NAMES OF PLACES IN SINGAPORE. 81 
Sunget Pérépok. ‘ Pérépok”’=“ brambles,” “thorns.” 
Sunget Ponggol. “ Ponggol’’=‘‘astump of atree”’ especial- 
ly “a high stump.”’ Compare ‘‘ Punggor.” It has been 
suggested to me that the word is Tamil (Ponkal, ‘‘the 
feast of the boiling rice,’ celebrated when the sun 
enters the sign of Capricorn), but the word is clearly 
Malay and not Tamil. 
Sungei Sa-rimbun. ‘Rimbun” is “luxuriant,” “in great 
quantity,” “thick.” 
Sunget Sélétar. A tribe of the Orang Laut (Orang Sélétar), 
who formerly lived there, took its name from the river. 
See Journal Indian Archipelago, Vol. I, p. 302. 
Sunget Tampines. “Tampines” is the well-known timber 
tree (Sloctia sideroxylon). 
pauses leban. “ Léban’’=—“ to bet,” “to stake an. equal 
amount.” 
Sunget Témbuan. ‘“Témbuan”’ or ‘Tébuan”=“ a hornet.’ 
Sunget Téngek. ‘“Téngek”=“the rank smell of things 
cooked in oil and kept a long time.” 
suicen tues, “\uas ‘— “to: chop im two pieces,” also 
‘“‘to raise by leverage,” “to support.”’ 
Tanjong Awar or Aur. “ Awar”’ (Aur) is the large kind of 
bamboo (Dendrocalamus). This is the point known 
as St. James’ in the New Harbour. 
Tanjong Malang, or “ Malay Spit.” ‘‘ Malang” in naviga- 
tion means ‘‘a black rock,’ and the name is given to 
the patch of rocks running out to seaward from Fort 
Palmer. This is the place where Sir STAMFORD RAF- 
FLES hung in chains the body of Syed YASIN, the man 
who stabbed Colonel FARQUHAR, the story of which 
is told by ABDULLAH in his “ Hikaiat.”’ 
Tanjong Méngkuiang. ‘‘Mengktang”’ is the well-known 
thorny plant out of which kajangs and mats are made. 
Tanjong Mérawang. ‘‘Mérawang”’ means “ragged,” “ full 
of holes” and the point is so called from its appearance. 
The word is derived from “ Rawang,” ‘a bog.” This 
point is wrongly marked both in the charts and the 
Government Map (1885). In the charts Tanjong 
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