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1 _I _.I~_ ___ 11-11-.,ZX ttmukut. (Kedah.) Fine rice dust; dust
obtained when the rice is winnowed. Also
denmukut, lemukut, and nelukut.
sJ t6mukus. Cubebs. Also kemukus, and lada
berekor.
J;3y tbmolok. (Kedah.) The crop of a bird, the
first stomach of a ruminant. Better te'mbolok,
q. v.
4Jy3 tdmoleh. A fresh-water fish (unidentified).
Lc t6mah. The application of a poultice of hot
ashes; better demah. See also tenmas.
j-Lx tgmidak. A fruit (unidentified), J. I. A., I.,
296.
t. t6miyang. A liana, lettsotia peguensis; J. I. A.,
I., 313.
Orang temniyang: a tribe of orang laut.

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tamyil. Arab. To be undecided, to hesitate.
tOmilang. A plant, aglaia odoratissimla.
tan. [Hind. thdn.] A place for tying up an
animal. T. kuda: a stable; = bangsal kuda.

tun. A title of distinction which seems to
have been of general use formerly but is now
(Riau) only applied to a princess's foster child..)c tanbur. Port. A drum; Ht. Abd., 192, 93,
313. Also tambur, q. v.
4.&~ tanbiyyat. Arab. Prophecy; the position
of a prophet. Cf. nabi.
t-. tOnat. Desperate; dangerous, of a wound
or illness; dead-tired, of weariness; cf. penat.
c.; tinta. Port. Ink. Also dawat.
GzJot tntapan. (Kedah.) A shoulder cloth. Also
tetampan, tetampan, and tampan-tanmpan.
O)\n t6ntawan. A kar t.: a water-producing vine,
conocephalus suaveolens.. t t6ntayu. [Skr. jatayu, a mythical bird.]
The name given in Kedah to a peculiar birdshaped boat's figurehead, and (by extension)
to a special variety of three-masted peiah1u.
Cf. jentayu.,;tuntut. Following on any one's steps; following up keenly; demanding, intently seeking
after. T. 'ilmu: the pursuit of knowledge.
T. kemaluwan: to sue for damages for slander.
Menuntut: to follow up; Ht. Abd., 25.
Tuntuti: id.; Sh. Panj. Sg.; Sh. I. M. P. M.
bela: to avenge..iA tantira. [Skr. tantra.] Army; infantry; rank
and file. Bala t.: id. Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht.
Koris; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Abd., 193;
Muj., 5, etc.., tentang. Position opposite to, vis-a-vis, or
in full view of anything; in face of. T. Tolok
Belanga: opposite Telok Belanga. Tiyada-lah
dapat di-tentang nyata: that cannot be looked
full in the face,-a description of dazzling
beauty or terrifying strength; Ht. Bakht., 9.
Bertentangan: vis-a-vis; opposite; Sh. Bur.
Pungg., 8; Sh. Ik. Trub., II. B. dengan:
facing; opposite to; Ht. Abd., 239, 357, 377;
Sh. Ul.
Mene-ntang: to face. Tiyada-lah siapa dapat
mene-ntang baginda: no one could bring
himself to face the prince; Ht. Gul. Bak., 68.
Berapa sakit mata menentang, sakit lagi bahu
mnemikul: however painful it may seem to the
eye that sees it, the shoulder that has to bear
it feels it more; Prov.
';; tentang. A window, the hinges of the
shutters of which are fastened horizontally;
Sh. Si Lemb.
3 tinting. Winnowing with a swaying motion
so as to separate the wheat from the chaff;
(by metaphor) purifying by any process of
selection. Laksana inas behlaru di-tinting:
like newly purified gold, i. e., like gold dust
shaken (on a rebana) to separate the good
from the bad; a simile for purity and
excellence.
3 tuntong. I. The extreme point of anything,
e. g., of a keris.
II. Penyu tuntong or tuntong: a turtle,
callagur picta; J. S. A. S., VIII., 120.!II. Rapping a thing on the ground after
turning it upside down so as to knock out
anything that may be adhering to the side,
as a man raps a tobacco-pipe bowl to get rid
of the ashes; holding a child by the feet and
shaking him head downwards, by way of a
punishment..iz; tgntampan. (Kedah.) A shoulder-cloth;
also ttaazpnl, tenatapan, and tampan-tampan.
~S tantan. Bunga t.: a wild ginger, amomum
xanthophlebiumn.
(CJ tuntun. I. Leading; conducting; guidance
by means of some connecting link, as when
a horse is led by a halter and a child by the
hand. Orang buta bgrtuntun tongkat: a blind
man led by his stick. Batu t.: the lead on a
fishing line; also batu ladong.

Menuntzn: to lead; to conduct-literally
with a rope or by the hand, but also figuratively in a wider sense, e. g., mnnuntun
dengan baik paras-nya: to lead by the power
of beauty; Ht. Jay. Lengg. Menuntun tali:
to lead (goats) with a string; Ht. Hamz., 4.

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