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Tumpëk, a day in an ancient week corresponding to Saturday. See Dité. All the 

 other days are called by names analogous to those found ünder Dité, Th is day is 

 called in Ceylon Sénasurada, which is from Sénasura, C. 761, the planet Saturn. 

 On Java the denomination for Saturday appears to have differed from that in Ceylon , 

 and no very satisfactory etymology presents itself for Tumpek , unless it may be de- 

 rived from Turn, C. 239, greatness , dignity, eminence, and Pak , C. 381, the name 

 of a demon who was conquered by lndra, but why his eminence the Demon succeeded 

 Saturn does not appear. 



Tumpëng, the boiled rice in the shape of a cone as it comes from the native cooking 

 pot, over which it has been cookecl by steaming in a bambu basket called Uaseupan. 



Tumplës, the same as Tumpur , dead out, no descendants left. 



Tumpuhkën, to make liable for, to hold answerable. See Tem pub. 



Turn puk, to pile up , to heap up, to set one upon another. A heap, a pile. 



Tumpur, said when a race dies out; when a man dies without leaving any descendants. 

 Said of plants of which nothing remains worth having , as bambus , plantains or the like. 



Tu mum bak, resembling spears. Like a tumbak, with the peculiar um inserted in the worcl. 

 Said of paddy just after it comes out of the ground , and before the leaves can hang 

 over. Jumarum is when the young paddy is still smaller and the points just peep out. 



Tumurun, to descend or come down by degrees, step by step. Derived from Turun, 

 with the peculiar um inserted. 



Tuna, to decrease in quantity. Fallen off in number or quantity. Especially said of 

 short crops. 



Tunas, a sprout. The sprout of a tree from which the branches have been lopped , or 

 the tree cut down and only the stump remaining. When such stump again vegetates , 

 the shoots are called Tunas. 



Tunda, to tow. To drag through water a vessel , a log of wood , or raft of bambus, or 

 any other thing which will fioat. 



Tunda, to lay by ; to deposit. To put aside in some place of security to betaken at an- 

 other opportunity. To set aside for future use. See Sun da. Barang na to Jca-angkat 

 leabéh , saparo na di tunda dijalan, they could not carry away all the goods, part of 

 them had to be deposited by the road. 



Tunda, name of an island inside the straits of Sunda, called also Pulo Babi. 



Tundag, applied to climbing, especially mountains. A steep bit. Sa tundag deux ka 

 punchak, it is another pull (or another steep bit) to the top. 



Tundan, corvees of people to transport persons or goods along the public roads. Men 

 employed to transport by stages. 



Tun danken, to carry persons or goods by stages. To pass goods from village to vil- 

 lage along a road, the people of each village carrying them on to the next one. To 

 carry with tundan-people who are changed by stages, especially when they are or- 

 dered out by some public authority. 



T u n d u h , fast asleep. Buried in sleep. 



