A Malay-English dictionary,

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Di-pgrhamba: to be a slave, to be in service.
Yang-di-perhamba: your servant.
Kehambaan: slavery; Ht. Isk. Dz.
A\? h6mbachang. The horse-mango, mangifera
u. ftceida. Also bachang, machang, membachang,
etc.
Ad h6mbalang. Rolling or tumbling along;
* rolling over and over as a ball when running
along the ground. Batu itu-pun tgrhembalanglah: the rocks came rolling down; Ht. Sh.
Kub. Also: Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Isk. Dz.;
Ht. Gul Bak., I49.
\.a h/mbalau. Lac, solder, sealing-wax. Also
embalau, q. v., and (Kedah) malau.
hambat. Pursuit, chasing, rushing after.
Patek sakaliyan di-hambat geroda: we are all
being pursued by a griffin; Sh. Bid., 3. Berperang hambat berhambat: to fight, pursuing
and pursued; a running fight; Sh. Pr. Ach.,
17. Lari berhambat hambatan: to run after
one another; Sej. Mal., 45.
hmbat. Swishing, whipping; = enmbat, q. v.
hambar. I. Tastelessness, insipidity, lack
of flavour. Also ambar.
II. [Arab. 'anbar.] A generic name given
to a number of viscous substances in use in
the Malay pharmacopoeia. Also ambar, q. v..b hambor. I. Strewing, dropping down, scattering. Hambor-hambor: largesse; coin scattered into a crowd; gifts of small coins or
tokens when distributed on a large scale.1
Hamboran: id.; Sh. Bid., 127. Hamborkan:
to scatter (e.g., flowers or largesse or gems);
Sh. Jur. Bud., 41; Sh. Bid., 127. Menghamborkan: id.; Ht. Ind. Nata. Bgrhamboran:
strown, scattered about the ground; dropping,
of tears; flowing, of blood or perspiration;
Ht. Abd., 15, 285; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Sh. Sri
Ben., 4; J. I. A., I., 8I. Menghambor: to I
spread, to spread out; to drop, of words
"dropping" from the lips. M. behana: to
allow one's voice to flow out; (poetically) to
speak; Sh. Abd. Mk., 117. Menghamboi
bUhana: id.; Sh. Lail. Mejn., I5, 32.
Terhamzbor: fallen out, dropped. Saperti
mutiyara yang terhambor daripada karangannya:
like pearls fallen from their settings; Ht.
Abd., 79.
Also ambor.
I I. To spring or curvet or prance, of a
horse; to leap, of a tiger; Ht. Abd., 78, I17.
C. himbus. Blowing, puffing, making a current
of air. Hembusan: bellows. Hembuskan:
to blow (with the breath) at anything,
e.g., as one blows out a light or on food to

make it cold; Ht. Sh.; Muj., 74. Menghembus-hembus nafas-nya: to snort violently, to
breathe hard,-of a frightened horse; Ht.
Abd., 78. Also einbus.

<Pr himbas. A variant of imbas, q. v..YJ' humbas. A variant of umbas, q. v., hambong. The surge or swell of the waves;
= ambong, II.
\ ^hambal. A thick plain rug used as a mattress
or cushion; Ht. Koris. Also ambal.
{U humban. Humban tali: a kind of sling. Also
umban..j. himbau. To throw a stick not as one throws
a spear but by grasping one end of it and sending it boomerang-like through the air. The
word is used especially of throwing a stick into
the branches of a tree so as to knock down
fruit.
Lo himmat. Arab. Solicitude, care, anxiety,
trouble. Dengan bberapa himmat ndkhodd:
by dint of great care on the captain's part;
Pel. Abd., 142. Salah h.: a dilemma; a
choice of evils. See also himat.
jr^ hamzah. Arab. The name of the wellknown diacritical mark ~.
- hampa or h6mpa. Lacking contents, empty,
hollow, idle, useless, worthless. Di-lihat-nya
lukah.nya henpa: he saw that his fish-traps
were empty; Sej. Mal., 55. Bumi yang hempa
yang tiyada orang diyam-diyami: a desolate
land and one that men do not inhabit; Ht.
Mar. Mah. Pergi hempa sehaja: to go to a place
without obtaining what one went for; Bint.
Tim., 23 Feb., 95. Jangan lama sangat takhta
baginda hempa: let not the king's throne lack
an occupant too long; Ht. Koris. Hgmpakan
'ddil: to bring justice to nought; to ignore the
right; Sh. Peng., 26.
^.%i. hamput. A variant of amput, q. v.
Um hnmpit or himpit. I. Squeezing; wedging
in between two surfaces; Sh. Lamp., 8; J. S.
A. S., XXIV., 105.
II. (Kedah.) Shy, of a horse or other animal.
Badak h.: a small species of tapir.
3Jo hSmp/dal. The gizzard. Also empedal and
pedal.
y.XLb h6mp6du. The gall. Pundi-pundih.:the gall
bladder. Trlebeh pahit daripada h.: more
bitter than gall; Ht. Abd., 42.

A hampar. Spreading over aflat surface; spreading out. Baginda menyurohkan orang hampar
khaimah-nya itu: the king ordered his tent to
be opened out for his use; Ht. Koris. Batu
h.: bed-rock.

i. Thus at the funeral of the late Sultan Abubakar of
Johor each guest was presented with a small gold or silver
token stamped with the word " ambor-ambor," a survival of
the idea of scattering gold and silver in largesse.