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TANGKAL

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tangkal. Protective, of a spell or charm; a
protective charm. 'Azimat tangkal: a protective talisman of any sort; Sh. Put. Ak., 27.
'Azimat tangkal sawan kanak-kanak: a talisman against convulsions; Muj., 75.
tangkil. The adaptation of two surfaces to
one another; to put one surface on another
with a view to their being united, e. g., as a
stamp-collector arranges a stamp on its allotted space. If the two surfaces are of equal
size, the word used is tengkel.
Also sangkil.
tangkul. A large net spread horizontally on
the bottom and raised by a winch so as to
catch fish that may be passing over it.
tengkel. I. The superposition of an equal
surface on another, as when a stamp is gummed on the space allotted to it; v. tangkil.
II. A small round projectile; a slug.

TONGKAH
tbngku. Prince; a title given (at Riau) only
to persons of full royal rank, both on the
father's and mother's side; cf. engku, raja
and nong.
Tegngku besar, and t. muda: titles sometimes
given to the heir apparent.
tungku. Three stones supplying a sort of rest
for a saucepan; hearth-stones in native
methods of cookery.

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tingkal.

[Skr. tangka.] Borax, solder.

tingkil. I. (Kedah.) A bunch, a cluster,
the point round which a cluster of fruit is
concentrated.
Buwah kelubi, asam paya,
Kalan berbuwah bertingkil-tingkil;
Orang ta'-sudi, apa-kan daya?
Jangan di-buwat muka gedubil:
the kelubi and asam paya (plants), when they
bear fruit, bear fruit in clusters.
II. A grudge; ill-feeling, anger, hostility.
Bertingkil hati: to harbour resentment.
tongkol. A round or knob-like (as distinct
from a rectangular) lump of wood hewn off
the main block in carpentering; a mass or
lump of any material.
Ezmas t.: nugget gold; gold in nuggets.
Ikan t.: a fish (unidentified); Sh. Ik. Trub.,
I8; Kam. Kech., 6.
Sampan t.: a short beamy Chinese sampan.
Cf. rongkol, which is applied to a composite
mass or bundle of separate articles, while tongkol refers to a homogeneous and united mass.
tUngkam. I. A weight;=6 kupang. KI.
II. (Johor.) The loops attaching at short
intervals a cord to a sail when that cord is
used as a trimming to the sail.
Also chengkam.
tongkan. -(Singapore.) A movable hatch
in the bows of a Malay boat;= (Kedah)
tangkup haluwan.

c5$j. t6ngkorak. The skull; the cranium; a skull;
Ht. Hamz., 17. Ada-lah bergulingan beratusratus tengkorak manusiya: there were hundreds
of human skulls rolling about; Ht. Abd., 204.
Ringgit t.: (Riau) the 2. guilder piece; also
(Singapore) ringgit kgpala.,j; t tengkolok. A peculiar form of head-dress;
a kerchief fastened in a certain way upon the
head; a head wrapper; Muj., 38; Sej. Mal.,
97; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 37.
4 Jt tengkulun. A tree with edible fruit (unidentified).
jK tengkuyong. I. A shell, cyprcea, sp.
II. Sago-bark.
sji tengkoh. [Chin.?] A form of prepared
opium; opium dross prepared for re-smoking.
E4. tingkah. Modes; tones in music; conduct;
manner; behaviour.
T. Iakiu: general behaviour; conduct. T.
laku-nya saperti orang China: his ways were
those of a Chinaman. Di-paNl-nya bertingkahkan ragainm manusiya: he struck up a tune in
the style of earthly music; Ht. Gul. Bak., II2.
64 tongkah. I. Passage over mud or over
swampy ground by using planks or by any
similar means. Papan tongkah: the name
given to a peculiar sledge-like arrangement
or plank with which a shell-gatherer makes
his way over a mud-flat.
Mlnongkah: to make one's way over muddy
ground by stepping on planks, palm-branches,
etc., laid down as a path.
II. The lengthening of a garment by sewing on an additional piece, at the top. Saluwar di-tongkah: trowsers to which a piece has
been added at the top causing them to reach
well up the body. Laksana kain sa-lerang,
sukat di-tongkah beharu di-pakai: like a single
piece of cloth which can only be used if a
second is added to it; incomplete; v. lerang.
III. (Singapore.) Argument; obstinate
denial; cantankerousness.
IV. The Chinese name of the principal
town in the island of Junk Ceylon, the centre
of a great tin-mining industry. Relau tongkah: a furnace for tin-smelting.

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