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JAMBUWA. jam. Pers. A clock; an hour. Sa-tengah
jam: half-an-hour; Ht. Abd., 202. Sa-jam
duwa: an hour or two; Ht. Gul. Bak., 15.
jum. An exclamation meaning "come"; "let
us be moving "; "let us be off."
c<$. jamada. Jamdda 'l-awwal: the fifth month
of the Muhammadan lunar year; Ht. Abd.,
422, 474.
Jamdda 'I-akhir: the sixth month of the
Muhammadan year; Ht. Abd., 454.
_~.S jima'. Arab. Coition; sexual intercourse;
Muj., 27, 33; Ht. Gul. Bak., 83.
i3J jamal. Arab. Beauty; elegance.
)\\?. jbmala. The crown of the head; the highest
part of the cranium. Batu j.: id.; = batu
kepala. Ka-atas j. patek: upon the crown of
your servant's head, i. e., upon me, to meexpressed humbly; Ht. Kal. Dam., 221. Setri
j.: a term of endearment; one's glory; the
light of one's head or of oneself; Sh. Laili
Mejn., 24.
ij- jbmalang. An evil spirit; v. jemUbalang.
\p. jamall. Arab. Beautiful; Sh. Bid. (Leyd.),
293.. j6mawa. Conceit; pride based upon insufficient grounds; boasting, the hollowness of
which is shown up. Also jetbawa.
\ jJjrmba. I. MAnjemba:(Johor) to pay habitual
visits.
II. A measure of length; the equivalent of
twelve feet; a "jumlba" in old land titles.
III. A covering of dry leaves to protect a
young plant; K1.
L J6mbalang. (Riau, Johor.) An evil spirit
attached to the soil; an imp of the soil; a
spirit of disease haunting a particular spot;
Sh. Sh. Al., I6; Sh. Peng., 9; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
II3; Ht. Raj. Don., 3. Also (Kedah) jemalang.
-,,~ jambat. A variant of jabat, q. v. Janmbatanl:
a gangway; a bridge; a balustraded passage;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 126; Ht. Abd., 57, 368; Ht.
Raj. Don., 67., jembet or jimbit. The act of lifting anything with the fingers but not lifting it entirely
off the floor. Cf. jenjeng; raising, as opposed
to sustaining in the hand.

p?. jambar. I. Sa-jambar: a plateful, a dishful;
= sa-dulang, but used only when speaking of
nasi kunyet.
II. A rough temporary hut made by travellers through the jungle; Ht. Sri Rama
(Maxw.), 27.

t.?. jambang. I. A flower-pot or flower-stand;
a moveable flower-bed; a receptacle for growing plants. Buga di-dalam-nzya jambang: a
flower in its flower-pot; Sh. Bur. Nuri, I2.
Jambangan: id., but the more usual form; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 37, 40, 49; etc.
II. Whiskers; usually chambang, q. v..O? jambak. A (double) handful; the contents
of the two hands held together.. j. jembak. Terjenmbak-jeibak: flapping up and
down on the shoulders-as a child's locks
when the child is running.
\. jambul. A tuft of hair or feathers rising from
the crown of the head as the tuft of a cockatoo or the queue of a Chinaman, provided
that tuft is smoothed, plaited or regular; Sh.
Ch. Ber., 5; Ht. Sh. Merebahj.: the name
of a bird with a tuft or crest.
Jambul is also used of the tassel of a fez.
J. mzrak: a plant, selaginella atroviridis.
J. jumbil. The dew-lap; also gelambir.
'. jamban. A privy; Ht. Abd., 104; Sh. Pant.
Shl., 3.
< jambu. Skr. A generic name for a number
of fruits of the rose-apple class; Ht. Ism.
Yat., IIo; Sej. Mal., 69; Muj., 53, 64.
J. ayer: eugenia aquea; Ht. Koris.
J. ayer chili puteh: eugenia cayophyllea.
J. ayer zutan: eugenia miacrocarpa and eugenia
densiflora.
J. ayer laut: eugenia grandis.
J. baning: a shrub with fruits somewhat
resembling a small rose-apple, memecylom
heteropleurum.
J. batu hutan: a wild tree gardenia, gardenia
tubifera.
J. biji: the guava, psidium guava; (Acheen)
the cashew.
J. bol: eugenia malaccensis.
J. bukit: eugenia macrocarpa.
J. dulek: messua lepidota.
J. golok: = j. monyet.
J. kelawar: eleocarpus parvifolius. A kar j.
kelawar: a climber, tizyphus calophyllus.
J. mawar: eugenia jambos.
J. monyet: the cashew, anacardium occidentale.
Also gajus and janggus.
J. penawair: = j. ayer.
J. suU: = j. bol.
J. terong: = j. monyet.

Jambu-jambu: the crest of a helmet; the
ornamental end of a standard; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Sh. Kub.

9' jambuwa. The shaddock; KI.

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