
name given to hooded snakes
and to some snakes resembling
them; ilar t. s~ndok, the cobra
(Naia tripudians); ular t.
solar, or alar t. abu, the
hamadryad ( Naia bungarus );
ular t. niatahari, a small brilliantly coloured snake (Doliophis
bivirgatus); ular t. liar, the
snake Zamenis korros.
tiflkur, Ar., absent - minded;
Jplunged in meditation.
tIgah, tggahkan, or m~nngahkan,
to prohibit, hinder.

TEKAT
tfgak, stiffly erect; bolt upright;
also chegak.
tegal, cause; t~gal apa, why?
karna apa?
t6gang, taut; outstretched; at its
full span.
tgap, = thgak.
tegar, stiff, unyielding, obstinate,
inflexible; t. hati, stiff-necked.
tEgarun, a silk kain lepas.
tegoh, firm; fast; tight (of a
knot); rigidly adhered to (of
a promise); di-ikat-nya tegohtegoh, he tied it very tightly.
tfgok, gulping; a mouthful; sategok, a mouthful; as much as
one can gulp down.
tegun, an expectant attitude.
tegur, menMgur, to address, greet,
salutation; t. sapa, courtesy;
teguri, to address.
teh, I. Ch. tea; daun t., tea (in
leaf form); ager t., tea (prepared for drinking). II. = Puteh
as a proper name.
tela, Skr. glowing rain-clouds.
teji, (= swift) Pers. kuda teji, a
Pegasus; a winged steed. Better
tezi.
teka, Skr. teka-teki, riddles; conundrums; tekaan, guess-work.
tekak, I. palate; anak tekak, the
uvula; umpan t., an appetizer.
II. obstinacy. III. = tfka.
tekan, to press, e.g., to obtain a
squeeze or impression of an inscription or mould-cf. tekap.
tekang, a thwart; a cross-beam
to resist pressure at its extremities and not to support a
weight resting on it.
tOkap, resting the flat of the
hand on anything, e.g., closing a
child's mouth in lest to prevent
him speaking; blotting with a
pad-cf. tfkan.
t6kat, embroidery; bgrtSkat mas,
embroidered in gold.

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