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Tambahan, augmentation , increase, In addition. To add to, to increase. 



Tambai, to call as animals. Anjing na Itudu di tambai, the dogs must be called together. 



Tam bak, fish-ponds, a vivarium. Ponds formed along the seas-hore, by running dikes 



through the muddy places subject to be inundated by the tides. In these Tambaks 



are kept fish for sale , such as Balanak, Bandëng, a great variety of shrimps etc. 

 Tambakan, an earthen dam. The artificial containing dam of a pond. A dike. 

 Tam bak o, European, tobacco. More usually short Baho, which see. 

 Tam bal, to mend, to patch, to darn. Seraioel na di tambal hu lamah , bis trowsers 



were patched with a rag. 

 Tambalung, name of a piece of bambu tied to the wrists of a man by way of hand- 



cuffs, to keep the arms and hands distended and useless. Such Tambalungs are tied 



to people who are carried about the country as arrested and in charge of the police. 



Called also Bogol. 

 Tambang, a rope , a piece of cord. 

 Tambangan, money paid for crossing a ferry; passage-money by a vessel, freight. A 



shore-boat to visit shipping. 

 Tambérang, a back-stay. Any rope holding backwards. 

 T a m b i , the large fiat buttresses of some old trees worked up for pedaty or cartwheels , 



consisting of one disk of wood. See Chanir. 

 T a m b i , a name given to Mahomedan Moormen. 

 T a m b i r , something added on the edge so as to enlarge it. Tambir samping , a piece 



of white cloth added to a samping, so as to enlarge the height of it. Tambir pvahu, 



a piece of wood added to the gunwale of a boat, so as to raise the edge. 

 Tambur, European, a drum. Soldado sa tambur , a company of soldiers, who rally 



at one drum. 

 Tambusu, the entrails or guts of man or brute. The etymon of this word is Bus, the 



idiomatic expression for going , going in, or putting in. In Malay, Marsdfn, page 



82, occurs the word Tambus, to pour through, to strain, to pierce, to penetrate , 



through , — which will give a very intelligible derivation for the Sunda Tambusu. 

 Tam eng, a shield, a buckler. 

 Tamiang, a thin stalked variety of bambu. Bambusa Tabacaria or Tenuis. It makes 



the best B.urangs or bambu spears, and is used for Sampitans or blow pipes, and 



from it are made the Tropongs or weaver's shuttles. 

 Tam pa, to receive, to accept, to get. To come into one's possession. Uldh di tampa 



nu kitu, don't accept such as that. Tampa duit sa rupiyah, to receive money to the 



extent of one guilder. 

 Tampah, the palm of the hands, for which, however, Dampal leungan is the more usual 



expression. To receive on the palm of the hand. Di tampah, to present the palm of 



the hand to receive anything. To carry on the palm of the hands. Sa tampah, 



a hand's breadth. 



