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‖ tumbok lada|ˈtumbok ˈlada|
[Malay, lit. ‘pepper-crusher’, f. tumbok to thump, pound + lada pepper.]
A small Malayan dagger.
1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca II. xii. 212 The Battas of Sumatra, wear..knives called tombak lada. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 477/1 The Malays use..short stabbing daggers called tumbok lada. 1936G. B. Gardner Keris viii. 113 A nasty ripping knife is sometimes made by fixing an old razor blade into a tumbok lada hilt. 1967J. Cleary Long Pursuit i. 25 He..took from his belt the tumbok lada, the small Malayan knife. |