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Rh Toblong, with a hole broken through the bottom or side, so that you can see through. Burst open in a gap.

Toblongan, to make a hole in. To make or force an opening.

Toblos, burst open, disrupted.

To-él, to touch lightly with the point of the finger, or with the point of a stick. To touch by reaching at from a distance. To tickle a young woman, to poke at her in fun.

Togaran, to beat or thump violently,—as with a crowbar or with a beam of wood. Using a crowbar to burst open anything.

Togé, the kachang taněuh, or ground-nut swollen and burst with vegetation, by exposure to wet. Such Togé being fried is eaten and considered by the natives as a delicacy.

Togog, a character in Pantuns, the son of Samar; he is represented as a monkey.

Tohaga, strong and powerful.

Tojér and Tojérkén, to kick out with the feet. To shove and stamp at with the foot. Di tojér ku suku, he stamped at it with his foot.

Tojérěun, at the feet. Near the place where the feet come, as the end of a bed, or end of a sofa, where the feet are when lying down. A refined expression.

Tojo-an, to work at here and there. To pick out here and there. To do something at here and there. Not each and every one, but only some. Di mana nu goréng kudu di tojo-an di hadéan, wherever it is bad you must repair it here and there.

Tok, the idiomatic expression of knocking. Tok bai di kětrokan, rapping he gave it a knock. Tok-tokan, to rap, to knock at.

Toké, a large description of house lizard, called in Malay Géko. Both words being taken from the peculiar loud cry of the animal. A large one is six inches long in body with a tail of five inches more. The animal is nearly four inches in circumference round the belly, bites hard and is speckled with various colours. It walks and runs along the ceiling of a room as easy as on a flat table, the paws being peculiarly formed for that purpose.

Tokér, to push backwards with the foot. To give a shove at with the foot so as to throw backwards. See Tajong, to kick forwards.

Toko, the weevil in rice. A small black beetle which never fails to make its appearance in rice which has been ground some time. It is the Calandra Oryzae.

Toko, the shop of an European. A merchant's office. A place where merchandise is sold.

Tolok, bambu baskets with lids fitting to them, for the purpose of carrying any goods with greater safety. Two such Toloks are generally carried by one man, one at each end of a stick laid across the shoulders.

Tolu, three, more frequently Tilu, but Tolu is in constant use at Jasinga. To-lu is probably To-ru, not of one appearance, disparity, as two was expressed by Rua = parity. In many of the languages of Polynesia three is expressed by Talu, Télu or Tolu, all having evidently the same meaning. Oru occurs at Saparua, Toru at the Marquesas,