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~~\ _ takut. Fear. Takut hantu pelok bangkai:
to hug a corpse for fear of its ghost; out of
the frying-pan into the fire; Prov.
Takuti: to fear; Sh. Lamp., 15; Ht. Sg.
Samb.; Ht. Abd., II9, 227. Menakuti: id.,
Ht. Gul. Bak., 92. Pertakuti: id.; Ht. Kal.
Dam., I97. Mlnakut: to be in dread; Sh.
Kamp. Boy., 13.
Takutkan: to hold (anything) in dread; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 92; Ht. Abd., 67, 336. Menakutkan: id., Muj., 19. Pertakutkan: id.; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 92.
Ketakutan: fear, panic, alarm; a source of
fear; Ht. Abd., 4, 62, 82, 119, etc.
Penakut: a coward; cowardice. Tabl' at
marika-itu penakut: their manner was that of
cowards; Ht. Abd., 227. MAenaroh penakut:
to harbour feelings of cowardice; Ht. Sh.
Mard., 119.. utakar. A kind of earthenware vessel with a
narrow neck (J. S. A. S., II., r46; Ht. Abd.,
292, 303); sometimes used as a measure of
capacity, Sh. Jur. Bud., Io.
Pantat t.: the bottom of this vessel.
v takor. A bird, the Malayan barbet, mnegalacea versicolor.
takong. Keeping any liquid so as to allow
it to ferment; exposing anything to fermentation. Minyak takong: crude oil; oil fermented
but not refined. Susu di-takong: milk kept to
be curdled.
Takong is also used of driftwood in a stream
collecting in some bay or backwater, or of
rain water and refuse washed down by it
collecting in a puddle.
takak. I. Kain takak, or kain bertakak: a
sarong made up of two pieces to be sewn
together, as opposed to a sarong consisting
of a single piece of cloth (kain sa-lerang).
II. Takak-takok: jagged, uneven; v. takok.,5 takek. A cleft; the dent left by a single cut
from an axe or chopper, no material being
lost; a chip, a slight cut.
\takok. A notch; notched; a kind of foot-rest
cut into a coco-nut tree to facilitate climbing;
(in carpentering) the cutting of a groove into
which something else is to fit; (in tree-felling)
preparation for felling by making two cuttings,
one being higher than the other and on the
opposite side of the tree.

T. takok: uneven; in notches or ridges, as
hair badly cut; v. also takoh and takah.
Kepala penakok: the cleft at the head of a
screw.
) takal. (Eng.: tackle.) A small pulley.

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takan. A future negative, "there will not
be"; = ta'-akan.
takah. (Kedah.) A notch cut into a tree to
facilitate climbing; = (Riau, Johor) takok q. v.
Takoh-takah: notched, jagged; =takok-takak.

B\; takoh. See takah.
takai. Berteku-takai: (Kedah) to stick assiduously to anything; to diligently do.
c~ taki. Menaki: to dispute; K1.; (Penang) to
agree upon anything; = berjanji.
y tagar. I. A peal of thunder. Saperti tagar
bunyi-nya: its sound was like that of thunder
-a common simile for the shouting of an
army; Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Sh.
Jub. Mal., II, etc. Bagai tagar di Pulau Sembilan: like thunder off the Pulau Sembilan
(islands); a metaphor for a terrific noise.
Bertagar: to peal, to sound like thunder;
Ht. Best.; Ht. Sg. Samb.
II. Stiffness; hardness of heart; usually
q. v.
i tagor. A deep muffled sound; a sound such
as that of distant thunder, or of thunder when
one's ears are closed with wool.
'3 tagak. (Kedah.) Kerja trtagak-tagak: work
that is being continually left off on one pretext
or another; = (Riau, Johor) kerja teragak-agak.
Tarbang sa-ekor burong gagak,
Hinggap di-kampong pohun rumiyah;
Kerja jangan tertagak-tagak,
Putus harap tgrtanggong aniyaya:
never procrastinate in your work or your hopes
will be lost under the weight of misfortunes.
3 ttagal. Stones driven on the beach after a
violent storm; K1.
VJ\S tagil. The natural spur of a cock, KI. Also
tegil.
Ic\ tagan. The stakes in a sweep; the amount
contributed by each staker to make up a
pool, as distinct from an individual bet.
Kapitan dangan juragan,
Batang selaseh abang panggalkan;
Parmata intan di-jadikan tagan,
Kekaseh tidak abang tinggalkan:
pearls and diamonds have been staked away,
but my love I will never abandon; Sh. Pant.
Shl., 14.

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