Tékad, faith, acknowledgment.
Tĕka-tĕka, the diamond beetle. Avery handsome variety of beetle, called also Sambĕr-ilén.
Téké, a small quantity of prepared opium mixed with tobacco or other leaves shred fine, and ready for putting into the pipe to smoke. Enough of prepared opium for one smoke.
Tĕkĕbur, Arabic, arrogant, proud, haughty.
Tĕkĕdir, Arabic, fate, inevitable decree, predestination. The divine will.
Tékho, Chinese, a Chinese agriculturist. A Chinaman who cultivates the ground.
Tĕki, name of a grass which springs up very pertinaceously after being cut away, should a particle of root remain in the ground.
Tĕktĕk, to cut moderately without any great exertion. To chop. Eukĕur nĕktĕkan suluh, he was in the act of chopping fire-wood, Iyo awi tĕktĕk lobah dyo, cut this bambu through hereabouts.
Tĕktĕk, a stick, a stem, a pole; a piece of some vegetable matter; something that has great length in proportion to thickness. Any object which has been cut or is fit for cutting. Awi tilu tĕktĕk, three lengths of bambu, three sticks of bambu. Chagak sa tĕktĕk, one stem of wood with a fork to it. Tiwu sa tĕktĕk, a length of sugar-cane. Eŭnaya tilu tĕktĕk, there are only three lengths.
Tékték, sĕurĕuh leaves neatly folded up into a size fit for sticking into the mouth, all ready prepared with the necessary lime and gambir. Such quids are carried about in the Sĕlĕpa.
Tĕkuk, bent down roughly; bent in creases. To fold. Sinking together, as a man unable to stand. An injury sustained at a joint, as the ankle or the wrist by giving way from weakness.
Tĕla, a variety of bambu which yields the best tasted Iwung or bambu sprouts, but is not fit for any other use.
Télam, another way of pronouncing Talam, a salver, a tray.
Tĕlang, name of a beautiful dark blue flower of pea-flower shape, growing upon liane. Clitoria Tinctoria.
Tĕlĕb, Arabic, to ask, to demand, to petition, to pray for. To seek.
Tĕlĕb, to compress; to press upon so as to make solid, or more united.
Tĕlĕb, heavy, weigthy. A great weight in a small compass.
Tĕléktékapi, a kind of parsley planted in the humahs.
Tĕlĕkung, a handkerchief worn on the head, — in the way peculiar to Malays and other inhabitants of the Asiatic Archipelago. Kung in Malay, Marsden, page 274, is the rainbow. The word Kung implies in a circle, in a fillet, and the tie is often put on in a round fillet with the crown of the head bare. See Ikat, Kungkung, and Kungkuwung. Originally this article of apparel may have been a bit of bark of the Artocarpus, or Tĕurĕup, twisted round the head to keep the hair bound together.
