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406 Ririwa, a ghost, a spirit that arises from the grave to trouble mortals.

Riya, a word heard only in conjunction with Jaka, a young man, as Jaka Riya. Riya, C. 595, one of the names of Anangaya, the Indian cupid. Jakariya was the title assumed many years ago by a rebel in Bantam. gives Riya in Malay as: playful, sportive, frolicsome.

Riyěus, to grind fine by rubbing down upon a flat stone, called Pangriyěusan or Batu giling; to rub and grind down any vegetable matter to a pulp,—as curry stuff, medicaments etc. Batu riyěus, or Batu giling, a rolling pin of stone for using upon the Pangriyěusan.

Riyěut, headache, dizziness in the head. Dizzy.

Riyul, walking off with; taking anything away without compliment. Riyul bai di bawa, to nanya děui, and off he walked with it, without saying another word.

Roa, the eighth month of the Mahometan year. Called also Arawah and Saban.

Roai, a variety of pulse or Kachang.

Roang, the spaces between the wooden posts or pillars of a house; a compartment; a division, a section; a stall; a row; a bed of anything planted. Imah tilu roang, a house with three compartments,—that is the main upright posts are four. Istal sapuluh roang, a stable with ten stalls. Kachang opat roang, four rows of pulse.

Roangan, planted in rows; arranged in rows.

Roban, robbers, plunderers; good-for-nothing people who rove about and live by their wits. A demon. Pěnyakit roban, the small pox. Any sudden and violent disease, which soon kills the person attacked, and soon disappears again. Such disease is ascribed to the influence of some demon.

Roda, a wheel, a carriage or cart wheel. A carriage, a cart (from having wheels). Roda, C. 600, a carriage wheel.

Rodék, covered with scabs and ulcers. Ulcerated.

Rogo, to take out of a little hole; to grope for in a small hole,—as a man might grope for fish in holes in the bank.

Roh, Arabic, spirit, the soul (of a living body). Roh al kudus, the Holy Ghost.

Rojok, to poke at with a stick or spear in a hole; to ram at, as the charge of a gun with the ramrod. Aya maUng di jěro liang, di rojok ku tumbak, there was a tiger in the hole, and they rammed at him with spears. Buku awi di rojok datang ka toblong, the diaphragms of the bambu were poked at till they were knocked away.

Roko, a segar, a cheroot; a bit. of tobacco rolled up in a Nipah or Kawung leaf for the purpose of smoking. The word Roko is evidently derived from the Dutch rook, smoke, and roken, to smoke.

Roko-roko, name of a bird which only occasionally visits the mountains, and that at the time when the sawahs are run under water to plough; a kind of wild duck. It often destroys the fresh cast paddy seed, by paddling among it and eating it at night time.