A Malay-English dictionary,

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TABAH [ 147
4.u tabah. I. A hand's breadth-used as a
linear measure. T. empat jari; the hand's
breadth minus the thumb.
Cf. tempap, telempap, and pelenmpap.
II. Firm, steadfast; Kl.
III. (Sungei Ujong.) A small tree, timonius jambosella.
\. taboh. I. A long cylindrical drum, so
placed that both ends can be beaten simultaneously, Ht. Raj. Sul., I; the act of
drumming with a stick on each side of the
drum. Tabohkan: to beat (a drum); Ht.
Koris.
II. Tabuhan or tabohan: a hornet. Pasir
itu-pun menjadi taboh-tabohan: the sand was
turned into hornets; Ht. Sh. Kub. The
same form occurs in the Sh. Panj. Sg., Ht.
Ahm. Md., 6I, and Ht. Koris, but tebuwan is
more usual in colloquial language; v. g.
III. Ken tabohan: the name of the heroine
of the Shair Ken Tabohan or Shair Raden
Munteri, a poem based upon a Panji Tale.
The forms tabuhan and tambohan also occur..4i ta'abid. Arab. Eternal. A t-ta'abfd: the
perpetual; eternity.
1t tatang. The act of carrying or supporting
anything on the upturned palm of one's hand
or on any similar flat or slightly concave surface. Tatang di-anak lidah: carrying on the
tongue; a practical impossibility; Prov.
Menatang: to carry or support in this way.
Saperti mnenatang minyak yang penoh: like
carrying a palm-full of oil (a process necessitating great care to avoid loss by spilling);
a proverbial description of assiduous attention
paid by a husband to a wife; Ht. Abd., 18;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Koris; Sh. Abd. Mk., 22,
etc. Di-tatang permaisuri siyang dan mnalam:
he watched over his Queen day and night;
Ht. Best., I8.
i\; tateng. The act of carrying or supporting
L anything at the end of the outstretched arm.
~..A ttatap. I. Careful visual examination; the
act of looking over anything with a view to
finding flaws or deficiencies, if any; watching,
looking out.

Bertatap or menatap: to watch, to gaze attentively at anything, to keep a look-out. Sehaya lihat orang di-atas kubu itu bertatap: I saw
men on the look-out on the fort; Pel. Abd.,
56. Te~pat menatap: a watch-tower; Sh.
Sri Bun., 84.
II. (Kedah.) Me'natap: to intone a story
usually to the accompaniment of a musical
instrument as is done by Malay rhapsodists.
Penatap: a professional reader of stories.

TAJAK
J3A tatal. A shaving; the long paper-like strips
of wood removed by a plane. T. halus: id.
Sa-keping t.: a single shaving; Sej. Mal., 52.
~t tatu. Jav. Wounding; a flesh-wound, especially on the head.
4;; tatah. [Jav. tatah= Malay pahat.] The process of sinking foreign bodies into any substance; inlaying (on metal); sticking almonds
into a cake, or raisins into a heap of rice.
Bertatah or betatahkan: inlaid. Besi bertatahkan emas permata: iron inlaid with gold and
gems, Sej. Mal., 25. Cf. also Sej. Mal., 9, Io;
Ht. Koris; Cr. Gr., 42; Ht. Gul. Bak., 40,
4r; Sh. Pant. Shl., I3, etc.

4A;

tateh. Tottering; weakness of gait; the
stumbling walk of a very young child. Berjalan dengan bertateh-tateh: to walk unsteadily,
as a child; to toddle along.

i taj. Arab. Crown. Tdju's-saldtn: the
Diadem of Emperors,-the name of a Malay
book, also known as the Mahkota Segala Rajaraja. Tdju 'l-multk: the Diadem of Kings,
the name given to a book on Divination,
Medicine, and other kindred subjects.
t.\. tajor. Extension in horizontal direction and
conical shape; stretching out as a long reef
which tapers away to a point, or as two long
lines of fishing-stakes which converge towards
the trap.
Penajor: converging rows of fishing-stakes;
a row of fishing-stakes if forming one of a
pair arranged on the principle of a funnel. Cf.
anjor, tanjong, tajok, etc.
\; tajang. Forcing down the foot or heel;
stamping (but not a mere stamp of anger or
vexation); better terajang, q. v.. tajong. A silk cloth of Bugis make; Kl.(=kcain
jong?).At tajak. A long sharp scythe used for clearing
the ground of weeds prior to padi-planting;
the process of cutting away the weeds.
T. babor: a very heavy broad-bladed scythe.
T. giling, t. kechar, and t. kaut: three different processes of preparing land for padiplanting in Kedah. In the first, the grass is
left on the ground and is mixed up with the
earth by passing a sort of roller (pRnggiling)
over it. In the second, the grass is collected
in heaps and allowed to rot. In the third,
the grass is spread on the dyke or batas round
the field.

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