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Ular tWdong sela: (Kedah) the hamadryad or
king cobra, ophiophagus elaps or naia bungarus;
Ht. Mar. Mah.; (Riau, Johor) alar tedong abu.
Ular tedong sendok: the common black cobra,
naia tripudians or naia sputatrix.
Ular tedong terbang: a generic name for cobras and hamadryads owing to their alleged
ability to fly through the air, a belief created
by the fear which these snakes, especially the
hamadryad, rouse among Malays.
Ular tedong usat: a short snake with longitudinal markings, simotes octolineatus.
A kar tedong sendok: lit. the " cobra root "-a
kind of drug used by Malay medicinemen.
Ayam tedong: a big black fighting-cock so
called from the appearance of the feathers at
the back of its neck when it gets excited.
0j; t6doh. The stilling of storm and rain; lulled,
calmed, quieted, stilled-of atmospheric disturbances but not of the waves. Tedoh-lah
hujan: the rain ceased; Sh. Abd. Mk., 2I.
Ribut itu-pun tedoh-lah: the storm abated;
Sej. Mal., 46. Beberapa besar angin pun di-situ
tedohjuga: however violently the wind may
be blowing anywhere, it will abate at that
very spot; there is an end to everything;
Prov.
Bertedoh: to take shelter (e. g. under a tree);
Ht. Sri Rama; Ht. Abd., I97; Arabian
Nights, 66.
Kumbang bertedoh: the name given to a
mole on the neck under the chin-believed
to be a sign of good luck.
tadzkirat. Arab. A licence; a permit; a
passport.
tar. I. Eur. Tar; also tir.
II. Kuweh tar: a cake, made of sugar, suet,
flour, eggs and coco-nut, and baked in a
mould.
tir. I. Eur. Tar; Ht. Jah., 43. Minyak t.:
id.; Pemb. Bet.
II. The rook or castle in chess.
\; tbra. The royal seal, stamp, or impression.
Meterai: to stamp, to seal. Di-palukan
mte'rai uleh Raja Iskandar: they struck (the
coin) with the seal of King Alexander; Ht.
Isk. Dz. Belum bertera: it is still unstamped
as a letter still lacking an official seal, or as a
block of tin before it has received the " chop"
which enables it to pass as coin [in Trengganu].
\. tUrabar. (Kedah.) A tree (unidentified).

Iw tMrabong. The ruffling of feathers customary
with turkeys, etc.
r4. trabbu. Ikan trabu: a freshwater fish (un' identified).

Jj3) tratak. A lean-to; a temporary shelter
erected by travellers in the jungle; the abode
of a night; a depreciatory expression used
when alluding to one's own house in the
presence of a raja. Teratak patek: my humble
home; Ht. Kal. Dam., 429; Ht. Koris.
\ MJ tratu. [Port. trato.] Torture. Tempat
teratu: a torture-chamber.
tfi tratai. The lotus, nelumbium speciosum. T.
kechil: the common water-lily, nymphaEa
stellata.
T. china, t. gunong, and t. siya m: varieties of
the lotus.
The lotus also appears in romances as the
name of an ancient pattern of cloth or of a
garment: baju teratai, Ht. Sh. Kub. (3 places);
kain sungkit bunga teratai, Ht. Koris; etc.
Batang t.: the stem of the lotus, Ht. Mar.
Mah.
t\j tWrajang. The act of raising the foot slightly
and then forcing it down violently on the
ground; stamping down one's foot for any
purpose-as distinct from a mere aimless
stamp of rage or vexation (entak, q. v.). Diterajang-nya batang leher dengan kaki-nya: he
stamped his foot upon the neck (of his enemy);
Ht. Hamz., 63.
T. tumit: driving one's heel into the ground;
forcing down one's heel.
Tendang t.: kicking out and stamping down;
kicking about in all directions; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Sh. Abd., Mk., 144.
Terajangkan: to kick down, to stamp on;
Sh. Sri Bun., 29.
Berterajang: to kick downwards; Ht. Sri
Rama (Maxw.), 61.
Cf. rejang, tajang, tendang, sepak, kidang, entak, tandak, etc.

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tOrajam. A tree (unidentified); K1.
tbraju. [ Pers. tardzu. ] Scales; the name
given to the string joining (loosely) the two
extremities of the body of a kite; the string
to which the line of a kite is attached.

terada.
tiyada.

(Batav.) Is not; not to be; =,5VJ

tarazu. See teraju.
tarasul. Letter-writing; epistolary correspondence. 'Ilmu tardsul: the art of letterwriting.

I0yA t rasi. (Batav.) A peculiar preserve of dried
prawns, better known in the Straits as belachan.
Sambal terasi pula di-bawakan: they brought
sambals and belachan; Sh. Panj. Sg.
T. manis: a sea-shore shrub, glochidion insulare.