A Malay-English dictionary,

TOPEK [ 200 ] TOKAK. v

J3I topek. Slicing into thin slices; the slicing of
meat for drying.
cJJ tupai. I. A generic name for a number of
small insectivorous animals either squirrels or
resembling squirrels. Nyior di-tMbok tupai, or
nyior di-kerabok tupai: a coco-nut tapped by
a squirrel, a metaphor for an unmarried girl
who has been seduced. Kera lotong tarlalu
makan, tupai di-julai timpa perasan: when the
monkeys eat too much, the squirrels on the
lower branches have to suffer for it; the excesses of the great fall on their dependents;
Prov.
T. jinjing: a small animal, sciurus bicolor.
T. kerawah: a small animal, sciurus rafflesii.
T. m'lompat: a creeper (unidentified).
T. nandong: a small animal, the Javanese
wijong.
T. tanah: a small animal, tamias lysteri or
tupaia lysteri.
T.-tupai: small pegs in the side of a pole to
allow of its being climbed.
Pokok t.: a tree, polyosma mutabilis.
II. A native cooking place. Orang bertupai: the cooks-on a ship; v. Malay Maritime Law, J. S. A. S., III., 72.
Lc~_ topi. Hind. A hat, especially a solah topee
- or sun-hat. Orang bertopi: Europeans generally.,j9 tuwak. Palm wine; fermented spirit made
from palm-juice.
T. kabong: the fermented juice of the enau
palm.
T. kelapa: fermented coco-nut juice.
Gula t.: coco-nut juice which has been
boiled for two or three hours.
~$Tj toka or tuka. Tuka-tuka: (Kedah) a fish,
a small ray; J. I. A., III., 448. Also tatuka,
and (Riau, Johor) sbtoka.
5f9 tukar. Change by substitution; the taking
and replacing of one thing by another.
Tukaran: an exchange; a thing given or
received in exchange; Ht. Abd., 350.
Tukarkan: to exchange; to effect an exchange. Di-tukarkan-nya-lah akhirat yang
kekal itu dengan knmuliyaan dunya yang fand
ini: they exchanged the future life, which is
eternal, for the glories of this perishable
world; Ht. Abd., 29I.

Bertukar: to exchange; to give and receive
in exchange. Bertukar chinchin: to exchange
rings-in token of betrothal. Birtukar-lah
duka chita-nya itu dengan suka chita: sorrow
was exchanged for joy.
Minukar: to exchange. Minukar 'ddat: to
give up old customs for new.

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tukas. I. The bringing of a charge of adultery or fornication against a person, whether
that charge be true or false.
Mbnukas: to bring such a charge; Sh. Peng., 8.
II. Palm (unidentified) the soft pith of
which is used as tinder. Rabok t.: the tinder
so obtained.
tukus. Angin tukus:- the name given to the
first squalls from the N. E. after the cessation
of the S. W. monsoon; K1. = angin tikus?
tokong. I. A large treeless rock or small
treeless rocky island, as opposed to an island
with vegetation. Tokong pulau: rocks and
islands; islands generally; Ht. Abd., I98; Ht.
Koris.
Layang-layang t.: the swallow or martin
which constructs the well-known edible bird's
nest. Also burong tokong.
II. The shaving of a woman's head either
in disease or as a mark of disgrace.
III. (Chin.) A Chinese temple; cf. topekong, which, however, is the "joss" itself, as
distinct from the joss-house (tokong), though
etymologically the same.
IV. T. bulu: a weed with small lilac
flowers, hedyotis vestita.
tukang. A skilled workman; a mechanic; an
artificer; cf. pandai and juru.
T. agong: the chief petty officer in a perahu.
T. besi: a blacksmith.
T. chap: a printer.
T. kayu: a carpenter.
T. kukus nasi: a cook; Ht. Ind. Nata. Also
t. masak, and juru masak.
T. mas: a goldsmith.
T. petak: the officer in charge of the hold
and of the loading of a native perahu.
T. roti: a baker; Ht. Hamz., 2.
T. sepatu: a cobbler.
T. tenmbaga: a coppersmith.
T. tilek: a fortune-teller.
T. ubat: a preparer of magical simples; a
philtre maker.
Menjadi tukang: to become a skilled workman; Ht. Abd., 140.
Minunjokkan ketukang-nya: to display his
skill as a craftsman, Ht. Koris.
Menukangi: to construct; to make anything
requiring mechanical skill; Sej. Mal., 34.

tokak. I. A kind of ulcer on the shin,
rather more serious than kudis, q. v., but less
serious than pgkong, q. v.

II, The name of an edible salt-water fish.

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