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Rh body pines away,—supposed to be in consequence of some exertion by which the bowels have become disarranged.

Rugrug, to fall of itself,—as a tree; said of a tree blown down by the wind, and torn up by the roots. Said also of earth slipped down from the face of a hill, as among the mountains after heavy rain.

Ruhai, blazing up; alight as fire; in a blaze.

Ruhak, a firy stick; a stick fresh out of the fire. Embers. Wood that is burning and alight.

Rujak, any green or raw fruit, as mangoes, pineapple or cucumbers etc., shred up fine and mixed with sugar or any sweetening or seasoning, and then eaten. Considered a cooling delicacy in the heat of the day, but well adapted to bring on a fit of cholera.

Ruka, fallen,—as a tree blown down by the wind. Uprooted and cast down.

Rukan, Arabic, aid, support;—this word only occurs when talking of religious matters.

Ruk-rék, casting the eyes about in all directions. On the qui vive. Prying.

Rukun, Arabic, a fixed number or extent,—in matters of law.

Rum, Arabic, Constantinople. The Turkish empire. This word is evidently the Rome of Europeans. When the Turks conquered Constantinople, the Roman government was established there.

Rumah tangga, Malay,—but sometimes used to express a proper and permanent house, such as will ensure the residence of the occupant. Rumah, house, Tangga, ladder, a ladder house—thus well and properly built, and not merely consisting of a few sticks stuck in the ground, which is called in Sunda Imah těblok.

Rumégang, said of plantain fruit which in only half ripe, and not yet fit to eat.

Ruméntang, squatting on, perched upon.

Rumpak, to tread on, to tread down, to get upon which the feet. Sing hadé kěmbang na, ulah di rumpakan, take care do not tread down the flowers. Karumpak, trodden down. Kaso na kudu di rumpakan, the tall reeds must be trodden down.

Rumpak-jami, harvest home. The paddy straw trodden down in reaping. Jami is here an abbreviation of Jěrami, paddy straw. Gěus rumpak jami, also means: an affair has been settled; a division has been made; the advantages have been enjoyed.

Rumput, a close tangled thicket. A bush of any vegetable mass which a man cannot walk through. When trees and lianes, even overhead, are so tangled and intermatted that a man cannot make his way through them, it is called Rumput. In Malay Rumput is grass, which in Sunda in called Jukut.

Runchang, to influence so as to be well disposed towards others. Jampé or incantation to induce a person to marry.

Rundaikěn, to open out, to unfold, to unfurl, to fling loose, as a cloth that was folded up.

Rungkad, torn down, blown down by the wind. Uprooted. Torn up by the roots and fallen to the ground, as a tree blown down by the wind. Fetched way. Torn violently off.