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Sembelehkan: to cut (the throat). S. leher:
id.; Ht. Hamz., 5. Menyembgleh: id., Muj.,
15; Ht. Abd., 407; Ht. Mar. Mah.; Sh. Sing.
Terb., 5.
Sembileh ayam dengan pisau sembeleh orang
dingan kapas: you kill a fowl with a knife and
a man with cotton;-an allusion to the little
piece of cotton wool through which the executioner's keris is driven; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
XXIV., 109.
Y~Y } sbmb61lewa or sdmbblewah. Half-hearted,
\ of work.
s0mbam. Falling on one's face; the act of
rf falling head-foremost especially from a height.
Sungkor s.: id. (intensified). Maka tuwan
puteri pun tarsennyum nmlihat kelakuwan segala
dayang-dayang itu, masing-masing dengan lakunya; dan ada yang charek selendang-nya ada
yang charek kain-nya terjatol sungkor-ssmnbamn
di-dalam kolarm itu: the princess smiled to see
the behaviour of her maidens, each acting in
an original manner, some getting their scarves
torn, others getting their skirts (sarong) torn,
as they fell on their noses into the pond; Ht.
Ind. Meng. Melihat budak-budak itu berebutrebutkan bunga jatoh sungkor-sembam, itu-pun
tiyada di-perasakan-nya: to see the children
snatching the flower from one another, and
(in their excitement) falling on their faces
without feeling the worse for it; Ht. Koris.
sambau. A grass, the grain of which is used,
though rarely, for food. Bagai sambau ditengah jalan: like grass in the middle of the
road,-always trodden under and raising its
head only to be trodden under again; an uncertain and hazardous existence; Prov.
suxmbu. I. A wick, a fuse, a slow-match.
Yang buleh di-pasang dengan tiyada bersumbu:
that can be lit without lamp-wick (i. e. gas);
Ht. Abd., 355. Di-masokkan-nya-lah peti ubat
bedil itu serta di-bgri-nya brsumnbu: they put
chests of powder into it and attached a slowmatch to them; Ht. Abd., 64.
Apa guna pasang pelita,
Jika tidak dengan sumbu-nya?
Apa guna brrnma in mata
Kalau tidak dengan sunggoh-nya?
why light a lamp if it has no wick in it? why
cast amorous glances if you mean nothing
by them? Cr. Gr., 84.
S. kumpai: rush wicks laid in the grave
with a dead body.
Leher bersumbbu: a fringed collar.
II. Sumbu badak: the horn of a rhinoceros.
simboja. Baulu semoja, or buwah ulu s: a
(.i cake like short-bread cut into a peculiar shape.

' <,3 s6mburit. Sodomy.
simbawarna. (Kedah.) Gold-coloured;
)-Y' (Riau, Johor) semburna; Skr. suwarna.,t. s/mbuwang. I. A pole stuck in the water
and used as a mooring post for boats; a
winning post on which the prize is placed.
II. An offering to evil spirits.
AA sBmbulu. Rough, of timber, as timber sawn
but not yet planed or only roughly planed
with a blunt instrument; (by extension) dull,
of a man.
A nak s.: a very small fish (unidentified).
J. smbuli. Rhinoceros-horn; see suibu, which
is the usual form.
smbuni. Hiding; a variant of snmbunyi, q. v.
e s/mboyan. An alarm; a signal agreed upon
as a note of warning. Gong semboyan: an
alarm gong; Ht. Sh. Mard.; Ht. Sh. Kub.;
Ht. Koris.
a Ho srmbtmyi. Concealment, hiding. Sembu- nyikan: to hide; Ht. Abd., I58, 244, 420.
Metnyemnbunyikan: id.; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 26;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 53, 88. Saperti harimnau
nzenyembunyikan kuku: as a tiger hides its
claws; a proverbial expression of warning
against taking a potentate's deference too
seriously; Sh. Ungg. Bers., 8.
Bersanbunyi: in hiding; Ht. Abd., 66.
Tersimbunyi: hidden; Ht. Abd., 49.
4, snmbah. A salutation, a respectful address,
-used of the speech of a subject to a raja, or
of an inferior dignitary to a sovereign prince;
a respectful offering; the actual act of salutation or homage consisting in raising the hands
to the face. Demikiyan sembah-nya: he spoke
as follows. Demi di-dengar uleh baginda akan
sembah ahlt'n-nujmn: when the prince heard
the words of the astrologers. Surat s.: a
letter of submission offering or acknowledging
homage or allegiance; Sej. Mal., xo8. Membawa semnbah daripada buwah-buwahan: to
bring offerings of fruit; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Sembahkan: to convey (a message) to a
prince; to represent (facts) to a prince; to
give (something) to the prince as an offering;
to give (a daughter) in marriage to a ruler of
paramount power; Ht. Gull. Bak., 58. Persermbahkan: id.; Sej. Mal., 6; Ht. Sg. Samb.;
Ht. Abd., 327. iMmpersenmbahkan: id.; Sej.
Mal., 7; Ht. Mash., 72.
Menyermbah: to salute, to bow, to lift the
hands to the face in token of respect-usually
of salutations to idols or princes but even in
some cases of any bow in token of respect,
e. g., to the learning of a boy; Ht. Abd., 44.
Tundok mt., or sujid n.: id. M. sa-puloh

ja:ri to salute with closed hands, finger
to finger; Sh. Bid., 74; Sh. Sri Ben.,
88. Mf. berhala: to worship an idol. M.
matahari: to worship the Sun; Ht. Md.
Hanaf., 66. Sultan M. S. tiyada mahu meny#mbah ka-benuwa Siyam: Sultan M. S.
did not wish to acknowledge the Suzerainty
of Siam; Sej. Mal., io8.

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