A Malay-English dictionary,

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AMPUL

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AMPAI

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jAI\ ampul. Mengampul: to swell out; to blow
oneself out.
J\ 6mpul. Mengempul: to beat about without
making any real headway-as a ship in an
unfavourable wind.,A1 umpil. Mengumpil: to apply leverage by
putting the point of a stick under anything
and then pressing up that point; to lever up.
jA\ mpBlas. A generic name for a number of
plants; see s. v. mempelas.
Aj\ 6mp6lam. [Skr. phalanm.] The Indian
mango, mangifera indica; also mempelam, q. v.
~\ aampun. Forgiveness; pardon. Meminta a.:
to beg for forgiveness. A mpun tuwanku,
beribu-ribu ampun: pardon, my lord, a
thousand pardons!-a common exordium to
a petition to a raja by way of deprecating
any possible cause of annoyance.
Ampuni (Sej. Mal., I60; Sh. Bid., o09),
ampunkan, (Sh. B. A. M., 9), and ntengampuni
(Ht. Sg. Samb.): to forgive. Jika saperti
Bukit Kdf sakali-pun besar dosa-nya kita ampuni:
we would forgive his offences were they as
great as Mount Kaf.
CI\ umpan. Bait, fodder, food to attract animals.
Di-tabor-nya umpan padi di-dalam jaring itu:
he scattered padi within the snares to serve as
bait; Ht. Kal. Dam., I66. Umpan habis, ikan
ta'-dapat: his bait was eaten and the fish was
not caught; he miscalculated, he was "sold,"a proverb, of which another version is: pelabor
habis, PNlembang ta'-alah, the (besiegers')
stores were exhausted and Palembang was
still uncaptured.
Mati ikan karena umpan: fish perish through
bait (and men are tempted by women to
ruin); Prov. e.g.:Kapal belayar dari A rakan,
A mbil gaji jadi jemudi;
Mati ikan karena umpan,
Mati sehaya karena budi:
fish perish through bait, I perish by her
charms.
U. pisau: "bait for the knife," cattle for
slaughter; a man who must be killed to satisfy
a vendetta; see Ht. Jah., 5.
U. tekak: an appetizer.
\.L\ gmpanda. The name of a tree (unidentified).

I~\ ampu. Upholding; supporting; sustaining;
holding up by pressure from below. Mengampu susu: to hold up the breasts. Pengampu susu: the name given to a kind of
corset worn by dancing girls.

The word perempuwan (a woman) has been
derived, according to Von de Wall, from ampu.
Klinkert, who discards this derivation, gives,
however, tengku anpuwan ( the title of a raja's
principal wife) as a derivative of ampu. Both
these etymologies seem doubtful. The word
puwan (an oval bowl of metal for betel-chewing requisites) has also been derived from
ampu, the full form being given as ampuwan;
cf. puwan.
Amnpu is also used of a man drinking by
catching in his mouth water falling from a
pipe or conduit.
Im 6mmpu. I. A head-dress worn as a symbol of
rank.
II. A Javanese title.
)^J4\ lmpuru. A bird (unidentified)..\6 gmpulor. A plant, better known as metmpulor, q. v.
\ampuwan. Tengku ampuwan: the designation of a raja's principal wife if of royal birth.
To' puwan: the principal wife of a Malay
dignitary.
)p\ Bmpuwan. An oval tray for carrying betelchewing requisites; usually puwan, q. v.
\ 6mpoyan. A fishing-reel (not used with a
rod); also lezmpoyan.
5i 6mpunya. Possession; also punya. Yang
eipunya: the possessor. Mnmpunyai: to
possess.
Yang empunya cheritera ini: the author of
this tale-the usual expression by which a
Malay writer speaks of himself.
In the Straits Settlements the word punya is
often used in forming a genitive, e.g., aku
punya, my; diya punya, his. It is also used to
connect an adjective with the substantive to
which it refers, e.g., baik punya orang: a
good man. These forms are literal translations
of Chinese idioms and are not good Malay.
AL\ 6mpoh. Overflowing. Rebus ta'-empoh: boiling but not spilling, a proverbial expression
descriptive of a man who can run into danger
without suffering for it; going near the fire
without being singed.
1Iimpohan: a flood caused by the swelling of
a river till it overflows its banks.
j\ ampai. Hanging and waving loosely; suspended loosely; a waving motion of the arms
as when a man is treading water; extension,
withdrawal, and extension again; cf. chapai,
apai, sampai, selampai, etc.

A rmpai-ampai: the stinging jellyfish, so called
because of its long waving feelers.
A mpaiyan kain: a clothes-line or clothes-rail.
Amtpaikan: to hang out (clothes or similar
objects ); to lay grass over a batas.

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