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Tilëm, to dive, to disappear under water. 



Tilëp, to fold together any broad, flat substance, as a piece of cloth or the like. See Tikel. 



Eta injuk tileplcen ka jero, fold that injuk inwards; 

 Tilëung, squinting, cock-eyed. 

 Til il, name of a bird, a sort of water-wagtail. 

 Ti lok, never, never by chance. Compounded of To, the negative no, not, and Hok, so- 



metimes. 

 Tilu, three, also soraetimes Talu, and Tolu, which see. 

 Tilu-blas, or Tilu-wëlas, thirteen. 

 Tilu-puluh, thirty. 

 Tim ah, tin, lead. The former distinguished as Timah putih, white tin, and the latter as 



TimaJi hideung , black tin. 

 Tim ali-sari, spelter, much used for making brass. Sari, see voce; thus the flower of tin 



or lead, or the metal which gives beauty (to copper). 

 Tim ba, a small bucket used for dipping water out of a well. This timba is often made 



of light materials, as the young leaves of some palm-tree, matted together, or of upik. 

 Timbang, to weigh; to put in scales or on a steelyard to weigh. To take into consider- 



ation, to ponder, to balance in the mind. To estimate. To make levels with square 



and plummet. To balance or trim a boat, or any other conveyance or object on which 



we rest. 

 Timbangan, scales. Any contrivance for weighing. Balance, counterpoise , considera- 



tion , adjustment, fairness. 

 Tim bul, to rise to the surface. To appear by rising. To float upward. To spring or 



shoot up asseeds; to germinate. To arise, to emerge. To appear after absence. The 



etymon of the word is Bul , rising up , which see. 

 Tim bulken, to cause to appear, to bring to light. 

 Timburuan, jealous. Instigated by jealousy. 

 Tim pa, to strike by falling on. To smite, to beat. To forge with a hammer. To stamp, 



to impress with some machine. 

 Timpug, to fling with violence upon. To throw anything with violence down upon ancther. 



Di timpug Jeu batu, he smashed down stones upon him. A way of taking fish is called 



Timpug. Upon a stone , under which fish are supposed to be concealed , another heavy 



stone is flung, whereby said fish are stunned , and can be easily taken in the hand. 

 Tiinu, to find, to search and get. To comprehend. Timu di jalan , found it on the road. 



To timu rasiyah na, I do not comprehend that secret. To timu kaharti na, I do 



not comprehend its meaning. 

 Timur, the east, eastern. The word appears to be derived fron the sun rising into view 



in the morning. See Ur , with the Ti as a preposition , and the intervention of m for 



euphony. 

 Timur-kalér, north-east. 



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