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Kar is, saleable, easily sold; sold out. 



Raru, the act of' putting either Chéng'al or Kawauwoh into the bambu containing the 

 toddy of the Kawung palm , in order to prevent it from souring. 



Rasa, taste, flavour. Sentiment, idea, feeling. ïo have a feeling, a conviction. To think. 

 Basa , C. 587, taste, flavour, sentiment, emotion. 



Rasa, quicksilver. Rasa, C. 587, quicksilver. 



Rasa-an and Rasakën, to taste, to judge by taste. To be of opinion. To consider, 

 to experience; to try , to make a trial. 



Rasaksa, a demon, a goblin of Hindu mythology. See Rahsasa. 



Rasamala, name of a very large forest tree, growing on the mountains, seldom under 

 1200 or 1500 feet above the sea. Grows up with a straight stem and makes good 

 timber. From the tree exudes a gum which has a scentecl odour , and hence probably 

 the name. Easa, C. 587, taste, flavour; Mala , C. 521 — according to Sanscrit 

 authorities it is dirived from Mala, to hold or contain in the body; any excretion 

 of the body, as faeces, blood, ear-wax , sweat etc. etc. Rasa-mala will thus mean 

 the tasty excretion , an exudation of flavour. Liquidammer Altingiana. 



Ras e', a vivena resembling Dédés , but still anothor variety. Viverra Rasé. 



Rasiyah, a secret, a mystery, something to be kept private. Bahasya, C. 589, private, 

 secret , a secret , a mystery , any thing hielden , recondite on mysterious. 



Raspati, a day corresponding to Thursday, in an ancient week. See Dité. Brahaspati, 

 C. 483, the planet Jupiter. The regent of the planet Jupiter, the preceptor of the 

 gods. Br alias patinda in Singhelese — Thursday. 



Rass ah, to skin, to take off the Inde. 



Ras uk, prods, pieces of sharpened stick or bambu useel about the thatch of a roof. In 

 Malay Asak, to push in, to thrust in. 



Ras ui, Arabic, an apostle, a messenger of God. Easul Allah, the apostle of God, — 

 a name of Mahomet. 



Rasulan, to make prayer and offering to the Rasul (the apostle Mahomet), to return 

 thanks for any event to the Rasul. 



Rat, country, land. Used in the composition of proper names. Jaya ning rat, the tri-i 

 umphant in the land. Bata, C. 5S1, country, a district, an inhabited country. 



Rata, level, free from asperities or inequalities, smooth, uniform, even throughout, alike; 

 each having an equal share. Di bagi rata, evenly divided. Bumi rata, even off 

 by the ground , level with the ground. Buta rata, inconceivably dark, said of a 

 dark night when nothing can be seen , not even your hand before you. This expres- 

 sion Buta rata may also mean goblin level , as if the goblins had destroyed all tracé 

 before them. See Buta. 



Ra taken, to make level or smooth; to equalize. Tq make all alike. 



Rati, a common name for a young vvoman. fiati, C. 582, the wife of Kama, the In- 

 dian Cupid, Coition, copulation. 



