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Ragët, all together, with one accord; anything done by united effort; general consent. 

 Kumaha rag e in na bai , however the general consent (or united will) may be. Hadé 

 ragem na, they all turned out and assisted. 



Rag ét, an eruption of the skin; pustules on the body. Scabby. 



Ragi, a native preparation made of rice flour, onions, sugar and some other trifles of 

 spicery, which acts as a yeast or ferment in preparing Tap ai , which see, used only 

 on occasions of native festivities.' Raga , C. 589, lust, passion, affection, mental af- 

 fection in general. Perhaps Ragi is the fiminine of Raga and expresses what gives lust 

 or passion, causing fermentation. Ragi, C. 590, a lover, a gallant. 



Ragrag, to fall , to tumble down. To fall from a height. Buah na ragrag , the fruit 

 has fallen. Ragrag ti luhur kayu , to fall from a tree. 



Rahayat, people, the common people, the multitude. 



Rahayu, safely, without misfortune; prosperity. Di gaivé rahayu , our work went well. 

 Raya, C. 586, to go, speed, velocity. In Malay Gargahayu, prosperity, good for- 

 tune, Crawfued. Probably derived from Gharghara, C. 189, laughter, mirth,— 

 Haya, C. 786, to go; a horse ; going or proceeding with mirth. 



Rachëuk, chattering, crying aloud, holloaing out. Making an uproar with voice. Ra, 

 C. 589 , sound, noise. 



Rahëut, a wound in the flesh; wouncled. 



Rahëutan, having got a wound. 



Rahim, Arabic, compassionate. Mercy, compassion. 



Rahman, Arabic, merciful, compassionate. 



Rahmat, Arabic, mercy, clemency. 



Rahong, a slope or gentle fall in the bed of a river, where the water runs over a bro- 

 ken ledge of rocks, or rought bottom. 



Rahu, the Demon who attempts to swallow the sun or moon, whereby eclipses are caused. 

 Both the word and the idea are Indian, and the following quotation from Clough's 

 Singhalese Dictionary, page 594, will explain the nature of the fable. According to 

 the mythology of the Buddhists , Rahu was a noted Asura , or Demon inhabiting 

 Patala or the Nagaloha; and when the gods assemblee! to churn the sea, and produce 

 the Nectar or water of life , Rahu secretly conveyed himselfto the spot and surreptiiiously 

 obtained a draught , by which he became immortal. The sun and the moon, who were 

 present on the occasion, as overlookers and guards of the nectar, reported this to 

 Yishnu, who severed his body in two; but Rahu having become immortal by the 

 draught of nectar his head and trunk retained their separate existence, and being 

 transferred , the head to the North , and the tail , Kèlu to the South , they became the 

 ascending and descending nodes; but retaining their feelings of revenge towards the sun 

 and moon for the discovery they made to Vishnu, they attempt, especially Rahu, at 

 certain seasons to destray them , and the seizure of them in his mouth is the cause of eclipses. 



Rai, the human form in a vision. 



