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RAWI..

This word is literary; but the form ruwat
is known colloquially in the sense of a jadijadiyan resuming human form.
\ rawit. I. Extending a slander so as to
involve persons not originally mentioned;
involving additional persons in a false charge;
cf. babit and rabit.
II. (Singapore.) Slightly torn; = rabit.
III. Chabai rawit: a capsicum, capsicnu
fastigiatum. Also known as lada kerawit and
lada chanchang.;a") raut. Smoothing; cutting off the asperities
of anything. Pisau raut: a knife with a
curved blade used for this purpose; Ht.
Bakht., 51; J. I. A., I., 321; Sh. Ik. Trub.,
I3; Sh. Pant. Shl., Io, II, I2. Pisau taut
bengkok buleh bUtul, bengkok kita ta'-buleh betul:
a crooked knife may be straightened, a
crooked character cannot be made straight;
Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV., io8.
9. rawang. I. A hole or orifice permitting the
sight to penetrate to regions behind —such
as a gap in a hedge or a blank space in a
row of trees.
Kerawang: fret-work; open work; carving,
the designs of which are cut right through
the wood.
II. A swamp.
III. The name of a plant (unidentified).
IV. The ceremonial washing of a corpse.
Merawang: to wash the body for burial.
t ^ raung. (Onom.) A prolonged deep-sounding
cry of pain-as distinct from shrieking or
broken sobs; a roar of agony. Segala raung
dan ratap mnanusiya: all the cries and lamentations of men; Ht. Abd., 4II.
Meraung: to cry out in pain. Suwara-nya
zeraung saperti bunyi suwara anjing: his voice
as he cried out in pain was as the cry of a
dog; Ht. Kal. Dam., 255. Samtbil meraung
menyeru akan suwami-nya: and she cried out
in agony and called upon her husband (to
help her); Ht. Best..\) raup. As much as a man can hold in the
hollow formed by putting his hands together;
the act of setting the hands together so as to
form a kind of scoop for raising water to the
mouth or for any similar purpose; the hollow
so formed; the action of a cat or feline beast
of prey when it turns its front paws inwards
so as to prevent its prey escaping; in a man,
the deformity of feet which turn inward. In

one case the word is used of catching the
spirit of life (smrangat) and gathering it
between the two hands; Ht. Raj. Don., 55.
Meraup: to scoop up with both hands; to
hold between the hands. Intan hampir
beraup: diamonds almost in double handfuls.

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rawak. I. Tembak rawak: (Riau, Johor)
firing in the air; = (Kedah) tembak gawar.
II. Gula di-rawak: a colloquial variant of
gula derawa; v. derawa.

raum. I. Onom. A deep crooning or moaning sound made by the voice, whether in
lamentation or otherwise. Meraum-raumn: to
croon; to give a soft soothing tone to the
voice (of a man making love to a frightened
girl); Ht. Sg. Samb.
II. Rapacity. Meraum: to want the whole
of anything; to be rapacious in one's demands.
raun. Eng. Police or military rounds.
rawan. I. Emotion-especially the emotions roused by music; the tenderness of
love; deep feelings of pleasure or sorrow.
AIenzbebri rawan: to move; to rouse emotion;
Ht. Sg. Samb. Terlalu rawan hati-nya: he
was much moved; Ht. Sg. Samb. Brtanmbah
rawan: to increase emotion; to rouse the
feelings to a higher pitch; J. I. A., III., 448.
Jangan berhati rawan: do not give way to
your feelings; Sh. Abd. Mk., 20.
Merawan: to charm; to stir the emotions;
to be moved; Sh. Bur. Pungg., I; Ht.
Sh. Kub. Merawan-rawan: id. (intensitive);
Sh. Peng., i; Sh. Sri Ben., 41.
II. Tulang rawan: (Riau, Johor) the
sternum or breast bone; (Kedah) tulang papan.
III. A numeral coefficient for articles made
of cordage or string, such as nets.
IV. Mlrawan: to, or in, the clouds, an
equivalent of berawan, from awan, q. v.;-in
the expression tinggi merawan: soaring to
the clouds.
V. Nasi rawan: (Singapore) a dish where
the rice and other ingredients are served up
mixed and not separately as is usually the case.
VI. Pasir rawan: (Kedah) sand in shining
stretches; sandy soil unbroken by scrub or
other vegetation.

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rauh. See rahu.
rawah. I. A partnership where one partner
supplies his labour and another supplies the
capital; the financing of an undertaking on
the condition that one receives a share of the
profits and not merely a fixed rate of interest.
II. A fen; = rawang and rawa.
rawi. I. Skr. Rawi seengga: "ray of the
sun;" a name given to Sri Panji to match
that of his betrothed, Chandra Kirana, or
"brightness of the moon."
II. Arab. A narrator; a story-teller;ian
equivalent of sdhibu'l-hikdyat or orang yang
empunya chritera ini, when used as the
editorial "we," "the writer;" Sej. Mal., 98;
Sh. Lail. Mejn., 35.

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