"Sambat" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

sámbat - To surround, intercept, cut off
one’s escape, head back, head off. Sambatí
siá. Head him off. Intercept him. (cf.
lámbat, lipót).

sámbat - To take hold of, cling to
(anything floating, as a drowning person
does); to save shipwrecked people. (cf.
gabáy, sagúp).

sambat = sakbat.