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Rh Roman, the person, the body, personal air; kind, shape, appearance.

Rombak, to demolish, to pull to pieces; to pull down, as a walled building.

Rombéh, the full blown flowers of the Honjé plant.

Rombéng, torn, tattered. Jamang na rombéng, his jacket is torn. Boboko rombéng, a tattered rice basket.

Rompang, broken in a gap; the edge broken. Gunung rompang, a mountain with a split top or crest. When the cup of a crater has burst out, that is called rompang. Bědog na rompang, his chopper is broken in gaps,—the edge broken in gaps. Jélěma na rompang, a man who has lost some teeth.

Rondah, Portuguese ronda, the round, the night watch. Military rounds. Patrol. Orang rondah, the men on watch at night.

Ronggéng, a public dancing girl; a woman of easy virtue. Pondok ronggéng, a house of ill fame; the place where the ronggéngs live.

Ronkah, valliant, daring, courageous. A brave man who is supposed to be invulnerable.

Rong'od, the fruit of the Těpus plant.

Rontog, what falls off, droppings. Paré rontog, the paddy which drops from the bundles when moved.

Rontog,—as di rontog, to come upon suddenly; to catch by making a sudden spring. To surprise. Di rontog maung, he was caught by a tiger (springing upon him).

Rontogan, in grinding paddy, that part of the operation when the grain is separated from the straw.

Ronyok, many in a heap; in an assembly; multitudinous.

Ronyom, to attack in numbers; to assault; to kill; to overpower.

Ropong, gaping; standing open; showing in an aperture. Ropong bai maryěm di kapal prang, the muzzles of the guns were seen in the man of war,—that is the openings of the muzzles were seen. Pagěr na ropong, the fence was gaping in holes. Hence Toropong, a telescope, being a tube to look through.

Roréng, striped like a tiger. Anjing si roréng, a striped dog.

Roris, to make an inventory of men and their goods. To take a census.

Rorod, run away with; stolen; eloped. Banda na di rorod, they ran away with his property. Awéwé na di rorod, he eloped with the woman.

Rorog, a row or consecutive tier of beds in a sawah, or irrigated rice field. Sa rorog éta gati di chai-yan, that row of sawahs it is difficult to get under water.

Rorogan, part of the native loom; the stand or piece of wood or thick bambu, on which the Baréra is thrown, as it is drawn out from the web. A row or tier in sawahs.

Roronggosan, to follow a woman from place to place and to hold private communication with her.

Rorongko, a small temporary too-fall shed, put up in a hurry in a humah after burning, before there has been time to make a proper saung, or shed. The rorongko is