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RINTAS

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RUNTUN

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V.) rintas. Cutting across from point to point,
taking the shortest line. Balayar mnrintas
sagala tanjong-tanjong: sailing from the extremity of one promontory direct to the extreme
point of the next; Ht. Mar. Mah. Cf.
lintas.
runtas. (Riau, Johor.) Breaking by a
sudden pull or jerk, as one breaks a piece of
string; (Kedah) rentas.
Mgruntas: to so break (any string, cord,
or cord-like material). M. tali: to snap a
thread, to break a piece of string; Sh. Panj.
Sg. (in three places).;) rantang. I. A kind of basket or hamper for
provisions; a covered basket of wicker-work.
R. pinggan: a covered basket for carrying
plates and dishes.
II. Penetrability to sight; leaflessness or
thinness of foliage in a tree. R. mata minemandang: offering a clear view.
k; ranting. A twig; a small leafless branch;
Ht. Abd., 26, 3II, 409; Ht. Mash., 57.
Enggang lalu ranting patah: the hornbill flies
past as the branch breaks; a coincidence
which seems more than a coincidence and
casts suspicion on the bird; Prov., J. S. A. S.,
I., 88.
Belalang ranting: a stick-insect; phasima
gigas.
) r6ntang. I. Stretched out; extended; cf.
bentang. Bentang is used of mats, carpets,
etc., lying open on the floor; rentang is used
of an object being tied or held out or kept
open by pressure, as nets are stretched along
a tideway. Rintangkan: (transitive) to extend, to stretch out. Rentangkan tali: stretch
out the cords; Ht. Isk. Dz. Mertntangkan
rantai: to stretch out a chain; Sej. Mal., 63.
Mere'ntang: to stand extended or open; to
stretch across anything, as clouds stretch
across the sky; Sh. Sri Ben., 20; Sh. Ik.
Trub., I2; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Rentang is also used as a classifier or
numeral co-efficient for objects (such as fieldnets) which are stretched out; Sh. Lail.
Mejn., 17.
Rentang is used again of the object for
which nets and cords of this sort are stretched
out, i. e., for interception or catching.
Ta'-akan rentang peluru di-lalang: a bullet
is not to be stopped in long grass; Prov.
Tidakkan terentang kerbau di-tandok-nya: a
buffalo is not to be stopped at the point of
its horns; Prov.
By the Dutch authorities, rentang is written
rintang, as a variant of lintang.

II. A round, in the sense of cocks fighting
a round or two but not fighting to a finish.
Mari-lah kita rentang ayam: let us make these
cocks fight a round or two; Ht. Raj.
Don., 63.

tip rntong. Burnt to a cinder; scorched and
black.
-:; r6ntap. Pulling, hauling, tugging-as one
hauls at a tug-of-war; cf. irentak.
r6ntak. Stamping the feet in anger; stamping a sulky refusal, like an angry child.
Be'rEtak serta mentbah dada: stamping the
feet and beating the breast; Sh. Panj. Sg.
Cf. antak, entak, etc.,;9 rentak. Hauling at a rope (of which one end
is fixed); tugging at a chain, as a dog when
it is tied up and desires to get loose. Maka
anjing itu-pun imerentak rantai tit lain pztus:
the dog hauled at the chain and it broke; Sej.
Mal., I4I. Cf. rcntap.
j rintek. Speckled; spotted; a slight spot or
speckle on a background of a different colour.
Hujan rintek or hujan rintek-rintek: fine
drizzling rain; lIt. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Abd., 392;
Sh. Tab. Mimp., 4. Hujan rintek-rintek
behasa: a very line drizzle; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Ayamn berintek: a speckled fowl. Bapa-nya
borek, anak-nya rintekl: 'when the father is
spotted the child is speckled; like father like
son; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 93.,z rontak. Strugglilg to get free, an effort to
release oneself from the grasp of another.
Merontak: to struggle; Ht. Best. See ronta,
which is the commloner form.
\ rantam. Sllubscription or contribution for a
common object such as the purchase of a
buffalo for slaughtering; a kind of joint-stock
arrangement when the means of individuals
are insufficient for any 1purpose.
O:R) rAntan. A weak state of health predisposing
to disease; getting into a weak or unfit
state such as may cause a slight injury to
prove dangerous. R. hati: a bad disposition
towards anyone; a state of mind such as
makes one prone to believe evil of another
person, or to take offence readily at anything
he does.
j3 runtun. Dragging any person along by the
hand; dragging anything along with a string;
pulling a bell rope; hauling on a rope an end
of which is fixed; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 8; Sh.
K. G. T., 17. Cf. tuntun.
Pagar-pagar batang chabai,

Anak senutt dalant kebun;
Ingat-ingat, ayuthai Pa' Lebai,
Mdaliku'l-mtilit hendak runtun:
remember, remember, my father Lebai, the
Angel of Death will be hauling you off.

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