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SAMBAR

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SAMBANG

sambar. I. Carrying off as a bird or beast
of prey carries off its victim in its mouth or
talons; pouncing and carrying off; seizing
and carrying off; snatching and pulling away,
as an angry mother seizes a naughty child
and drags him away. Saperti anak ayam disambar lang: like a chicken carried off by a
hawk. Di-samnbar anjing uleh buwaya: the
dog was taken by the crocodile. Di-sambar
jerong taken by a shark. Burong terbang disambar ikant: a bird taken in its flight by a
fish,-an improbable event; Prov.
Sambaran: a victim of a swoop; the prey
carried off by a bird or beast;-but used
especially as an insult implying that the
person addressed is destined to be carried off
by the devil; Sh. Peng., 9; Sh. Sri Ben., 82.
Yu s.: a man-eating shark.
Menyambar: to swoop and carry off; to dart
quickly; (of lightning) to flash across the
sky. Saperti naga mintyambar: as a dragon
darts on its prey,-a type of rapid action;
Ht. Sg. Samb. Kilat menzyambar di-kaki awan:
the lightning is flashing below the clouds.
Sambar mYnyambar: to tear at each other, as
birds of prey or fabulous monsters fighting in
the air; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Kal. Dam., 251.
Penyambar: a snatcher, a thief, a plunderer;
Sh. Sing. Terb., iI.
Sambar is also used of one or more persons
being carried off by an angry God (Betara
Kala); Ht. Mas Ed.
II. Sambar-limor: a variant of sabor-limor;
see sabor I. Also samnbor-limor.. sambor. (Kedah.) Confused melee; wild
scurrying and confusion; (Riau, Johor) sabor,
q. v., sdmbir. I. The edge or rim of a plate; the
edge or outer portion if the inner part only is
used.
II. To " show wrong," of the compass.
s Smbor. Ejection from the mouth; the
blowing out or spurting out of liquid from the
mouth, as when a thirsty man unwilling to
drink in the middle of a journey rinses his
mouth with water and blows the water out
instead of swallowing it; the forcible ejection
of liquid (other than mere saliva) from the
mouth, as in the case of certain venomous
snakes (e.g. naia sputatrix) which are supposed
to kill by squirting out venom; the spurting
out of fire or venom by a dragon (Ht. Ind.
Jaya); the ceremonial spitting of a witchdoctor upon the diseased part of a patient's
body, or towards the four cardinal points to
drive away evil spirits; the effusion of light

over the sky at sunset; the radiation of light
from a heavenly body. Saperti polong kEna
sfmbor: like an evil spirit bespattered with
the witch-doctor's saliva; frightened to death;
Prov., J.S.A.S., XI., 64.
Senmboran: (of a liquid) ejected so as to bespatter; Ht. Abd., 247; Sh. Sri Ben., 88.

Semborkan, or umenyemborkan: to spurt (anything) out from the mouth; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Ht. Mash., 23; Ht. Ind. Jaya; Ht. Koris.
Sigera-lah di-semborkan upas yang bisa itu
dengan sa-kali sembor: it promptly spat out
its venom in a single spurt; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Manyetmbor: to diffuse light; to be radiant;
(of a liquid) to gush forth so as to bespatter,
-used of blood gushing out of a wound;
Ht. Hg. Tuw., Ioo.
simbar. A parasitic plant (unidentified).
sumbar. Jav. Challenging, reproaching, or
reviling each other. Saima bersumlbar sahut
menyahut: reproaching each other one after
another; exchanging terms of reproach; Sh.
Panj. Sg.
i W^ s6mberani. Kuda semberani: a horse en-' dowed with supernatural power such as that
of flying; a Pegasus; Sej. Mal., 23; Ht. Md.
Hanaf., 76; Ht. Sg. Samb. Besi bersenberani, or bisi berani: magnetic iron. Derivation doubtful., Ho s.mberap. A hexagonal sireh box; a set of
sireh-chewing requisites complete in a hexagonal box.
L,J s6mb/rip. A brass tray or dish with a foot
to it. This tray is used especially for holding
the rice at a bridal feast.
s6mburna. [Skr. suwarna.] Gold coloured;
(Kedah) scmbawarna.
sambas. The name of a State on the coast
of Borneo.
sambang. I. Patrolling; to patrol; a round,
' a watch. Raja Pangan dan raja Semang
bsrsambang berkeliling di-padang: the princes
of the Pangan and of the Semang (both
aboriginal tribes) patrolled round the plain;
Ht. Koris. Orang yang bersambang di-mahaligai: the patrol round the palace; Ht. Sh.
Kub. The word also occurs: Ht. Ind. Jaya;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 24; and (of a Sikh guard)
Sh. Kamp. Boy., 8.
II. An abandoned nest 'of the honey-bee.
Lilin s.: wax found in such a nest; J. I. A.,
I., 308. The word is also used of empty
insect cells of all sorts.
Lebah bcrtuwalang di-pohun keriyang,
Baik lekas chari pawang;
Lalai lengai nanti te'rbang,
Malnisan ta'-dapat tinggal sambang:

the bees are swarming on the keriyang-tree,
you will do well to fetch a pawang at once;
if you loiter and are slow about it, all will
fly away; you will not get the honey and will
be left with the abandoned nest.

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