A Malay-English dictionary,

RAG N [_ 329 RONGKOL

RALNGKANG

[ 329 ]

RONGKOL

) rangkang. A measure for the angle formed
by the arm of a native anchor and the shaft
of the same. The object of this is to secure
that the anchor will get a proper hold of the
sea-floor. Cf. chekang, chekak, renggang, etc.
a.~ rangkong. A squatting posture.
Melrangkontg: to squat.

5;

rongkong or (Kedah) r6ngkong. The windpipe, the extreme inner portion of the mouth.
Ksring-lah rongkong-nya: his throat was quite
dry; Ht. Best.

Rongkongan: id., Ht. Kal. Dam., 55; Ht.
Mar. Mah. Kerongkongan: id., Ht. Jay.
Lengg. Kerolgkong is the commonest colloquial form in Riau, Johor and Selangor; and
regngkong in Kedah.
mJ rangkap. I. Pair; couple; set of two.
Mlelari berangkap-rangkapan: to dance in pairs;
Ht. Sh. Kub., Ht. Koris, etc. Cf. angkap.
IL Complete; full; better langkap or
lengkap.
III. Merangkap: (rare) to catch from below
with the open hand. Perangkap: a pitfall.
Cf. rangkup, rungkup, tangkap, tangkup, cheekp,
serekup, dakap, etc.
- Sc rangkup. The formation of a cavity between
two sloping sides, as when (in building a
house of bricks or cards) one lays two bricks
or two cards against one another so that they
may support one another, or as when a man
puts his two hands together under a jet of
water so as to form a channel for the water
and to assist him in drinking it. Cf. raup,
where a man forms a bowl of his two hands
and lifts up water from a pond; cf. also
runtgkup, rangkap and tangkip.
Rangkup is also used to describe a peculiar
passing of the hands over the face in the performance of certain ceremonial rites by a
pawang. In this case the hands form a ridge
as described above.

Runmah rungkup, hujan tetmpiyas;
Basah kuyup kain sutera;
Kalau janda, pandai berhiyas;
TerlEbeh pada anak data:
if the house has a low roof, the rain blows into
it, and all your silks become wet through.
0PS) rangkak. MAerangkak: to walk on hands and
knees; to crawl along; (by metaphor) to
make slow progress; to stumble along.
Merangkak saperti ketam di-luka: to drag oneself along like a wounded crab; Sh. Sri
Ben., 82. Meranngak-ragkak memzbacha: to
stumble over a passage in reading; Ht. Abd.,
I41. Merang kak metnjulor: to crawl and
wriggle, like a wounded centipede, or (by
simile) of a trembling subject or captive approaching his sovereign's presence; Ht. Mar.
Mah., Ht. Best. Merangkak hendak bangun:
to rise on one's hands and knees preparatory
to getting up (of a fallen man); Ht. Sh. Kub.
Bcrkata berangkak-rangkakan: to speak in a
broken or halting voice; to stumble through
one's speech, as a bad orator; Ht. Hamz., 68.
Terangkak-rangkak: making slow progress;
crawling along.
'SO ` rangkek. A generic name for conical shells,
conlins.
R. belang sawa: conus bandanus.
R. mata daching: conus nille-punctatus.
R. rintek: conus capitaneus.
R. bukum, r. kuning and r. teabelang: other
(unidentified) varieties of the conus.
-jO; rengkek. Curled up, bent or bowing under a
burden. Also rengkeh, q. v.

ringkek.
mttgilai.

The neighing of a horse; also

-j0 rongkok. Merongkok: to sit bent forward
and resting one's hands on one's knees;
better (Riau, Johor) jerongkok; cf. bongkok,
kuku, etc.

rongkal.
- pieces.

Terongkal: unloosed, come to

).

ringkup.
257.

A snake (unidentified); J. I. A., I.,

K A)

tJ ) rungkap. Merungkap: to speak in a surly
tone.

4

rungkup. Overarching, overspreading-used
of a ridged roof opening out at a very considerable angle (wider than rangkap, q. v.).
A tap r.: a roof the eaves of which come
down to the ground. Kajang r.: a kajang
mat spread out as widely as it can stand so
as to form a sort of roof.

rongkol or rungkul. Sa-rongkol: a group
formed by the connection of a number of
smaller groups; a cluster of clusters; a bunch
(e.g., of keys); a string (e.g., of horses or
prisoners). Cf. rangkai, which is limited to a
single cluster. Rongkol is used only when the
connection between the composite parts is
slight, e. g., as when bunches of fruit are tied
together. When the composite parts form a
compact mass by adhesion or otherwise,
tongkol is used.
Berongkol-rongkol: in large clusters; J. I. A.,
III., 448.:

42