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whole, entire, complete; thus a little of everything, as natives are found of having 



great variety in all that they prepare. 

 Sambër, to seize, to pounce upon, as a bird'of prey with its talons. Di samber heulang , 



a hawk pounced upon it (and took it away). Di samber gelap, he was struck by 



lightning, — as if the lightning had pounced upon him. 

 Sambërilen, the diamond beetle. 

 Sambët, a small hand — net to catch fish, like the landing net of an angler in Europe. 



It is a ba o- of net stretched round two twigs bent in a circle. 

 Sambha, C. 713, a name of Indra. 

 Sambhawa, occurs as a name in Sambha wa Pak uan. Sambhawa, C. 713, from Sam, 



implying perfection or intensity, and Bhaioa, being, cause, origin , birth , production. 



Pak uan is Pajajaran. Sambhawa Pak uan , having its origin in Pajajaran. 

 Sambhu, C. 713, from Sam, auspicious partiele, — Bhu, to be. A name of Siwa, also 



of Brahma. A sage, a venerable person , a parent, a progenitor. 

 Sambilan, a piece of wood which passes through the buffaloe yoke , one of which des- 



cends on each side of the neck of the animal, by which it is thus yokeel by a Sawacl 



or band passing under the neck, and joining the two lower ends of the Sambilan. 

 Sambrani, an imaginary breed of horses; a sort of Pegasus. Supposecl to be able to 



fly in the air. Tumpak kuda sambrani, mounted on a Pegasus. 

 Sambung, to join on, to splice, to piece on to something else. To unite. 

 Sambut, to take in hand. To perform any work, to work at. To go out to meet; to 



receive with all clue honours. Saivah éta hidu di sambut, that sawah must be worked. 



Paréntah éta Jcudu di sambut , those orders must be complied with. Di sambut ka la- 

 wang kebon, he went out to meet him as far as the garden gate. 

 Sambutan, what is taken in hand; work undertaken. Sawahs which are being ploughed 



or worked. 

 Samëunan g-mëunan g, by all possible means; by every endeavour. Do your best. 

 Samëunangna, as far as you can manage ; whatever can be got ; what is got. 

 Sampai, name of a rattan , resembles Sam pang, and used for same purposes. 

 S a m p a i k ë n , to hang up cloth or clothes on a rope , piece of bambu or the like. To 



put clothes across any object by way of putting them away, or hanging them out to 



dry. The word in Malay is Ampei, to hang out, to hang (as clothes) Marsden, 



page 16, without the initial S. 

 Sampalan, properly: pasture land, from Nyampal, to graze, any grassy land where cattle 



may be fed. 

 Sampan, a river boat, a cargo boat on a river. Properly Chinese Sam, three, Pan, 



planks. It may be, however, from Hambana, C. 786, a large boat, a dhoney, with 



Sa the Polynesian prefix, Sa-hambana , Sampan. Eamba, C. 786, haste, speed; ra- 



pidity, and may thus originally have meant: a fast boat. 

 Sam pang, name of a thick, stiff, unbending variety of rattan much used for spear hand- 

 les and walking sticks. Colour in shades of red, 



