A Malay-English dictionary,

RETA [ 352 ] RINGAN.,...

i.r reta. Mareta-reta: to talk much and foolishly; = mrepet-repet.
Oh. retin. [Dutch ruiten.] "Diamonds"; the suit
"diamonds" in playing-cards. Also ratin
and retin..) reja. Leavings; anything left over or cut off
as useless. Reja-reja kain: scraps of cloth
cut away in tailoring. Reja-reja ayan: the
feet, feathers, etc., removed in dressing a,
fowl. Reja-reja nasi: rice left over after
preparing a meal. Sisa is, however, specially
used of the leavings after a meal. When used
of wood, reja means a bit of wood sawn off
instead of one chopped off (bahan).
4A.) rejeh. Blood-shot; filled with mucus, of
the eye.,j richau. The indistinct utterance of a tongue
as yet unaccustomed to speech; the speech
of a very young child, or of a parrot or
murai. Mtrichau and nmnggerichau: (of an
infant or talking-bird) to speak.
richeh or recheh. I. Mericheh: (Selangor)
to shred; an equivalent of mbngiris.
II. Mferecheh: (Kedah) to giggle greatly
when telling a story; to laugh at a joke
while relating it, but before one actually
reaches the point of the jest.
l rh. Arab. Wind; Muj., 89.
5p, reding. I. A kind of thick netting used for
catching large ground game; Sej. Mal., 55.
II. Mereding: to just show anything
above the surface-of a crocodile projecting
any part of his body above the water, or of
a fish just showing a fin. Also menggereding.
O) ridan. A tree yielding a sour fruit, nephelium
maingayi.
i5SJ) redi or ridi. I. A kind of hammock-litter;
a sort of hammock slung from a pole which is
borne on men's shoulders.
II. [Eng. ready.] Ready for issue or signature, of a legal document which only requires
stamping or signing. A Singapore word.
III. Pgridi: (Riau Johor.) Fertile, regularly bearing young (of animals or women).
SLy riri. An exclamation for calling ducks. Also
didi and di.

Li) riyas. The soft trunk of trees such as the
banana. Also eriyas. Birkotakan r. to make
a fort of such soft trunks; Sej. Mal., 83.
t-j risa. A wen, bump, or swelling, when more
or less permanent and painless.

~jo risek. The direct or indirect acquisition of
confidential information regarding any matter
before taking action. Merisek: to make
private enquiries; (especially) to try, through
third parties, to find out how a proposal of
marriage is likely to be received before making
that proposal.
Sudah birpakat beharu berbisek,
Orang menegendap di-chelah papan;
Dengan perlahan di-chari risek,
Rahasiya tbrbuka di-tengah jalan:
when you have concluded an agreement, then
only whisper about it, for men may be listening at holes in the wallI; while you are
quietly setting enquiries on foot, your secret is
blazed abroad in the midst of the street;
i" walls have ears;" Prov.. ) risau. Undisciplined; riotous; ill-regulated,
of behaviour; noisy and lawless conduct; Sh.
Bah. Sing., 7.
riyang. IBacking water with a paddle or
oar.
II. Excitement; the dizziness that comes
from excitement; dizzy with pleasure. R.
senangat: dizzy; giddy; Bint. Tim., I6
January, 1895; Ht. Ind. Meng.
III. Riyang-riyang: a cicada; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Asam riyang-riyang: a plant, archytea vahlii.

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riyong. A very tall grass, antistiria gigantea.
rengot or rengut. I. lMerengut: (Kedah)
to grumble; to murmur.

II. The name of a large creeping aroid
with huge leathery leaves, epipremnumn gigantel.
Uj~) rengas. A generic name for several trees
yielding a fine red wood and a poisonous
varnish. Usually pronounced rengas, q. v.
A rengek. Continuous and importunate solicitation; the behaviour of a child which
allows its mother no peace until its wishes
have been complied with. Merengek: to
cry for anything; to whine for anything.
erb.j ringan. Light; easy to bear or carry; (by
metaphor) unimportant; of little consideration. Hukunaan-ntya berat kapada orang tmiskin
dan ringan kapada orang kaya: his sentences
were heavy for the poor and light for the
wealthy; Ht. Abd., 29I. Maka demikiyan
hjdl-nya Sulttn itu-pun pada penandangan
segala oranlg puteh terlalu ringan ada-nya: in
this way the Sultan came to be a person
of but little importance in the sight of
Europeans; Ht. Abd., 336.
Literally: " crouching before the cracks in boarding."

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