500 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



failing of the natives , for which they have thus a very appropriate designation). 

 Titir, to strike a drum so as to beat au alarm. To beat the tocsin. 

 Ti war, a scent of information, a suggestion of some occurrence. A hint. 

 Ti was, done for, overtaken by some mishap. Severely injured. Killed, worsted, beaten. 



Irreparably damaged. 

 Tiwu, sugar-cane. The word is sometimes pronounced Towu. Saccharum Officinarum. 



This word appears to be derived from tlie prefix Ti and Wu or Bhu , C. G88 , tobe, 



from the nature of its rapid growth up into a stick. In Malay the word is Tebu, 



which gives the etymon in its other shape. See Tumbu , with which it appears to have 



much affinity. Taw is suger-cane at Tonga, and To, at the Marquesas and Tahiti. 



Or it may have corae from the Tamil , Tittip, sweet, or Tulugu , ipi, sweet, and 



Uk, sugar-cane in Singhalese, which is also very likely Sanscrit , and thus sweet-cane. 



Ook or oog in Formosa , where a Polynesian race is found , means a bambu , and 



may have originally had a common origin. 

 Tiwu-ëndog, the egg-sugar-cane. A variety of sugar-cane, of which the tops are boll- 

 ed and eaten, being a congeries of small round seeds , like the roe of a fish. 

 Tiyër, to string, to fix on a string by sticking a bit of stiff bambu string through any 



objects so as to have them slung together. To fasten together by running a bit of 



string consecutively through several objects. 

 Tiyung, a veil; anything thrown over the head to shade the face from sight or from 



the sun. 

 Tiyungan, to veil , to cover from sight. 

 Ti yup, and Tiyupan, to blow, to pufF. To sound a musical wind-instrument. Diiiyup 



angin , it was blown by the wind. Sëuneuh kudu di tiyupan , the fire must be blown. 



Tiyup suling , to blow the flute. 

 Tiyuwan, a hornet. A large wasp , an inch and one half long, which gives so violent 



a sting, that it sometimes gives the natives a fit of fever. It builds its nest on trees, 



of light dry grassy matter cemented together. It is black with a yeliow patch round 



the middle of the lower body. It is most probably an Asilus. 

 To, a partiele of negation , being an abbreviation of Hanto , no, not. To daikken , I am 



unwilling , I won't. To liadè , not good , that will not do. To ngurus , I don't care , 



that's no matter of mine. 

 Toa, uncle or aunt when older than our father or mother. The word Toa is only ap- 



plied to persons of low degree. 

 Tob at, Arabic, an interjection of surprise, wonderful! mercy on us! To repent of , to rue 



so as to swear not to do so again. Eepentance. Geus tobat mohal dedeuyan, I repent 



it and will not attempt it again. Tobat! sia to ngadengH ka parentah, the deuce 



take it, won't you listen to orders. 

 Tobél, a sort of diminutive of Tobat, and expresses a less decisive wonder, aversion- 



pr intention to repent. 



