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A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE

Timur-kidul, south-east.

Timur, name of a large island in the south-east part of the Archipelago, famous for good horses and bees-wax.

Tinchak and Tinchakan, to tread upon, to set foot upon. This word is formed from the particle Ti, which see, and Inchak, which in Malay is Injak, to tread or to trample.

Tindak, and Tindak-tanduk, due respect to great men.

Tindakkěn, to cause to start; to start off any one. See Nindak.

Tindih, di tindih, to bore the ears for earrings. See Tundukan.

Tindih, to lie upon, to be superincumbent. To overlay, to press one upon another. To put a person under some necessity or obligation to do something.

Tindihkĕn, to place or fling upon. To put under an obligation. Lauk kěbo harga sapuluh rupiyah di tindihkěn ka lumbur itu, buffalo-flesh to the value of ten rupees was sent to that village (to be divided among the people, who must pay for it). Kěbo bějad ai tindihkěn ka bujang, to distribute the flesh of a worked up buffalo among a lot of paid labourers (who have to pay for what they get).

Ting, an idiomatic expression difficult to translate but approaches nearest to: being, were, — from to be, and generally precedes words made plural. Ting nararangtung bai, they were all standing up. Ting hararadé, they were all good. Ting gararěblěg, they were a parcel of fools. Ting pororondok těněpi, being all so short they would not reach across.

Tingali and Tingalian, to view, to inspect, to behold, to examine.

Ting'as, to cut a piece of wood or bambu at their end with a slope or inclination, not sharp off.

Tin'gat, to remember, to call to memory. Recollected.

Tinggal, Hoih tinggal, a handsome variety of mottled rattan, in request for walking sticks. It is found only about Java Head and on Princes Island.

Tinggal, to remain over, to be left, to be as a remainder. Tinggal tilu děui, three remain over, — only three are left. To be left behind; to die, to decease.

Tinggalkěn, to leave behind, to desert, to abandon. Di tinggalkěn di lěuwěung, we left him in the forest. Sawah di tinggalkěn, we abandoned our sawahs.

Tinggalung, rails for the verandah of a house. Neatly cut upright rails.

Tinggang, to hit, to strike, to touch, to come in contact with.

Tinggang, a variety of turmeric with unpleasant smell.

Tingka, airs, assumed importance; department, behavior. Tanka, 216, pride, arrogance.

Tinjĕl, a small cocoa-nut growing on the south coast of Bantam, said to be very rich in oil. Pulo Tinjĕl, a small island off the south coast of Bantam, said to have many of these cocoa-nuts.

Tinun, to weave, to weave cloth. In composition often heard as Ninun, which is perhaps indicative of the motion of the shuttle passing backwards and forwards through the web: Nin-nun.