Tariti, name of a forest-tree. Tarietia Javanica.
Tarka or těrka. Divination. To accuse a man from feeling convinced that he has done some wrong, but not having the means of proof. To suspect and charge with. Tarkaka, C. 224, logic, the science of disputation, reasoning; argumentation.
Tarok, to give a blow on the head, to knock on the head of man or beast. Also to give a blow to a cocoa-nut, so as to split it, which must be with a cutting instrument.
Taroktok, to make a rattling sound by knocking two pieces of split bambu against each other, as done in some devices for frightening away wild pigs or birds, etc. from growing crops. The apparatus for making the above noise.
Tartib, to make arrangements so that a thing may be done well and without accident. To work with judgement.
Tartil, to speak clearly and explicitly. To give orders clearly, so that no mistake can be made. To tell a story from beginning to end very clearly.
Taruhan, wager, stake at gambling.
Tarum, the same as Tarung, to meet and fall upon; to attack at once.
Tarum, the indigo-plant, Indigofera Tinctoria. Planted from seed. Chitarum, Indigo river, name of a large river falling into the sea at Krawang Point.
Tarum-arĕui, the liane-indigo, much used by the mountaineers of Sunda. Marsdenia Parviflora.
Tarum-kĕmbang, a variety of indigo planted from cuttings, literally the flower-indigo. Indigofera Anil.
Tarumpah, a sandal or sole of any matter, often made of bark, or a bit of hide, worn under the sole of the foot, and tied with strings round the instep and ankle.
Taruna, a young man, a youth. More generally used as a proper name. Taruna, C. 223, young, youthful, juvenile, — a young man, a youth.
Tarung, to set upon; to attack without any palaver. To overtake an enemy and at once attack him.
Tasbé, Arabic, a rosiary carried by pious Mohammedans, on which they count their prayers, after the fashion of Roman Catholics.
Tasbé, a scitameneous plant which red flower and round black seeds, from which were probably made the rosiaries, though the seeds are rather too small for the purpose. It is the Canna Indica.
Tasik, this word only occurs, as far as I can learn, in one solitary instance in the Sunda language, and that is to form a proper name; viz in the Preanger Regencies, on the banks of the Chitandui, and south of the mountain Talaga Bodas, occurs Tasik Malaya, and thus inland and at a considerable distance from the sea. Tasi and Tasik, in many languages of the Archipelago, and throughout the Pacific, mean the Sea, and even in Javanese the word Tasik is found meaning a lake, the sea. The Ta may be the very common Polynesian negative, No, not, called in Sunda To. Sik or Sika may be the Singhalese Sikha, C. 731, point, top in general; a crest. Thus
