Stylized non-standard spelling of himas (meaning: caressing)
The corruption of the first syllable may have been the result of trying to match the vowels in the word rehas (bars of a jail cell).
The term himas rehas may be taken to mean “touching the bars of a jail cell.” The standard word in Tagalog for this is kulong (imprisoned/jailed).
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
hemas: paghaplos (sa rehas ng bilangguan)
hemas rehas: nakakulong; nakulong
