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RUWAS

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RUWANG.^) ruwas. The space between two joints or
knots; the space between the rings of certain
plants such as the bamboos. Sa-rtwas jari
a joint of the finger; a piece of the finger
containing a complete bone; a finger joint
as a measure of length. R. blloh: sections
of the bamboo from joint to joint; Ht. Abd.,
387; Ht. Mar. Mah. R. bambu: id.; Sh.
Lamp., 17. Pileh-pileh ruwas, terpileh pada
buku: hesitate to choose between the spaces
between the joints, and you will end by
being left with the tough joint itself; be too
particular and you will only be the worse
off in the end; Prov. Berjumlpa buku dengan
ruwas: to get the hard joint when looking
for the soft spaces between; id.
Kaluwar berjalan hari rnalalm,
Singgah di-kedai beli beras;
Sehaya meznchari sa-rata 'dlam,
Berjtumpa-lah buku dengan razwas:
I have searched the whole world for what I
wanted and have ended by getting the tough
knot instead of the soft intermediate portion;
I have searched the whole world for a wife;
and, when I got her, she was not what I
bargained for; Prov.

Ui~" rusa. A generic name for deer other
the dwarf species (napoh, kijang,
ptlandok). Usually cervus unicolor.

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R. bintng: the name given by Malays to
some spotted deer (ceirvus axis) imported from
India by Governor Phillips and afterwards let
loose in the island of Penang. These animals
multiplied for some time and became well
known, but subsequently died out and are
now only a tradition and a name.
R. dandi, r. ijok, r. lalang, r. seTlunmbar nibong,
r. taruin and r. ubi: varieties of the common
deer (certvus unicolor) differing in shade of
colour or in size.
Babi r: the deer-hog, an animal peculiar to
Celebes but well known by name to the
Malays; babirusa alfunlas.
Ajt rusing. (Kedah.) Peevishness; grumpiness;
(Riau, Johor) ronseng. Rusing is, however,
the literary form; Sh. Tab. Mimp., 13; Sh.
Rej., 8, 9.
AMerusing: to be peevish; to be in a temper,
as a man who has lost his money, Sh. Sing.
Terb., 5; to brood over one's wrongs as a
man about to run amuck; Ht. Mar. Mah.
-j ) rosak. Spoilt; rendered futile; violated; the
ruin of anything. Sebab nila sa-titek rosak
susu sa-belanga: a gallon of milk is spoilt by
a single drop of indigo (a little leaven leavens
the whole lump); Prov., Ht. Abd., 132.
R. mata: injury to the eye-sight. R. ubat:
the rendering a spell inefficacious. R. idn t:
corrupting true religion. R. hati: heart-break.
R. hinasa: utter ruin; spoilt completely.

Rosakkan and merosakkan: to corrupt or
destroy; to futilize or spoil. 3M. anak: to
spoil a child. M. behasa: to corrupt a language. M. anak peretmpuwan: to ruin a girl
by seduction. M. 't dat: to upset customary
institutions.
jrj rosok. See perosok.,-) 9 rusok. Side; flank; ribs. Di-paln-nya uleh
Sang Samba deigan gada-nya ketna rusok-nya
laln mati: Sang Samba struck at him with
his mace and hit him on the ribs, killing
him; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Tulang 1wsok: the ribs proper, the bones
constituting the ribs.
Tunbok r.: "a dig in the ribs"; a surreptitious bribe.
Rlsok srat: the marginal space left on a
Malay letter.!fa rusam. I. (Kedah.) A kind of revolving
table or seat made to amuse children.
II. See rosan.
Cr) rosan. (Riau, Johor.) A kind of loggia or
porch made by extending the eaves of a
palace so as to shelter some of the ground
round it. This sheltered portion is then
walled in and used as a waiting-room.
Also: rnsan; K1.
E,)> rusoh. A row; a tumult; a disturbance; a
riot. Jika ada u'soh sadikit neschaya tearkejut
iya daripada tidor-nyan: he would start up
from sleep at the least disturbance; Ht. Kal.
Dam., ISi.
4) rusiya. See rahasiya.
_n ruwang. Hollow space, especially used to
describe the well of a ship, and the space
enclosed between any four contiguous posts of
a house. In this last sense it serves as a unit
for calculating or describing the size of a
house. Balaz se'mbilan ruwang: a hall of seven
pillar spaces, i. e., on 14 pillars; Sh. Bid., 84.
Merajok ayer di-1uwang: to get sulky with
the water in the ship's well (useless waste of
temper); Prov. Antgin itnimtba r.: a breeze
which empties the well (by sending the water
to the side of the boat); a side wind; wind on
the beam. Also angin timbang ruwang.
R. belakang: the hollow of the back.
R. duriyan: the cavity in which the durian
stone lies.
R. stsist: the hollow between the breasts.
Bearuwang: a bear-is possibly derived from
the above. Balerong, a hall of audience-is

possibly a compound of balni and ruwang; v.
balai.
Meruwang: to cleanse a dead body of filth.
'Ilmu peiruwaing: a form of the black art; see
perruwang..........,, i.