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Rh Bima, by way of exception to the otherwise almost universal Pitu, this word assumes the shape of Pidu, which has no doubt been formed by dropping the middle syllable of Pituduh, instead of the final syllable.

Tujuh-blas, seventeen.

Tujuh-puluh, seventy.

Tujuh, a disease, sickness. Tujuh kuliling, 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 prefixed 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 běusi, 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 crop as it comes off the ground.

Tukang chukur, a barber. A person who shaves.

Tukang érétan, a ferry-man.

Tukang giling, a miller, a man who grinds.

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

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

Tukang jagal, 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 kěbon, 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 maryěm, 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.

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

Tukang muluku, a ploughman.