An abridged Malay-English dictionary (romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson ...

REDAN
jr. padam, completely extinguished.
redan, a tree (nephelium Main-.gayi).
r6dap, I. a small hand-drum or
tabor. II. merndap, to spring up
plentifully (of pustules).
ridas, making straight for a point.
redeh, to plant out rice from the
nursery.
redek, meredek, to threaten or
scold a child-cf. herdek.
redi, a sort of hammock - litter
(much used in the past by
Straits-born Chinese women).
redum, I. obscure, gloomy; the
darkness that precedes a storm
-cf. r~dup. II. closing a road
to traffic-cf. rebat.
r6dup, dimmed, obscured (of the
rays of the sun); overcast,
gloomy weather-cf. redum.
r gang, stretching to full length;
racking; taut; mgregang layar,
to boom out a sail to its full
stretch.
regat, = r.das.
reja, (Hind. from Pers.) scraps
left over; leavings; r. - r. kain,
the bits of cloth left over when
garments are made.
rejah, perijah, unmannerly and
self-assertive.
rejam, Ar. stoning; thrusting
down and suffocating under
mud, water, etc.
ri6an, pain in evacuations; painful straining, e.g., in child-bearing.
r6jang, I. a spring forward; sat rejang kuda berlari, as far as
a horse can gallop at a stretch.
II. a name given to a series of
symbols, one for each day of the
month. These symbols are believed to affect the "luck" of the
day. III. a tree (alstonia scholaris or acronychia laurifolia).

RCMAJA
rejeh, blood - shot; filled with
mucus (of the eye).
rljeki, Ar. daily bread; means of
livelihood; sustenance. Better
rezeki.
rejok, a standing jump (as opposed to the running jump); merejok, to spring or leap in this
way.
reka, Skr. composition, stringing
together, = karang; rekaan, a
narrative a tale.
rekah, splitting, cracking. Cf.
merkah.
rekan, = rakan.
rekat, adhesion, cleaving, sticking; see also perekat.
rela, sensual; gatal r., lustful.
rela, Ar. willing, consenting.
relah, ripping, splitting along a:seam.
rl!ai, crumbling to pieces (of
very rotten wood); reput r., id.
relang, a ring of rattan; a collar
for a dog.
relap, I. a flash; m~rlap, to flash.
II. tali relap, Pk. a thick rope of
ijok hung with rushes and used
for driving fish towards a trap
of the bglat type.
relas, the scraping off of skin;
abrasion; r. jagong, to strip the
sheath off maize grain;me-relas,
(1) to trim a cock's comb (2)
abraded, e.g., from the scratch
of thorns. Variant me-lelas.
relau, a smelting-furnace.
reloh (onom.), a low grunting
sound.
relong, I. a Malay measure of
length and area; 1 ri acre. II.. mgrelong, to overarch; to cover
like a dome.
remaja, Sk. adolescent; just
ripening into full maturity;
putera r., a prince just before
he attains a marriageable age;

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