some thing without top, point or crest; the boundless ocean. Or it may be the same Ta negative, and Si of Sima, C. 741, boundary, limit, bank, shore. The Ma being constructive. See Sisi. Thus again something „without limit or bank.“ The Sunda people have, however, adhered to the word Laut for sea, which see, and which is also of Sanscrit origin, though the name of so common an object. Tasik would appear also to be Malay. MARSDEN, page 64, gives: „Tasek, a sea, inland sea or great lake; a large piece of water.“ CRAWFURD, at page 184, gives: „Tasik, the sea, the ocean; a great lake or inland sea“.
Tasma, Persian chasmah, spectacles, glasses for the eyes.
Tata, manners, address, conduct in company. Due respect to superiors. Perhaps from Tatha, C. 219, so, thus, in like manner. To nyaho di tata, he does not know how to conduct himself. He is ill-mannered.
Tataban, planks for putting round a corpse in the grave.
Tatabéan, making compliments. Offering the greeting called Tabé.
Tatabĕuhan, musical instruments which are struck as gongs, drums and the like.
Tatag, to hack and score the bark of a tree in order that the gummy matter may flow out.
Tatah, a chisel, a carpenter's tool. Di tatah, or tatahan, to chisel, to cut with a chisel. To enchase. To cut ornaments on precious metals.
Tatajuran, plantations. Fruit-trees planted expressly by man.
Tatal, a chip of wood. Anything chipped off.
Tatalén, a quarter of a guilder or 25 doits. Also the silver coin which is ʄ ¼, and thus has a value of 30 doits or more. Tatalén is a word derived from Tali, a rope, by duplicating the first syllable and adding an, which following the vowel i becomes én. The word occurring in this shape in Sunda confirms CRAWFURD'S note to Tali, who after stating that in Malay it means ⅛ of a Spanish dollar, says: — „It is probable that Tali is derived from Tali, a rope, and has reference to the practice of filing a certain number of small coins on a string, which, judging by the hole in the centre of all ancient Javanese coins, appears to have prevailed in the Archipelago as well as in China.“
Tataman, small black ants, somewhat smaller than the true Taman. It bites very fiercely when trod amongst, but the pain soon goes off.
Tatangga, neighbour, neighbouring. People whose steps to their houses, Tangga, are near our own steps. All the houses of the natives are reached by mounting steps. Tangga for steps is Malay, not Sunda. The Sunda people call the steps and landing place before a house door Jodog, and the steps or ladder of this Jodog are called Tarajé. The etymon of Tatangga is therefore borrowed, or has become obsolete. The word is still retained in the compound form of Imah tangga. See Tangga.
Tatanggalan, the first 15 days of the moon are so called, but cease with full moon.
Tatarub, a hut. A temporary shed, when out in the forest, made to pass the night in.
Tataruhan, to wager, to stake, to bet. To put down a stake.
Tatu, to tattoo. To mark the body by pricking and rubbing in some black colouring matter.
