Tunduk, to bow down the body or head. With the head bent down. To stoop, to incline. To make submission.
Tundukan, as di tundukan, to bore a woman's ears for ear-rings. The expression is used at Buitenzorg. In other places more usually di tindih.
Tundun, name of a very common fruit-tree and its fruit-called in Malay Rambutan, from Rambut, the hair, as the fruit is covered with processes thought to resemble hair. The Tunduns were formerly called in botany Euphoria, but have now the name of Nephelium, as Nephelium Lappaceum, Tundun Aché, - Nephelium Glabrum, Tundun pulĕsan.
Tundun chorogol, name of a large tree growing wild in forests. Nephelium Noronhianum.
Tundung, to rebutt, to rebuff, to discharge. To turn out of employment. To have nothing further to do with.
Tunggak, the stump of a tree, cut a few inches or a foot above the ground. Any wood set fast and projecting, as drift wood in a river.
Tunggal, alone, separate, distinct. Independent of any other. Séngyang Tunggal, the independent, the only divinity, - which conveys the nearest approach to the unity of the godhead, as understood by the ancient and pagan Javanese, only we know that they had the whole Hindu tribe of gods in reverence at the same moment, and thus that Séngyang Tunggal, though independent of the other gods, and in many respects the chief divinity, did not prevent the other deities being active, each in his own peculiar sphere. See Nunggal. Tunggal is still one of the chief divinities of the Badui in South Bantam.
Tunggir, the parson’s nose in fowls. The bump from which the feathers of the tail grow.
Tunggu and Tungguan, to watch, to keep, to have in surveillance. To wait or attend upon. To stay by and superintend. Ewé kolot di tungguan kénéh, he still retains his old wife, (he has not divorced her in consequence of marrying another wife). Nu di gawé, kudu di tungguan, those who work must be superintented.
Tunggul, the stump of a large tree which has been felled. Tunggul is on a large scale what Tunggak is on a smaller one. Tongala, C. 167, the end, the extreme point of the length of a thing. See Nunggul.
Tungka, to cut down or detach earth from the face of a hill, or from any bank. To move or displace earth or stones by working at them with a piece of wood by way of a lever. To displace any heavy weight by levers or crowbars.
Tungku, plantain-stem cut in short lengths and set together, generally three bits, so as to form a place to cook at, or boil a pot upon, in the open air.
Tungkul, hanging down the head (from shame or otherwise). Leaning over anything.
Tungkulan, to lean over. Figuratively to take care of. To watch with anxiety. To provide for the wants of any one, especially wife and children.
Tungkul umĕusi, said of growing paddy hanging down and the ears filling.
Tungkus, a bundle, a parcel. The materials for eating sĕurĕuh tied up in the corner of a handkerchief.
