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L-_- - -C ~I C L I -,-j rdnchah. I. MIere-nchah: to plough through
thick and thin; to push through swamp or
jungle without stopping to select the easiest
way; to walk through a padi-field instead of
keeping to the dykes (batas).
II. Mferenchah-renchah: to work intermittently; to work by fits and starts; to work
first at one thing and then at another.
III. Perenchah: flavouring; small fish or
prawns cooked with vegetables to give a
certain zest to the vegetables.
Tikar puchok, tikar mntgkiuwang,
Tempat dudok raja Mtlayu;
Ikan busok jangan di-buwang,
Buwat preznchah daun kayu:
do not cast away fish that is rotten, use it as
flavouring for green vegetables.
~') rencheh. (Kedah.) Small; minor. In the
expression selar rencheh: the lesser or small
selar, the name of a fish.
4'. rincheh. 1. The balance given one in small
change; the amount returned to a person
after he has paid for another with a coin of
greater value than the amount agreed upon
as selling price.
II. (Selangor.) Small; minor; (Riau,
Johor) recheh; (Kedah) rencheh.;) randa. I. [Skr. randdi.] (Batav. and \V.
Sumatra.) A widow; a divorcee; (Riau,
Kedah, Johor) janda, q. v.
II. Rundn-randa: wandering here and
there; going to this house and that, of a
man who is swayed entirely by impulse in
his movements. MAeranda: to wander about
capriciously; to go anywhere without any
special object; to go "mooning" about.
Pura peranda: useless and wandering. Nasib
pura peranda: the lot of a useless wanderer;
the fate of an outcast who leaves a place
because he cannot help himself and not in
pursuit of a design to better himself.
X;) renda. Port. Gold or silver lace; embroidery in gold or silver; Ht. Koris. Baju
belrenda: embroidered with gold.
A) ronda. Port. Military rounds; but raun
(Eng. round) is more commonly used in this
sense in colloquial language.

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rbndang. Baking or frying. Sagu r.: pearl
sago; Sej. Mal., 15I. Pisang r.: baked or
fried bananas. Panas tuboh bagai di-rgndang:
a body as heated as if it was being baked;
Sh. May., 2. Mata-nya merah saperti buwah
saga di-rendang: his eyes were as red as the
fried seeds of the saga (adenanthera pavonina); Ht. Sh. Kub.
Mere-ndang: to bake, to fry; Ht. Ind.
Meng.; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 24.
rendang. I. Leafiness; giving shade. Pohun kayn rendang: a shady tree; Ht. Raj.
Bud., 2; Ht. Abd., 467; Sej. Mal., 86.
II. Merendang: (Kedah.) To chant an
invocation in the spirit-language (behasa
bantiu); to sing a sort of runic rhyme as is
done by a medicine man to call down spirits
to the bedside of his patient; (Riau, Johor)
berdendang and berdondang.
III. (Kedah.) A narrow and almost flat
dug-out."
rondeng. (Riau, Johor.) Calculation by
figures; accounts; bills; = kira (which, however, is used in a wider sense). Hamba tidak
bcrbanlyak rondeng: I am not a man of intricate calculations; I am no deep schemer; Sh.
Kumb. Chumb., 23. Also (Kedah) runding.
Rondeng-mterondeng: calculations generally;
accounts. Di-tipu orang akandiya dalam
sukatan dan timtbangan dan rondeng-merondeng:
he was swindled in measures and weights and
accounts; Ht. Abd., 484.
runding. See rondeng.
rundong. Living on a person without
paying for one's sustenance; "cadging" or
" sponging" on others. Di-rundong mealang:
to have evil fortune taking up her abode with
one; to be persistently followed by ill-luck;
to have bad luck living on one; Sh. UI., 23;
Ht. Kal. Dam., 366; Ht. Koris.
Sudah nasib di-zrndong mnalang,
Padi di-tanam mnljadi lalang,
Ayain di-klurong di-sambar lang,
Balat di-sangkar jadi bElaang:
it is my lot to be dogged by ill-luck; the padi
I plant becomes useless long grass; the fowls
in my fowl-house are the prey of a hawk
and the doves in my cages are transformed
into locusts!

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\;JU) rlndana. The name of a flower (unidentified).

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randong. Stepping, trampling, treading
under foot.
Jikalau tuwan di-randong merak,
Tidak-lah blelh tuwan berggrak:
if you (the punggok) get trodden on by the
peacock you will never be able to move again;
Sh. Bur. Pungg., 2.; randok. 1. Shaggy and rank, of an old hegoat. Kambing r.: a he-goat; Sej. Mal., 47.
Kambing pa' randok: (Penang) a hairy rank
old goat; a nickname for an old and
shameless profligate. Pa' randok: (Kedah)
the old goat; a term by which a tiger is
meant when speaking of a tiger in the jungle.

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