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Renangkan and mere'nangkan: to make (a
person) swim; to swim across with (a
person); Sh. A. R. S. J., I2.
Berenang: to swim. Ajar buwaya berenang: i
to teach a crocodile how to swim; to give
instruction to one wiser then oneself; Prov.
Tereguang: swimming. Terenang-renang:
swimming about here and there, as fish;
Sh. Bid., 39.
x, rfnong. A fixed and steady look at anything; a searching look. Di-rlnong-nya
tangan-ku: he looked hard at my hand.
Samtbil ku renong-reznong kubur-nya itu ku lihat
anak-ku saperti bermain: as I gazed at the
tomb I saw my child, as it were, at play;
Ht. Abd., 437.
Mlernozg: to be looking hard or fixedly;
to stare; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 35.
renek. Fine, delicate, minute, of drops of
rain or beads of perspiration.,J r6nnyut. (Kedah.) The throbbing of a
painful spot such as a boil; the quivering of
the fontanel; (Riau, Johor) deltyut.
) rennyak. The aggravation of a disease,
wound or injury by further ill-treatment.
Merennyak: to wound a man in a place where
he has been already wounded; to strike a
man on a tender spot.
j) rennyok. Crushed; smashed to pieces; -
raelok.o
~> rennyam. A pricking or itching sensation
in many places at once; the sensation
experienced by a man suffering from prickly
heat. Ierelnyam: (Kedah) to experience
this sensation; (Riau, Johor) integgerenyam.
rbnnyah. I. Betrnnyah or ierelnnyah: to
bestir oneself; to busy oneself about anything; to move from a spot where one is
resting. Segan berennyah: slow to bestir
himself; sluggish. Rennyah sangat ini: this
is overwork; this is more work than I can
stand.
II. (Riau.) lerennyah: to be sulky, ---a
variant of mlerenjas, q. v.
<^,' rnnyeh. I. Merennzyeh: (Riau) to be in
all ill-humour; (Kedah) mere-njis; v. reinjas.
II. A variant of rennyai, q. v.
5,) rfnnyai. Thin and continuous, of a drizzling
rain.
Hujan rennyai-rgnnyai,

Pachat naik kaki;
Kerja legalgai-lgai,
Lambat buleh laki:
when the rain is lasting and drizzling, the
leeches climb up one's legs.

rau. (Onom.) A sound such as that of
rushing water. Cf. lerau and derau..) ru. A tree, casuarina equisetifolia; Sh.
K. G. T., 21. Also eru, q. v.
R. bukit: dacrydiult eatium.
ruwa. I. Loose; not compact.
II. The expansion of a hollow; a cavity
which increases in size after the orifice has
been entered. MAlruwa: to expand; to fill
with air,-used of the expansion of a cobra's
hood under the influence of anger.

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ruwadat. Arab. Customary compliments;
ceremonial etiquette.

~)9j rawan. [Pers. running; flowing.] A flying
chariot or seat; Ht. Sh. Kub. Often prono1 unced raweana.
4a riwayat. Arab. Narrative; tale; narration.
Pada suwatu riwilyat daripada deras lomnpat
to)dak itu datang ka-atas gajah kgna baju
paduka: according to one account the sword
fish leaped as high as the elephant owing to
the impetus of their onset, and the prince's
garment was torn by them; Sej. Mal., 83.
Sdihlibu'r-ri-wdyat: the narrator; the author;
the editorial " we "- yang empunyat cheritera
flu.
roba. Pancha-voba: varied; uncertain; capricious; of many moods. A ngin pancha-roba:
an uncertain wind; a constantly shifting
wind. Chakap pancha-roba: contradictory
talk; saying first one thing and then another;
inconsistency in conversation.
y )t rubing. A temporary gunwale of some light
material such as thatch; an improvised gunwale added to a boat to give it greater
freeboard when heavily laden, or to keep out
the spray.
In Kedah a mat is often laid down on the
bottom and sides of a boat in order to serve
as a sort of hold or receptacle for grain. In
such cases the margin of matting allowed for
folding over the grain is also called rubing.
) rubong. See kerubong.
) robak. Robak-rabek: in tatters; tattered
and torn-of thatch and wickerwork but not
of cloth. Cf. robek, and rabek.
robek. Worn through; perforated; torn-of
thatch, paper and wickerwork but not of
cloth. Layar r.: a torn mat-sail. Pondok r.:
a lean-to in bad repair. Tikar r.: a tattered
mat.

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