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The letter 1rd; the eleventh letter of the
Malay Alphabet; the alphabetical symbol for
the number 200 in the abjad, q. v.
\ r'. The name of the letter.
\ raba. I. Groping or feeling about for anything with the hands; search by feeling rather
than by sight-as when a man searches for
something in his pocket; passing the hands
over anything; handling; fondling; caressing; feeling one's way about-as a man in a
dark room, or as a blind man rapping the
ground with his stick. Di-raba-nya saluroh
tubolt burong itu: he passed his hands all over
the body of the bird; Ht. Gul. Bak., I48.
Di-raba baginda kepala istgri: the king fondled
his queen's head; Sh. Bid., 4.
Meraba: to grope; to fondle; to feel about
for anything; (by metaphor) to be confused
or bewildered. Orang yang de-mikiyan itu
meraba ka-sana ka-mari perchaya itu perchaya
ini: such men are simply groping about
hither and thither, believing first this thing
and then that; Ht. Abd., I59.
Meraba-raba: = meraba, but frequentative.
Teraba-raba: jerky; confused; and inconsequent action; bewildered behaviour. Disiram-nya api itu teraba-raba: he kept turning
on the water first on one part of the fire then
on another-of a fireman who had lost his
presence of mind; Sh. Sing. Terb., 14.
II. Ikan raba: a fish (unidentified); Sh.
Ik. Trub., I8.
\ rabit. I. A gash; a rent at the edge. The
word is used especially of torn flesh or injuries caused by a tearing or drawing stroke
with a sharp pointed instrument. Bibir rabit:
a hare-lip. Robat-rabit: tattered; = robakrabek.
Mlrabit: to give a tearing blow. Telinga
yang rabit di-pasang subang: on the torn ear
an earring is fastened (increasing the disfigurement by contrast)-a proverbial expression signifying that honours do not sit
well on an unworthy recipient.
Cf. robak, rabek, rabut, chabek, chabit and
chabut.
II. Merabit: to extend the scope of an
accusation; to involve others in a charge when
those others were not originally accused; to
drag third parties into a case. Cf. babit and
rawit.
III. Eng. Rabbit; Kam. Kech., 5. Cf.
kiching belanda and arnab.

\. rabut. Tearing out; pulling out; dragging
out or away from its proper place; tugging
out. Di-rabut buwaya: dragged away by a
crocodile-of a living and struggling victim.
Dalain hati-nya bagai di-rabut: she felt as if
her heart was being torn out; Sh. Bid.,
7I. Sambult tali peranmbut, biyar putus jangan
rabut: take the gut of the line, sever it, but
do not tear it in two-a proverb deprecating
rough or violent action, the results of which
are never so satisfactory as those of deliberate
conduct.
Mirbabut: to tear out. Mentchakar msrabut
bersunggoh hati: scratching and tearing each
other to their heart's content-of two women
fighting; Sh. Bid., 24. Merabutjanggut: to
tear the beard out by the roots; Ht. Best.
Metrabut-rabut rambut: to tear hair out; Ht.
Isk. Dz. Cf. ragut.
\ rabong. The covering of plank or thatch
which makes the ridge of a roof waterproof;
the double row of atap which covers the interstice over a ridge pole on a roof.
Chelapak r.: the lower row of atap in a
rabong.
Chuchok r.: the nail-like fastenings of the
rabong; wooden spikes pinning the pieces of
thatch together.
The rabong being the highest part of a
house, the word is also used in the sense of
high or full. Pasang r.: spring tides.
Ayer r., and ayer naik merabbong: id. Chakapan r.: big talk; boasting. Sa-gantang r.:
a full gantang measure.
Pelrabong and perabongan: the ridge covering; = rabong.
J) rabak. Gashed; rent; torn; a tearing blow
across the centre of any soft material. Dichtelnchang-nya akan Saiyid Yasin itu tiba pada
mulut-nya rabak sampai kan-tlinga-nya: he
slashed at Sayid Yasin, and the blow landed
on his mouth and tore him to the ear; Ht.
Abd., 247.
j.\ rabek. Robak-rabek: tattered and torn,-of
cloth, mats, etc. Cf. chobak-clhabek, rabit, etc.
\i rabok. Tinder; touchwood; a soft dusty
material found in the bamboo and used as
tinder; burnt paper; tobacco ash; adhesive
as distinct from mere loose ash. Cf. abok.

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