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t/mbikai. A water melon, citrullus edulis.
Also (Kedah) teimikai; (Riau, Johor) mendikai, kmesndikai, and mtndelikai and (Patani)
tintun tembikai.
@i t6mbilang. A kind of spade; KI., (quoting
from Abdullah's dictionary).

L t6mbelok and t6mbilok. A

kind of edible

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marine worm which eats into wood exposed
to the action of sea water. Kulit tembelok:
the shell of this worm. Akui menelgang kapak
dan beliyong sa-bilang hari membelah ternbelok
sa-panjang bakau: I take a hatchet and
chopper daily to break the shells of the tembelok worms along the mangroves; Ht. Koris.
Terlalu sangat nyaman rasa-nya tembelok bakau
kunun nama-nya: its taste is very delicious
and it is known as the tembelok bakau; Ht.
Koris.

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c, tammat. [Arab. i. ] End; termination.
Maka tanmmat-lah kitdb itu kmnudiyan di-molai
pula mengaji kitdb: one book finished, the
study of another commenced; Ht. Abd., 53.
Tamntatu'l-kalam: the end of writing; an expression corresponding to our "finis" at the
end of a book; Marsd. Gr., I41.
Tammatkan: to bring to an end; to terminate; Sh. Bur. Nuri, 37; Sh. Bah. Sing., 8.
J t6mot, or tgmut. Temtot-mot: quivering,
shaking, used of the throbbing on the head
of a very young child and of the unsteady
gait of extreme age.
i t6mdtu. A tree (unidentified); K1.
ai tamthil. Arab. Likeness; example; simile;
Sh. Abd. Mk., 2I; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 17;
Ht. Ind. Nata, etc.. tamjid. Arab. Glorification, praise.
tamar. Arab. TTamnar hinds: tamarind;
Muj., 49, 57.
yjc t6mas. I. (Johor.) Alarm, panic; = chemas,
q. v.
II. (Riau.) A form of poulticing, by applying hot ashes to the affected part;-rather
less forcible than dmtiah, q. v.,5 t6m6nggong. The title of an exalted Malay
official ranking next to the bendahara at Riau;
Ht. Abd., 197, 421; Ht. Sh., etc.
T. melela, or t. di-tengah kampong: (Kedah)
a name given to a plant, the gandarusa.

xi t6mpa. Fabrication by hammering; working
in metal by means of the hammer. Puteh
kuning sape'rti emas tenpawan: light yellow
like beaten gold; (light yellow being the complexion most admired by Malay poets); Cr.
Gr., 79. Jlmas tempawan: a term of endearment; an equivalent of puteh kuning: my fair
one; Sh. Bur. Nuri, 28; Cr. Gr., 43.
Tempaan: worked, wrought (of a garment),
Sh. Bid. (Leyd.), 284.
A timpa. Dropping down upon; falling down
upon, of substances falling through space and
not merely stumbling or falling over. Ada
lima emtpat orang telah mati di-timpa batu kota
itu: four or five men perished struck by falling fragments of the fort; Ht. Abd., 66.
Laut mana ta'-berombak, buti mana ta'-timpa
hujan: what sea has no waves, on what part
of the earth does rain never fall; it is a long
lane that has no turning; Prov. Ludah kalangit timpa batang hidong sendiri: if you spit
at heaven the saliva will fall on your own
nose; a dirty action often injures its perpetrator more than any one else; Prov. Lagi
jatol di-timpa taugga: he falls and the ladder
falls on him as well; misfortune on misfortune; Prov.
T. rasa or t. perasan: to bear the brunt, to
incur the evil consequences (where another
gets the pleasure). Mata memandang apa
hendak sakit; bahu yang memnikul timpa perasan:
what does it matter to the eye that sees it,
it is the shoulder that carries it which has
to bear the burden; Prov. Permaisuri raja
benrurap-urapan, lipas di-dinding tinpa perasan:
when a queen perfumes herself at her toilet,
it is the poor cockroaches on the wall who
suffer the consequences (by being killed);
Prov.
Menimpa: to strike in one's fall; to fall upon.
Kayu, kayu, men-gapa kau basah?-Bagaimana
ta'-basah, hujan menimpa aku? Wood, wood,
how comes it that you are wet?-How can I
avoid being wet when the rain keeps dropping
on me?
Di-timpa daulat: crushed by the royal power
(of dead kings)-used of the curse which a
prince's ancestors are believed still to keep
hanging over a degenerate descendant. Ditimpa keramat: crushed by the curse of a
saint, e. g., as a man who is punished by the
unseen powers for sacrilege; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
33-.\\ tUmpala. A sudden hop or spring made by a
pelandok before it fights-allowing Malays to
bet which of two pelandok will be first to hop.
Ikan t. a fish (unidentified), KI.

r)A t6mpaus. Ikan tempaus: a whale. Also pans.
Pokok t.: (Kedah) a tree yielding a white
sap (unidentified)....

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