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J.i tXingkada. I. A kind of worm or caterpillar,
which hangs from the roof suspended by a
thread, like a spider.

j i tWngkarap. Deposed, of a prince, K1.; (Riau,
Johor) bengkarap, (Eng. bankrupt).. krlr

tWngkalang. A small rice-store or granary
on posts, K(1.

tngkalong. I. A variant of the word
tenggalong, q. v.; a species of musang or
civet-cat; Sh. Pant. Shl., I2.
II. To hurl a heavy mass with violence.
\K~ ttngkalak. I. A pyramidal fish-trap, narrower but longer than the lukah.
II. (Johor.) Abandoned, left unfinished
(of work);=bengkalai, q. v.
~"i t6ngkalok. Unripe but edible, of fruit.
tengkawang. A tree yielding miinyak kawang;
diplocnemia sebifera, Pierre. It is a Borneo tree.
Also sengkawang.
Amp tengkayong. (Kedah.) A tree (unidentified). Also (Riau, Johor) tenggayong..$1 tingkat. A level deck or flooring; floors
taken as a measure of the height of a house,
or decks as a measure of the size of a ship; a
" standard " at a school. Tingkat peraduwan:
the raised boarding on which a Malay sleeping-mat is laid; Ht. Koris. Sampai-lah kapada
tingkat yang ketujoh: he reached the seventh
storey; Ht. Ind. Meng. Kapal tiga tingkat:
a three-decker; Kl. Bertingkat-tingkat:
(built) in storeys or in several rows one above
the other as the parts of a dovecote are built;
Ht. Ind. Meng.; Sh. Pant. Shl., I4.
-j tongkat. Propping; supporting; sustaining;
a prop; a crutch; a walking-stick. Yang
ternpang bebtongkat, yang buta be'rintpin: the
halt propped on crutches, the blind led by the
hand. Saperti orang buta kehilangan tong.kat:
like a blind man who has lost his stick, i. e.,
in difficulties. Prov.
T. baginda: a shrub, eurycoma latifolia.
T. ketiyak: a crutch.
T. lutut: the attitude of a man stooping and
resting his hands on his knees.
T.-tongkat kajang: the wooden supports
which raise the kajang awning in a boat to
the required height.
Pokok t. ali: a tree, grewia umnbellata.
Rumput t. ali: a grass, panicunt sarmentosumt.
Bertongkatkan: to rest on, to be supported
by; Ht. Isk. Dz.

Menongkat: to sustain, prop, support. Bibir-nya yang di-atas menongkat hidong-nya: his
upper lip supported his nose; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
89.
Tongkat is used of a prop from underneath,
as distinct from a buttress; cf. sokong, sagang,
etc.
j5 tangkir. I. A cup; also changkir, q. v.
II. To sew a piece of cloth on another; to
sew a patch on.
i tengkar. Altercation; quarrelling. Bertengkar: to have a dispute; Ht. Raj. Sul., i2.
Tgngkari: to stir up to a dispute; to excite
to anger; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., i9.
Pertbngkaran: an altercation, a dispute.
Ku tingkir. Squatting, perched (of a bird);
tengger, q. v.
$i tangkas. Agility; nimbleness; swiftness of
movement. Kuda yang amat tangkas: a swift
steed; Ht. Gul. Bak., 9. Sa-ekor binatang
iahattangkas laku-nya: an animal seemingly
very swift in its movements; Sej. Mal., 47.
Sa-orang ntunteri yang tangkas berjalan dan yang
pantas belayar: a minister who pressed on by
land and hurried on by sea; Ht. Jay. Lengg.

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tangkis. Parrying; warding off a blow by
interposing a weapon. Tiyada dapat di-tangkis-nya: he could not manage to parry it (the
blow); Ht. Sg. Samb.
Menangkis: to guard; to parry; to stand on
the defensive when fencing. Maka Sang Bayu
Nafrir jangankan mnznangkis berubah pun tiyada
daripada temfat dudok-nya: Sang Bayu Nafiri,
so far from guarding, actually did not even
stir from the position which he had taken up;
Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Tangkiskan: to get (a blow) parried; to
guard against a blow; Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Sg.
Samb. Menangkiskan: id.; Ht. Ind. Jaya;
Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Ind. Nata; Sh. Abd.
Mk., 64, etc.
Bertangkis-tangkisan: fencing; guarding (of
more than one combatant); Ht. Sg. Samb.

L,~i tengkis. Unequal in size to its fellow;
shrunken; insufficiently developed, of a leg.
C; tingkas. Nasi tingkas: a dish of white rice
surrounded by coloured rice.
Si tingkis. I. An edible saltwater fish, K1.
II. Sad, sorrowful. Tingkis hati: id., Ht.
Pg. Ptg.
^a tongkes. A tree used for firewood; J.S.A.S.,
VIII., I31.

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