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Bima , by way of exception to the otherwise almost universal Pitu, tliis word assumes 



the shape of Pidu, which lias 110 doubt been formeel by dropping the middle syllable 



of Pituduh, instead of the final syllable. 

 Tujuh-blas, seventeen. 

 T ujuh-puluh, seventy. 

 Tujuh, a disease , sickness. Tujuh k u liling , a disease In which either man or beast , 



most frequently the latter, keeps twisting and turning in a circle. 

 Tukang, an artificer, a man skilled in any department of knowledge, especially manual ; 



an artist , a wright, a craftsman, a manufacturer ; an adept. The word is always pre- 



fixed to the trade of which he is designated as the exerciser. See following examples. 

 Tukang arit, a grass-cutter. 



Tukang batu, a mason , a bricklayer , a stone - cutter. 

 Tukang béa, a toll- collector , a tax-gatherer. A collector of customs. 

 Tukang bëusi, a blacksmith , a worker in iron. 

 Tukang bohong, a liar , a man who always tells lies. 



Tukang chai, a water-carrier. A person who has charge of water-works. 

 Tukang chat, a painter. 

 Tukang chuké, a tax-gatherer. A person employed to look after and collect a land- 



owner's share of the erop as it comes off the ground. 

 Tukang chukur, a barber. A person who shaves. 

 Tukang érétan, a ferry-man . 

 Tukang giling, a mlller, a man who grinds. 

 Tukang hukur, a land-surveyor. A man who measures. 

 Tukang humah, a man who makes a humah rice-field. 

 Tukang j a g a 1 , a butcher. 



Tukang jalan, a man who is always wandering about. 

 Tukang kapal, a man who earns his lively hood by doing something at ships ; a sailor ; 



a shipwright. 

 Tukang kayu, a carpenter. 

 Tukang këbon, a gardener. 

 Tukang kuda, a stable-boy, a horse - keeper. 



Tukang kulit, a man who collects the hides of the government hide-farm. A currier. 

 Tukang kuris, a vaccinator. 



Tukang maling, a robber, an adept at thieving. 

 Tukang maryëm, a cannonier, a gunner. 

 Tukang mas,a goldsmith, also a silversmith. 

 Tukang masak, a cook, a person who prepares anything by boiling, as a sugar boiler 



or the like , though masak alone is not used in Sunda. 

 Tukan méja, a table-servant, a butler, a person in charge of the pantry. 

 Tukang muluku, a ploughman. 



