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Sémah, a stranger , a visiter. Kasémahan , having visiters in the house. 



Sëmang, generally heard as Ulah semang , don't be afraid. Don't be in doubt lest some- 

 thing should not happen. 



Sëmar, see Samar. 



Sëmbah, to go down upon the knees to salute a superior. To cower down and salute. 

 To make obeisance , adoration , reverence. 



Sëmbah ëun, a royal personage, a person of rank. The object of obeisance. 



Sëmbayang, divine worship, religious ceremony; clevotion , praying. To pray. Probab- 

 ly derived from Sëmbah, to make obeisance to, — Hyang, divinity, Godhead. Thus: 

 obeisance to the divinity. Nowadays it is the worship of Allah-ta-ala , the Lord 

 God, but the word no doubt is a remnant of old Hindu times and worship. If this 

 interpretation is correct, the Hyang for divinity must have also existed on Sumatra, 

 the mother country of the Malays , who also use Sëmbayang in the above sense. 



Sëmbur, to blow out the contents of the mouth in one gush or flash. For this purpose 

 a variety of materials have been taken into the mouth and munched up. These con- 

 tents consist of substances having medicinal qualities , and are then blown out upon 

 the part of the body affected , or upon a sore. The expression is much used in Jampé. 



Sëmplék, to break off in small pieces , to chip off. A chip or trifiing piece broken off 

 any brittle substance. 



Sëmporna, perfect, complete, consummate, faultless. Perfection , happiness, content- 

 ment, peace. Sampurnna, C. 712, from Sam, intensitive , and Purnna, full, finished, 

 whole, entire, complete. 



Sëmprong, a spy-glass, a telescope. Any tube to look through. 



Senang, tranquil, free from trouble, at rest; having leisure on hand. 



Senapati, a general in chief. The leader of an army. One of the titles assumed by the 

 native sovereigns of Java. Séna , C. 761, 763, an army; Pati, C. 383, Lord, 

 master , ^ an army-lord. 



Sendari, a large stem of bambu with oblong apertures or slits cut into the tubes be- 

 tween the joints. Such a bambu is struck upright in the ground , mostly in the hu- 

 mahs , and the wind blowing through the apertures, produces musical sounds. 



S én dok, a spoon. 



S én dok apu, a lime spoon, a mason's trowel. 



Sëndutan, to set on fire, to light up; to ignite. 



Sënëb, vexatious , causing inward pain or reraorse. Seneb bai ka na angen, it gave 

 inward affiiction; I was vexed in the extreme. 



S én gel, dearth of food , famine. See Pëchëklik. 



Séng' ërod, tied, fastened , especially tied by the feet, or with the feet tied together, 

 so as to impede motion ; tied as is done with an animal which is to be slaughtered. 

 Hoppled. Kaséng^erod di leuweung , his feet got caught fast in the forest (by a liane). 



Séng gal, name of a river fish , resembling the chaung in body, and in fïlthy habits. 

 Has long cyrrhi and lives in holes. 



