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runggu. Runggu-rangga: projecting in many
places; bristling with points; v. rangga.
ranggah. I. (Riau, Johor.) Mlranggah:
to strip a tree of fruit; to pluck all the fruit,
whether ripe or unripe, on a tree; (Kedah)
nmernggah.

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II. (Riau, Selangor.) Meranggah: to stab
at a person standing overhead by thrusting a
spear through the thin flooring of a Malay
house;-a favourite method of assassination.
Cf. radak,-the more general term for thrusts
of this sort.
of, ranggi. Spruceness; neatness; care or fastidiousness in dressing.
p ringgi. A way of baking padi; grains of padi
plucked and baked before they are fully ripe.
Panggang peringgi: ready for baking in this
way; an expression used to denote that padi
has reached that stage in its developement at
which the grains begin to be edible.
' rfngau. Perforation on a large scale; the
existence or exposure of a large passage
through anything. Perengau: allowing passage or admittance, as a fowl-house when
the door is opened, or a basket or saucepan
when the cover is removed.

r6pas. Fragile; crumbling up into fragments
at the least pressure;=riput, except that reput
refers to a more advanced stage of rottenness,
fragility or decay. Bunga repas layu: a dry
and withered flower; Ht. Sh. Mard.
r6pis. Crumbling or breaking off at the edge;
falling away at the corners or edges. Sarepis: a chip.
repang. Evenness, smoothness-when used
of an edge being cut level, or of a number of
separate bodies being cut or filed to the same
height, but not of a solid surface being levelled. Thus rata would be used of ground being
flat, but repang of a bamboo hedge being even
in height.
Asah r.: filing the teeth away altogether,
reducing them to the level of the gums or to
some low continuous level.
Repang chuchor atap: (i) the cutting of the
fringe of an atap roof so as to give it a smooth
edge; (2) (Penang) a name given to a method
of shaving the hair above the forehead of a
bride so as to give the forehead a square
appearance.
Muka iepang gantang: (Kedah) square bows,
in a ship; (Riau, Johor) haluwan tegak or
haluwan pepat.
lMrepang: to cut level or straight. Merepang gigi: to file the teeth so as to make
them of the same height throughout; v. supra.
r6pak. I. (Riau, Johor.) Crumbling; better
repas, q. v.
II. (Onom.) A noise such as that of a slap.

_ rap. I. (Onom.) A rapping sound; the
sound of people stamping.
II. (From I.?) An interjection used to
keep time or set the time for any action; an
adverb meaning that simultaneous action was
taken. Rap seinuwa-nya: together; all together-to set the time to soldiers marching.
III. Tanah rap: land cleared, weeded,
banked and ready for cultivation; cf. rang.,3 rup. (Onom.)= rap, q. v., but duller.
rupawan. Handsome; well-made; possessed of beauty, Sh. I. M. P., 15;-the adjective
of rura, q. v.
-.s r6pot. [Eng.: report.] A report made at a
Police Station or to official authorities of any
sort; to make such a report. Lalu berjalan
pergi-nya repot: then they set out to make
their report; Sh. Lamp., 40.
L;j rIput. Crumbling at the touch; ready to fall
to pieces as fallen logs in an extreme state of
decay. Reput-repui (Riau) or reput pehui
(Kedah) falling to pieces at the least touch of
the hand or at the least breath of wind-as
the ash at the end of a cigar. RumahY yang
reput: a house just about to fall to pieces; Sh.
Pr. Ach., 17. Jtnpama kayu burok; burok dipanas, reput di-hujan: like a rotten log, rotting
in sunshine, crumbling under rain; a type of
hopeless or irreparable decay; Prov.

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j rpek and rgpok. (Onom.) Variants of
repak, according to the intensity of the sound;
cf. pak, etc.
S.9) r6pui. (Riau, Johor.) Crumbling at the least
breath of air; an intensitive of reput, q. v.;
(Kedah) pfhui.
&,O) rdpeh. Gently picking or plucking as one
plucks off the petals of a flower, or as one
picks out one grain or one slice of a fruit.
MAerpeh: to pluck a little of anything; to
pluck a little at a time; to pick gently.
4)) rlpoh. I. Overgrown; being overgrownof a clearing. Repohan: a clearing when it
begins to be overgrown but before the overgrowth is serious or can be called "secondary
jungle" (belukar).
II. Repoh-ripoh: a padlock. Also (Riau)
gepoh-gepoh.
) rupiya. [Skr., through Hindustani.] A
rupee; a guilder. R. sika: the Bengal coined
rupee. Lebeh birkuwasa ubat itu-kah atau
rupiya ini-kah: which is the mightier, that
talisman or this rupee? Ht. Abd., 73.

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