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TIKUS

T. agong: the mainmast.
T. bandera: a flagstaff.
T. daka: supports for the plank which closes
the niche in which the body rests in a Malay
grave.
T. goyang: a projecting post at the stern of
a boat, the post being used for securing a
peculiar kind of rudder (kermudi sepak).
T. ibu rumah: the pillars at the junction of
a Malay verandah (serambi jatoh) with the
main building.
T. pagar: the posts of a fence.
T. serambi jatoh: the outer pillars or posts
supporting a Malay verandah.
T. sri: the central pillars of a Malay house.
Tumit t.: the truck of the mast.
C' tiyong. The Javanese minah, eulalesjavanensis: a black bird with yellow wings which has
some power of imitating speech, and so plays
a considerable part in Malay stories; Ht. Ind.
Jaya; Ht. Gul. Bak., 85, etc.
The principal varieties are: t. batu, t. belachan, and t. emas.,j. tengok. Peering at, looking at, seeing. In
"Bazaar" Malay this word is used for lihat.
Menengok: to peer at, to see.
j- tiyap. I. Tiyap-tiyap: every. Pada tiyaptiyap hari: every day; Ht. Abd., 32, 38.
Tiyap-tiyap marika-itu: they all.
Sa-tiyap: all, every. Tuwan bersukaan satiyap waktu: you are seeking pleasure at all
times; Ht. Gul. Bak., I28.
II. [Chin?] A small bundle of Chinese
drugs; a dose made up in paper.
tiyup. Blowing; the action of a current of
air upon anything. Saperti sa-pohun kayu
barang di-mana di-tiyup angin di-sana-lah iya
chondong: like a tree which sways in whatever
direction the wind may blow; Ht. Abd., 262.
Di-tiyup-nya terompit: he blew a trumpet;
Ht. Abd., Io6. Bagai buntal di-tiyup: like a
blown out buntal fish; a simile for a man
swelling with self-importance; Prov.
Tiyup-tiyup: a small tree, adinandra dumosa.
Bertiyup: to be blowing-as a sea-breeze.
Tiyupkan: to blow (with the mouth) upon or
into anything; Muj., 9, 68. Meniyup and
meniyupkan: id.
JL. teper. A metal saucer; Ht. Koris; a variant
of the more usual form cheper, q. v.
yJL tipis. Thin; delicate; Sh. Sri Ben., 87.
Usually nipis, q. v.

Gj f tepak. A long rectangular casket or box; a
receptacle for sireh; a state betel casket; Sej.
Mal., 127, I47. These boxes are now made
at Palembang.
Pembawa t.: a betel-box carrier; Sh. Ik.
Trub., 6; Ht. Gh.

J$ tepek. Plastering; the laying on of any soft
clammy material. Rambut-nya bertepek-tepek
dengan tanah dan getah kayu: his hair was
plastered with mud and tree sap; Ht. Abd.,
382.,' tepok. Lameness due to malformation or
chronic disease of the leg, and not to its loss
by amputation or to a temporary injury.
S tipu. Deception; fraud; swindling by false
pretences. Bohong dan tipu: lies and misrepresentations. Tipu anak Retmbau: swindlers
are the men of Rembau; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XXIV., rI5.
Menipu: to deceive; Ht. Abd., 223, 309.
Menipukan: id.; Ht. Ind. Nata.
Penipu: deceptive-of things; Ht. Abd., I59;
a swindler-of a man; Ht. Gul. Bak., 48.
4 tepeh. An edible salt-water shell-fish; Sh.
A. R. S. J., 4.
4A tepoh. [Chin. teh op6?] A game of chance.
~' tika. A reel of thread; winding thread.
' tikar. Matting; a mat of delicate workmanship. Duwa helai tikar: two mats. Bentangkan tikar: to spread a mat; Ht. Si Misk., 4.
T. berapit: a mat with turned down embroidered borders.
T. puchok: a mat made of the young shoots
of the nipah.
T. sila: a mat with a gold-embroidered
centre.
T. tidor: a sleeping-mat.
Birtikarkan: to use as a mat, to lie or sleep
on. Bertikarkan api: to sleep on fire (descriptive of the fate of the wicked); Ht. Kal.
Dam., 77. Bertikarkan bumi, berselimutkan
langit, bersulohkan bulan: to have the earth
for a sleeping-mat, the sky for a sheet and
the moon for a torch; homeless; the fate of
a poor wanderer; Ht. Sh.
-*6 tikas. I. Traces left by water after its withdrawal; the line of seaweed and driftwood
left on the beach showing the extreme limit
reached by the preceding tide.
II. The roar of a lion; K1.
~s tikus. A generic name for rats and mice.
Tikus jatoh ka-dalam gedong beras, or (Kedah)
tikus jatoh ka-dalam jelapang: a mouse that
has fallen into a barn; a man that has fallen
into his element; Prov. Rumah terbakar,
tikus habis kaluwar: the house was burnt and

all the rats escaped; the money was spent
and the object was not attained; Prov. Labu
di-kerobok tikus: a pumpkin bored by a rat;
a girl who has been seduced and is no longer
sought in marriage; Prov.

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