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\ ~6mpat. Four. Hari empat: (Straits Settlements) the fourth day of the week (commencing with Monday); Thursday. Pmpat persagi
or e. pesegi: square. Bulan empat sa-nama: a
name given to the four months: jumddu'lawwal, jumddu'l-akhir, rabi'u'l-awwal and
rab'u'l-akhir.
Berempat: to make a fourth; to have three
companions. Pergi berempat pulang bertiga:
he went with three companions and returned
with two; (or) they were four when they left
and three when they returned.
Ke-empat: the four; the group of four. Bermuwdfakat ke-empat-nya: the four came to an
agreement.
K-e-npat-e-mpat: all four.
Yang ke-empat: the fourth. Langit yang
ke-empat: the fourth heaven.
c l impit. Wedging or squeezing in between;
better himpit, q. v.
~j.\ umpat. Abuse, evil-speaking, cursing; also
upat. Di-umpati uleh marika-itu akandaku
sebab baik dengan orang puteh: they abused me
because I was on good terms with Europeans.
Umpati (Sh. Panj. Sg.), mnngumpat (Ht.
Abd., 183), and mengumpatkan (Sh. Dag., 12):
to abuse, to revile, to curse.
j&\ 6mpBdal. The gizzard; also pedal and
hImpedal, q. v.
L\ mpbdu. Gall, bile, the gall-bladder; Muj.,
46; also henmpdu, q. v.
^\ aampar. (Of carpets, rugs, etc.) Spreading,
expansion, the act of spreading out; v. hampar.
}L\ ampir. Near, nearly, almost; v. hampir.
I \ emper. Jav. A pent-house, a shed.
\ ampas. Refuse, dregs, trash. A. sagu: sago
refuse, used by Chinese for feeding pigs. A.
tebu: megass, crushed cane. Also hampas.
J\ ampis or 6mpis. A. musang or e. musang:
(i) the name given to concurrent rows of
stakes placed so as to guide a polecat into
a trap; (ii) the name of a plant (unidentified)...\ 6mpas. Dashing or flinging down; better
hgmpas, q. v.

\ ampang. Easy, light; usually gampang, q. v.

jI\ ampong. Drifting, driftwood, an equivalent
of apong, q. v. Teampong-ampong Sultan
Yakhyd di-dalam bahar itu: Sultan Yahya was
drifting about in the sea; Ht. Best., 13. Cf.
telampong.

i\ 6mpang. Barring, damming; constructing
a barrier to check the flow of a stream; (rare)
an alluvial mine. Di-suroh-nya gmpang sungai
itu: he ordered the river to be dammed; Ht.
Abd., 241. Ta'-empang pgluru di-lalang: the
course of a bullet will not be stopped by
grass; the wealthy will not be successfully
resisted by the poor; Prov., J. S. A. S., I.,
96.
Layar tupang sehaya balekkan,
Laju-nya tidak dapat di-empang:
I will back the sprit-sail, the (boat's) speed
cannot (otherwise) be checked; Pel. Abd., 114.
r\ 6mping. Crushed rice, a preparation of rice
plucked, crushed and cooked before it is quite
ripe. Maka ya-itu-lah yang di-santap uleh baginda saperti mnping: the things the king ate,
such as crushed rice; Ht. Sri Rama. Emping
dan Wklapa dan gula: crushed rice, coco-nut
and sugar; Ht. Abd., iii.
Pengezping, or lesong pengemping: a mortar
for pounding young rice with a view to
making emnping. Masak perenping: ripe
enough to make emping: an expression descriptive of a certain stage of ripeness in the
padi.
ompang. Ompang-ompang: miscellaneous
articles carried about by a trader and intended for use as gifts to rajas and others whom
it might be important to conciliate..J,\ impap. Onom. Striking or laying a broad
flat surface on another surface of the same
character; the noise made by striking water
with the flat of a paddle or any other similar
flat object.
Mengempap and mengempapkan: to lay a
flat object on another; to lay one's open
hand, for instance, on one's breast or on
a table.
Sa-pelempap, sa-te'mpap or sa-telempap: the
breadth of the hand when laid on the table;
the breadth of the palm of the hand; a hand's
breadth.
Bmpok. A soft spot in fruit; softness in fruit
as the result of a slight over-ripeness; the
softness of a well-boiled potato.
Batu pun empok jangankan hati manusiya: a
stone even would be softened, much more then
the heart of a man; you know the appeal to
be irresistible, and only hold out to show
what you imagine your " firmness "; Prov.
j\ ompok. I. Chap ompok: a method of printing designs on cloth; cf. telepok.

II. Sewing a border on a piece of cloth;
the border so sewn on. Kain berompok
dengan slkhalat: cloth bordered with scarlet.,,\ umpak. Umpak-umpak: a species of lizard;
K1. (better sumpah sumpah, q. v.).

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