A Malay-English dictionary,

RiPNGIT [ 328 ] RONGKAS

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"S r6ngit. A species of minute tick; a small
insect pest.
C )-A ringut. Merlngut-rengut: to murmur; to
grumble; to keep growling or complaining.
9 g rangda. (Palembang.) A widow or divorced
woman; Laws of Palembang, Simb., Ch., I3;
=randa or janda, q. v.
$X) rangdu. [Bal. rangdu, Jav. randu.] Kayu
rangdu: a tree yielding a fragrant juice; Ht.
Ind. Nata.
(j*) rfngas. A tree yielding a fine red timber,
but the juice of which is poisonous, melanorhcza curtisii and gluta rengas.
R. manok: a variety of this tree, melanorhcea
wallichii.
R. daun besar: a large leaved wild nutmeg,
myristica hookeriana.
Minyak kayu r.: varnish made from the juice
of the rengas.
rYh) rangsa. (Kedah.) A goose;=(Riau) angsa,
q. v.
tc rengsa. Obstinate-of a sore or skin disease
which refuses to heal. Merengsa: to be
obstinate; to refuse to heal, of a sore, ulcer
or skin disease.
UL.) r/ngus. Gruff or surly temper; an unpleasant
manner. Mergngus: to be surly. Perengus:
surly; gruff.
rangsang. I. The rise of passion or desire
for battle. Merangsang: to get excited in a
quarrel, to become eager to fight. Perangsang: a drug or stimulant to excite courage;
"Dutch courage;" Sh. Ik. Trub., 8.
Metmberi belangsang: to instil with eagerness
to fight, to excite; Ht. Best. Bgrangsangkan:
id., Ht. Best.
II. To scale a wall; also ragang, q. v.
-) rongseng. (Riau.) Peevishness;=(Johor,
Kedah) rusing, q. v.
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t~. ringang. (Kedah.) Throbbing pain in the
head.
-r> rng1ap. (Onom.) The noise made in blowing out a candle or torch; a puff. Also ngap.
Kena r.' (Kedah) a term used by native
sorcerers to express that a person's power
of evil has been blown out and that he is
silenced.

) rangka. The skeleton of a man or building;
the framework of a kite, umbrella or Chinese
lantern. Tinggal-lah rumnah saperti rangka:
the house remained (bare) as a skeleton; Sh.
Jur. Bud., 8.

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Berangka: serving as a framework, having a
framework. Bgsi yang bUrangka berhala: the
iron which served as a framework for the
idol; Ht. Isk. Dz.
r6ngka. (Riau, Johor.) The seat of the
howdah, as distinct from the cupola over it;
(Kedah) rengga. Gajah berengka emas: an
elephant with a golden howdah saddle; Ht.
Sg. Samb.; Ht. Sh. R. kup: the howdahsaddle and cupola; Ht. Mar. Mah. Gajah
bertimang rengka: a saddled elephant; Ht.
Perb. Jaya. Gajah di-kena rengka: the
elephant was saddled; Sh. Sri Ben., 20.
Rengka is used loosely with the meaning
howdah in one passage: masokkan ka-dalan
r.: to put into the howdah, Sh. A. R. S. J.,
14.
The word rengka is also used of the peculiar
saddle used on buffaloes, and resembling
somewhat in design the saddle on which a
howdah rests.
rengka. (Riau, Kedah.) The peculiar round
framework in a sun-hat; the frame into which
the head fits; (Johor) lekar terendak.
rengkat or ringkat. Unevenness in walking caused by one leg being shorter than the
other. Kaki r.: inequality of length or
strength of leg, causing a man to walk in a
halting manner.
rangkas. Dry trailing branches; Ht. Sg.
Samb.; Ht. Ind. Meng.; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
122; = ranggas, q. v.
rengkas. (Riau, Johor.) Abbreviation; cutting short; brevity; conciseness. Di-sukainya perkataan rengkas: he liked brevity in
speech; Ht. Abd., 337 -Rengkasan: a summary; a short statement;
Sh. Abd. Mk., 70.
Renukaskaz: to summarize; to cut short;
to abbreviate; Ht. Abd., 48, i8i, I82; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 22, 40, etc. Merengkaskan: Ht.
Abd., 473.
Pgrengkas: shortened; abbreviated; a
shortener; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 9.
Also pronounced (Singapore) ringkas, and
(Selangor) ringkis.
rongkas. Taking to pieces with a view to
removal; taking down or pulling down anything in a careful manner, not with a view to
mere destruction, but with the idea of re

setting up or re-building. This word is not
used of erections such as tents, which are
intended to be easily removable, but of buildings such as native houses, which are primarily intended to remain in one spot though
they can be taken away if circumstances
necessitate such a course.

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