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lumbah. A generic name for a number of
plants, especially the curculigo.
L. bukit: peliosanthes spp.
L. mterah: curculigo recurvata.
L. paya: homalomena rostratum.
L. rimba: curculigo sumatrana.
lambai. The act of waving or beckoning with
anything as people wave their farewells to a
departing ship. Di-lambai-nya dengan chemzara
merah maka di-balas-nya uleh perahu itu dengan
chemara kunling: they waved a red yak-tail and
were answered from the ship with a yellow
one; Ht. Sh. Mard.

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Melambai: to wave, to beckon. Di-lambainya dengan tanga-nya: he waved his hand; Ht.
Mar. Mah. t)rangyang mn mbawa Jalan melambai-lambai sehaya dengan G.: the people who
took us on board waved their farewells to me
and G.; Pel. Abd., 57. When used of a
dancer the word refers to a movement of the
arm suggesting encouragement or invitation.
5 limbai. Melimbai: to swing the arm; to wave
about a whip; to flicker, of a flame; to sway
the arm, of a dancer when the swaying is
intended to suggest a negative. Membuwang
limbai: id. (in the last sense only).
L,1 mbega. A plant, better known as rembega,
q. v.
l.mas. I. Loss of consciousness consequent
on immersion in water or suffocation in smoke
or mud; drowning; (by metaphor) dizzy unconsciousness of one's surroundings. Habislah mati lemas kena asap api itu: they were all
suffocated in the smoke of that fire; Ht. Kal.
Dam., 258. Habis binasa mati lenmas di-dalami
laut: all were destroyed being drowned in the
sea; Ht. Ind. Nata. Kelemasan di-dalam laut
'dshik berahi: drowned in the ocean of love;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 77. Lemas pikir: confused
thought.
Anak angsa mati lenmas,
Mati emnas di-ayer tasin;
Hilang behasa karena emas,
Hilang budi karena miski:
the gosling died drowned, it died drowned in
briny water; wealth ruins courtliness and
poverty ruins discretion; Prov.
II. Weak, feeble; = letah. Putus-putus
le-mas suwara-nya: his voice was broken and
weak; Ht. Gul. Bak., 43.
a 1mang. I. Cooking in a hollow bamboo
lined with plantain leaves. Di-lemang dalam
buloh muda: cooked in a piece of young bamboo; Muj., 64. Melemang: to cook in this
way.
Belah lemang; a feast held when the padi
crop is approaching maturity to propitiate
the padi spirit (s-mangat); v. Perak Govt.
Gazette, 25 June, I894.

II. Mellemang: to bend over backwards
(and pick up with the teeth a coin from the
ground behind)-a feat performed by Malay
dancing girls.
I. limpa. The liver. Amlbil ujong limpa kambing di-kerat uleh orang yang sakit demam itu:
take the tip of a goat's liver after it has been
cut off by the fever-patient; Muj., 6I. L.
jantongan: the liver and heart; the seat of
the feelings; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 14.
t~,, l-1mpaung. A tree (unidentified); Kl.
lampit. Jav. A sleeping-mat of fine texture;
cf. selampit. Terima kaseh di-bawah lampit:
a meaningless expression used as an equivalent
for sudah di-kaseh jangan di-bangkit: when you
have definitely made a present don't keep
harping on it; Prov.. lampat or limpat. Fresh, strong, jovial,
handsome. L. johari: id.; Sh. Panj. Sg.
cl lompat. Leaping, springing, jumping; (by
metaphor) to behave without self-restraint, to
give rein to one's wishes.
Lompati: to spring upon. Banyak mati
di-lompati uleh todak itu: many perished through
the saw-fish leaping on them; Sej. Mal., 82.
Berlonmpatan: in leaps; jumping, springing
forward;-as fish leaping out of the water
(Sej. Mal., 82), or as tigers leaping forward,
when released from the toils (Sh. Abd. Mk.,
5').
Melompat: to jump; to leap. Kuching m.: a
"cat's leap; " an idiomatic expression signifying awaking with a start; Ht. Abd., 262.
Terlompat-lompat: jumping about with joy,
Ht. Gul. Bak., 36; ricochetting as a bullet.
\i1 lmpddal. A variant of mei,, ndal, q. v.
i[ 16mpcdu or (Kedah) lamp6du. The spleen.
Bagai lempedu lekat di-hati: as the spleen
adheres to the liver; a simile for close affection;
Prov.r
Also hekmpdul.
\ lampar. Spreading over a surface; spread
fr flat over; sprawling. Bunga-nya berkembangan berlampar di-tanah: its flowers in full bloom
lay covering the ground; Ht. Sh. Tentara
berlapnar mnWdaun kayu: the troops lay thickly
on the ground like the fallen leaves of a tree;
Ht. Koris. Tidor berlampar or tidor berlamparan: to sleep sprawling about the bed or
ground; Ht. Ind. Meng. Cf. hampar.

i E.g., in the pantun:Acheh berstnting bunga s$na,
Pergi ka-nruah Enche' Siti;
Kaseh tuwan sudahn sbmprna
Bagai lImpedut lekat di-hati.

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