Crawfurd, in his Dissertation to his Malay Dictionary, at page 49, says, that Barbosa describes the Javanese as trading at Malacca in the beginning of the 15th century, before the Portuguese conquest. They had, he says, no clothing form the waist upwards, and no covering to the head, but dressed their hair in a peculiar fashion.
Tĕlik, to look at attentively or wistfully. To gaze, to espy, to watch.
Tĕl-tĕl, expressive of laying hold of branches, and swinging form one to another, as the monkeys do in the forest.
Tĕluh, magic. Poisoned by the artifices of incantation. Whenever a person gets unaccountably ill, anything out of the common, they say: Gĕus di tĕluh dĕungan, he has been magically poisoned by some one not of his family.
Tĕluk, a bend in a river. A bay or bend in the coast. An inlet. Etymon, Luk, which see. Tĕluk Bĕtung, the Lampung Bay in the straits of Anjir.
Tĕlur, the testicles.
Témbak, to shoot with a gun. To fire at, to aim at. The acceptation of firing at must be modern, since the knowledge of fire-arms, but might have applied formerly to shooting with bows and arrows. The m in this and some following words, seems of same force as the Um used with words beginning with Tum, and Témbak may thus be derived from Téwak, to seize, to catch, to lay hold of, and Témbak may thus be: to shoot at with a view of seizing. The w being changed into b after the m for the sake of euphony.
Témbangan, the air of a song, the tune. Measure of intonation.
Tĕmbĕk, to dam up the course of a stream of water, so as to form a pond or lake. See Tambakan. To stop the course of water.
Tĕmbing, steep, precipitous, with an acclivity. Probably derived from Nawing, perpendicular, in same manner as Témbak from Téwak.
Témbok, a wall. A wall of brick or stone and mortar. Seems to have a parity of origin with Tĕmbĕk, to dam up. In Malay, Marsden, 82, Timbuk, an embankment, dyke, rampart. A wall.
Témbong, visible, in sight, perceived. To see. Po-ék, to témbong, it is dark and I cannot see. Témbong ti luhur kayu, sighted from the top of a tree.
Témbongkĕn, to cause to see. To make visible. Ulah di témbongkĕn, do not let it be seen.
Tĕmboro, name of a mountain in Sumbawa, from which proceeded, in 1815, the greatest volcanic eruption on record.
Tĕmĕgong, the same as Tumagung or Tumunggung.
Tĕmĕn, in earnest. To mean it. Intentional. Tĕmĕn di gawé, to work in earnest. Tĕmĕn sia daik ngabĕdah, do you mean it that you will open out new sawahs. Lain tĕmĕn, it was not intentional.
Tĕmĕnan, to work in earnest. To press eagerly for some accomplishment. To bring a man to his bearings. To take up in earnest.
