A Malay-English dictionary,

RUKH [ 325 ] RPZtKI
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rukh. Arab. A fabulous bird of monstrous
size, the " Roc" of the Arabian Nights; the
castle or "rook" in playing chess.
\ r6da. Abating; lessening; reduction; diminution,-used especially of the calming of
winds and waves or of a nuisance being
abated. Reda-lah sadikit tikus itu: the ratnuisance became somewhat less; Ht. Abd.,
207. Rda-lah orang mengalmok dan tembunoh
dan terompak: amoks, murders and robberies
became fewer in number; Ht. Abd., 370.
rJ,. r6das. Blindly pushing on in a certain direction regardless of all obstructions; swerving
neither to the right nor to the left, but keeping on a certain course; making a " bee line"
for any other place or object; travelling across
country as the crow flies; charging the enemy
with blind impetuosity.
r-) rodang. I. A tree with wide leaves and
fine branches (unidentified); J. S. A. S.,
VIII., 128.
II. Tepid; between hot and cold; K1.
L.t9 r6dap. I. A small drum beaten with the
hands; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 79; a sort of tambourine smaller than the rebana.
II. Meredap: (Riau, Johor) springing up
plentifully, of prickly heat and other skin
eruptions, the feature of which is a large
number of pustules; (Kedah) to spread under
the flesh; to eat away inwardly, as an abscess
which gives no outward sign of the injury
it is working within.
j-..> ridup. Dimmed, obscured, of the rays of
the sun; overcast; gloomy weather. Terang
chluwacha mznjadi redup: the brightness (of
day) has been changed into gloom; Ht. Abd.,
392. Matahari pun redup-redup behasa: the
sun was slightly clouded over; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Hari ini patut-lah redup atau panas keras: today should be either very overcast or very hot,
(a remarkable day one way or the other); a
proverbial expression of ridicule to a man
who unexpectedly appears in gorgeous
raiment.
)^ r'dek. Megredek: to warn a child off any
course of conduct by means of threats of
punishment; to frighten a child into good
behaviour.
re r6dam. I. (Onom.) A rumbling or strumming sound; the making of such a sound;
strumming or drumming.

II. Faint visibility; the appearance presented by very distant objects. Dbtngali
sa-ketika kapal pun redant: in a moment the
ship faded away in the distance; Sh. Abd.
Mk., 28. Reddam-rdam kui sangka tamant:
when it was faintly visible I took it for a
tamban fish; Sh. Bur. Nuri, I8.

Meredat: to appear faintly visible, as a ship
fading away on the horizon; Ht. Raj. Don.,
22.
III. An intensitive of expressions signifying destruction or disappearance. Remok
redam: crushed to atoms; Ht. Abd., 447; Ht.
Sg. Samb.; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Sh. Bur. Nuri,
40; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 14. Redam padam:
utterly extinguished.
r r6dum. I. Closing (a road); drawing a
barrier across a road closing it to traffic.
II. (Onom.) A sound such as that of a
large and heavy body plunging into water;
a deep plumping or booming sound. Cf.
geredum, geredant, legut, legamn, redam, etc.
III. (Kedah.) Obscurity, gloom; the darkness which precedes a storm. Datang-lah
tedoh redum dari sa-belah matahari hidop: a
dark cloud began to gather on the East; Ht.
Mar. Mah. The word redup is used in this
sense in Rian and Johor; in Kedah both
redup and tredumn are used.
)-1j r!dan. A tree, nephelilum maingayi; J.S.A.S.,
VIII., I28; J. I. A., I., 331; -- rdang?
0.- redah. I. Abatement, diminution; = reda,
q. v.
II. The cutting of a line or straight track
through the jungle.
In Kedah redah is also applied to the case
of a sapling being cut down to denote that
the land is being cleared and so to claim prior
occupation. Redah is used of the mark so
made, and mnredah of the act of cutting. As
a slang expressionr it is also used in the sense
of absconding, bolting or running away.
-^) r'deh. The transplanting of seedlings from
the nursery to the padi-field.
~-J. ) radif. Arab. The burden of a song; the
rhyme. Menchari radif tundok tengadah: seeking a rhyme, looking down and looking up;
a description of the poet in difficulties; Sh.
Lail. Mejn., 4.
\ r6rak. Crumbling or falling to pieces-of
hard, stiff or crusty materials and objects.
j rze.ki. [Arab. rizk.] Daily sustenance;
source of livelihood; daily bread; lot or
portion in life. enltchari r.: to seek one's
livelihood-of a man; Ht. Abd., 368; to seek
its daily food-of an animal; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
lMemberi r.: to grant the means of living; to
give the daily bread-of God. Sitnggoh-piu
anlaki raja bernamna puteri tetapi sudah-lah rezeki
orang yang kechlil: although she was the

daughter of a sovereign and bore the name
of princess yet she fell to the lot of a man
of no importance;-said of a princess's
mesalliance; Ht. Abd., 409.
Pututs r.: loss of the means of livelihood.

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