492 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Téng'ah pëuting, midnight. 



Téng'ah poi, mid-day, noon. 



Teng'ahan, towards the middle. Do it at the middle. 



Téng'ahkën, to divide in two equal parts. 



Téng'ang' ni, noon , mid-day. Ténq'ali , middle. Ang'ni is apparently the day , but is not Sun- 



da. Clough , page 216, gives Gnani,& wise or learned man, asage, but particularly 



one skilied in astronomy and the powers of the planetary system over the affairs and 



destiny of man. An astrologer. And thus Téng^dh-gnani or Téng' 'ang'ni , would be the 



astronomer's , or rather astrologer's middle (of day). 

 Ten g 1 eng, speaking with a harsh, shrill voice. A peculiarity in the voice of some men , 



which makes them speak as if squeaking. 

 Tëng'er, a mark or sign placed upon anything, by which to recognize it again. 

 Teng'ëran, to put a mark on anything, by which it may be known again. 

 Ténggék, to gaze , to keep looking at. 

 Te'nggék cha-ah,the flood-gazer ,-narae of a small tree growing by riversides. Nauclea 



Orientalis. 

 Tënggëlkën, to hit, to strike. Di tenggelhen ka téng'dh imah, he directed the stroke 



to the middle of the house. Di tenggelhen ka na kakiping pedati, he made it hit the 



pedaty-wheel. 

 Ténggor, to strike without intention. Inadvertently hit. 

 Teug'' i, rancid, rank, ill-flavoured , — as rancid butter. 

 Tëngkas, to kick lightly with the hind foot. 

 Ten g' os, to cut the end of bambu or wood with a slope. 

 Téngténg, to carry under the arm, with the hand down towards the thigh. To carry 



by placing between the body and the arm. To carry as a tiger would do, partly held 



up with one paw. 

 Téngténg, a kind of cake made of këtan rice, which is whole and not ground down to 



flour. It is mixed with a little Java sugar and packed in small square blocks, in a 



wrapper of plantain-leaves which have been dried. 

 Tdnjo, to look from afar, to discry. To survey from a distance. To have a distant 



prospect. 

 Ténjo, name of a forest-tree, which gives a gum like Gum Copal. This gum is used 



instead of Benjamin, when propitiating the Guriangs or mountain-spirits. 

 Ténong, a round basket made of split bambu, generally 5 or 6 inches thick, and flat 



both below and above, and from about half a foot to a foot in diameter. These 



baskets are generally painted red and black , and are used by women for holding sew- 



ing materials. 

 Tép, the idiomatic expression of the sensation of pain, as of being bit by some small in- 

 sect, or cut slightly by a knife. Tép bai ku tataman , he feit the bite of a tataman- 



ant; and the tataman-ants began to bite him. Ari ngarasa tép tfodeui gegero-an bai, 



as soon as he feit the knife , he immediately set a bellowing. 



