A Malay-English dictionary,

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TAMAR

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TANAH

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T. pusat: the umbilical cord.
7T. ringga: the belly-band in an elephant's
harness.
T. renut: the crupper in an elephant's
harness.
T.-tali: a plant (unidentified).
T.-temali: cordage.
T. tont: the reins.
T. tunda, or t. umbai: a tow-rope.
Bertali-tali: in a long line, as a string of
carriages; J. I. A., Vol. I., p. 82.
Suku dan tali: fourths and eighths; small coin
generally; Sh. Ungg. Bers., 4.
Pantun sa-tali bun: (i) a string of pantuns;
(2) a species of metrical composition, the
rhyme of which is the same throughout.
A\; tamar. [Arab. ] Tamar hind: tamarind;
V. j4.
\; tameng. Jav. A small shield or buckler
used by Javanese heroes; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht.
Sh.; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Perb. Jay.; Ht. Mas.
Ed.; Sh. Panj. Sg., etc.
3-3\ tamok. An edible saltwater fish (unidentified).
Ij\ taman. A garden; a pleasaunce; a park.
T. muhabbat: the garden of love. T. pengasihan: id. Sakaliyan beriring-iringan saperti
bunga ke1mbang sa-taman: one following behind
the other in succession like a garden of
flowers in full bloom; Cr. Gr., 78.
Chinchin konang-konang sa-taman: a ring with
a large stone set in a circlet of small gems;
Ht. Mas. Ed.; also chinchin konang-konang
sa-kebun.
Naga sa-taman: the name of a pattern in
embroidery; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Rumput taman: a small sedge; cyperus
punminlus..p\ tamu. The entertainment of guests;=jamu;
but sometimes (Riau) limited to the entertainment of a single guest, as distinct to that
of many.
4.^; tamah. Affability; courteous address;=ramah, q. v. Ramah dan tamah: geniality and
courtesy.,j3 tanar. Noise, disturbance, clamour;=t~nar,
q. v.
\3 tanang. Supporting on the palm of the hand;
t =tatang, q. v.

y\; tanak. The process of boiling rice and other
cereals. Saperti bbras kumbah, di-juwal ta'laku, di-tanak ta'-1mwal: like spoilt rice, which
will fetch nothing when sold and will not
swell if boiled; utter worthlessness; Prov.,
J. S. A. S., III., 36.
Bertanak: to cook; (literally) to boil rice;
Sej. Mal., IIi. Bertanak nasi: id.; Ht. Ind.
Meng. Menanak: id.; Ht. Pg. Ptg.; Ht. Mar.
Mah. Menanakkan: id.; Ht. Gh.
Sa-petanak nasi: the time that it takes to boil
rice;-a primitive measure of time; cf. sakabus sireh and sa-peludah.
A kar tanak rimau: a kind of plant, sphlenodesma pentandra.
tanam. The act of burying; planting by
burying in the earth. Di-tanam-nya pokok
sena: he planted sena trees.
Tanaman: plants; things planted. Tanamtanaman: id., in a collective or general sense.
Tetanaman: id.
Berttanam: to be engaged in planting; to
bury. Tempat bertanam orang mati: a place
where the dead are interred; a cemetery.
Menanam: to plant; to bury. M. ketumbohan: to vaccinate. Menanamkan: to have
(anything) buried or planted. Menantam budi:
to graft wisdom on a man; to instil commonsense into him.
4e; tanah. Earth; ground; land; a country;
Tanah Jawa: Java. Tanah Naning: the Naning territory. Di-tabor-nya tanah: he scattered earth. Sa-potong tanah: a piece of land.
Bukan tanah nmenjadi padi,
Kalau jadi henmpa layang;
Bukan bangsa meznanam budi,
Kalau tanam choina terbuwang
it is not earth that padi can be grown from;
if you grow padi it will be worthless
chaff: he is not the kind of man in whom
wisdom can be planted; if you plant wisdom,
it will only be wasted on him; a proverbial
pantun, the first line of which is often quoted
by itself with the meaning of the four.
Tetak buloh membuwat panah,
Hendak panah kuda berlari;
Minta laut mnenjadi tanah,
Beharu sehaya pergi mari:
pray that the sea may be turned into land
that I may be able to cross backwards and
forwards; a proverbial expression signifying
that the natural obstacles to anything are
insuperable.

T. ayer: territories; districts; the whole extent of land and water forming a geographical
unit. Dalam negegi asing dan tanah ayer lain:
in a foreign country and with different surroundings, i.e., in exile; Ht. Abd., 345.
T. liyat: clay.

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