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Persembahan: an offering to a superior; a
gift to a prince from a subject. Mgmlbawa
persembahan itek mas: to bring a golden duck
as a respectful offering; Sej. Mal., 75.
See also smnbahyang.
4.,x smboh. Recovering, healing; healed, of a
wound; ended, of an illness. Usahkan semboh
makin bertatbah-tambah kesakitan-nya: so far
from leaving him, his disease went from bad
to worse; Ht. Gul. Bak., 5.
Sembohkan: to heal, to cause an illness to
end in recovery; Muj., 4, 7; Ht. Abd., 303.
MAnyembohkan: id.; Muj., Io; Ht. Gul. Bak.,
24.
4.% sirmbah. Sprinkling from above, watering;used of besprinkling a floor with water to
clean it, or of watering a street to keep down
the dust on a dry day.
i sembahyang. [From sembah, (worship) q.v.,
and yang (divinity) q. v.] Worship, ritual,
prayer. Lepas sembahyang maghrib: after the
evening prayer, after vespers.
Sembahgyangkan: to cause prayers to be
uttered over (anything); e. g., to conduct a
funeral service; Sh. May., 5; see also Ht.
Abd., 252. Menyemtbahyangkan: id.; Ht. Ism.
Yat., I39.,^ simbai. Smart appearance; the creation of
a favourable impression or effect, as when a
man carries himself well or looks well in a
certain costume.
Sumbi. The process of piecing on a fragment where a fragment has been chipped off;
repairing a boat by replacing injured portions.
v ^ sdmbeta. (Riau, Johor.) Props to keep a
boat upright when hauled up on shore, or in
shallow water when there is a heavy surf.
' ^a, smberang. Tali senmberang: a clothes-line.
Cf. sampiran, from sampir.
' ssmbiyang. A harpoon with one point; Kl.;
L.~ (Kedah) the name of a fish, and of a climbing
plant (both unidentified).
5c smbilang. Ikan s.: a fish with a very
venomous fin; Sh. Ik. Trub., 6; Ht. Ind.
Nata. S. karang: a variety of this fish.
Kochokkan s.: to make a faint splashing in
the water (by dabbling the hand in it) in order
to induce this fish to bite greedily at the line.

j-* sambilan or s6mbilan. Nine; one taken
away from ten (sa-ambilan); cf. Achinese
sa-korang, nine. Negeri s.: the name of a
confederacy of " Menangkabau " States in the
Malay Peninsula.

-.l s6mbilu. A bamboo knife; a sharpened
splinter of bamboo. Di-potong-nya pusat-nya
itu dengan sembilu: they sever the umbilical
cord with a sharpened bamboo; Ht. Abd.,
386. Saperti di-hiris dengan sembilu: as if
torn by a splinter,-a proverbial simile for
intense agony; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Sh. Bur.
Pungg., i; Sh. Ik. Trub., 22.
* s6mat. A long thin piece of wood or bamboo
used as a sort of pin for piecing together
atap.
Patah s.: a peculiar wooden bracelet.
MAInyemat: to piece atap together.
Penyemat: anything serving to pin or piece
together. Jarum p.: a pin.
Tersemat: pinned together.
& s6mut. An ant; the common small houseant, as distinct from the white ant (anai-anai)
or the red tree-ant (kerengga). Rasa-nya
saperti di-gigit setmut: it felt like the bite of
an ant; Ht. Abd., 301. Mati semut kena
gula: ants die in sugar; evil passions are
killed by kindness; cf. J. S. A. S., II., I36.
Senmut-semutan: the sensation of "pins and
needles" in the body.
\ s6m6jana. Moderate, average, mediocre.
sF. s6m6jak. Since; a derivative form of sejak,
q. v. Also se-enjak.
s{mar. I. Jav. The name given to the
comic character in a Javanese play; the
humourist of a dramatized romance such as
the Sang Samba. The introduction of this
comical element is, however, an interpolation
in the story to suit a modern audience, and
does not occur in the Bhauma Kavya or in
older MSS. of the Sang Samba.
II. A piece placed on a carrying pole and
lashed to it to strengthen it at a weak point.
III. As far as, up to, until. Di-terbangkan
ka-udara-nya semar dengan awain hijau: (the
God Sarma Dewa) flew off (with the prince)
to his region of heaven, that is to say as far
as the green sky (one of the 7 folds of
heaven); Ht. Berm. Shahd.
j.) s6m6rbak or s.mbrbok. Spreading diffusion,-used especially of the diffusion of perfume. Dan segala bunga yang tiyada berbau
pun smnzerbak bau-nya: even the scentless
flowers spread a perfume; Ht. Ind. Meng.
See also Sh. Bid., 80; Ht. Ism. Yat., 33.,Ja-Jj s6m6rdanta. [Skr. and old Jav. sunzidanta.] Very white, of the teeth. Usually
in the form asmara danta by an incorrect
etymology.

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