400 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Kawét, torn in slips or strips; jagged, lacerated. To rend. 



Rawing, jagged, tattered, torn. In shreds. Heulang rawing , a falcon with tattered or 

 jagged wings. 



Ka wit, only heard in Chabé rawit , Capsicum Fastigiatura. The bird's eye pepper. A 

 small variety of capsicum, but very pungent in taste, much more so than the large 

 and usual Chabé. In Mid- Java , as about Samarang , it is known by tliis name also , 

 and callecl Lombo rawit, though at Sourabaya it is called difFerently, — Lombo lélé. 

 Rawit in Javanese means small worms, such as are in children's bodies, to which 

 perhaps tliey have compared this small variety of capsicum. 



Rawun, a superstitious observance of the humah planters, the planters of upland paddy , 

 viz they collect sundry articles, mostly parts of plants of different kinds, bits of 

 skin etc, and hang these over the fare in the shed which is found in every humah, 

 under the idea, that by so doing , they will ward off evil , keep away noxious animals 

 and secure a good erop. The articles so hung up are also called the Rawun, 



Raya, heard only associated with Hari , day , as Eari raya , which in Malay is — a festive 

 day , a holiday. May be from Raya, C. 586, to go; speed, velocity, because such a 

 day glides smoothly away. Or it may be from Raja, great, in some of the languages 

 of the Archipelago , transformed into Raya. Raja in Madurese, and Raya in Achi- 

 nese is: great. 



Rayah, to plunder goods from a worsted enemy. To make a foray. To take anything 

 without permission. To plunder. 



Rayap, crawling, creeping. In superabuniance; in plenty. Rayap bai je'lema , lots of 

 people ; people creeping about every where. 



Rayi, younger brother or sister. Said only of persons of good birth. 



Réa, many, plenty, in plenty. JRéa baiur na, many v/ere his attendants. 



Ré-al, Portuguese , a Spanish dollar, of the value of about ƒ 2^. The olcl Pillar Spanish 

 dollar used as a weight for silver or gold. Mas tilu réal , gold of the weight of three 

 Spanish dollars. In some place the ré-al is considered as two guilders silver money. 



Rëbab, the native fiddle , played with the gamelan. 



Këbah, fallen down; laid level with the ground. Erom being upright laid flat. Pare na 

 geus rebali bai kabêh , all the paddy has been laid (by the rain). Jélema na rebah 

 bai Icabéh , and all the people threw themselves on the ground. 



Re big, an old worn-out jacket without sleeves: a tattered jamang or native jacket. 



Rëbing, broad, not narrow. Said of small objects which are relatively broad , — asplates, 

 dishes, pachuls or the like. Large objects would be designated when broad, by Ru-> 

 bak , which see. 



Rebo, Wednesday. Arba , arabic, Wednesclay. The fourth day of the week. 



Re bon, small shrimps. This word is probably derived from the word Rébu , a thousand , 

 with the usual postfix an , and elided into Rebon. These small shrimps , on some 

 parts of the coast , literally swarming by the thousands The town and residency of 

 Chirebon , has its name from these fish. 



