406 A DICTIONARY SUNDANESE 



Ririwa, a ghost, a spirit that arises from the grave to trouble mortals. 



Riya, a word heard only in conjunction with Jaïca, a young man, as Jaka Biya. Riya, 



C. 595, one of the names of Anangaya , the Indian cupid. Jalcariya was the title 



assumed many years ago by a rebel in Bantam. Ceawfued gives Riya in Malay 



as: playful , sportive , frolicsome. 

 Riyeus, to grind fine by rubbing down upon a flat stone , called Pangriyeusan or Batu 



giling ; to rub and grind down any vegetable matter to a pulp, — as curry stuff, me- 



dicaments etc. Batu riyeus, or Batu giling, a rolling pin of stone for using upon 



the Pangriyeusan. 

 Riyëut, headache, dizziness in the head. Dizzy. 

 Riyul, walking off with; taking anything away without compliment. Uiyul bai di bawa, 



to nanya deui, and off he walked with it, without saying another word. 

 Roa, the eighth month of the Mahometan year. Called also Araivah and Saban. 

 Roai, a variety of pulse or Kachang. 

 Roang, the spaces between the wooden posts or pillars of a house; a compartment; 



a division , a section ; a stall ; a row ; a bed of anything planted. Imah tilu roang , 



a house with three compartments, — that is the main upright posts are four. Istal sa- 



puluh roang, a stable with ten stalls. Kachang opat roang , four rows of pulse. 

 Roangan, planted in rows; arranged in rows. 

 Roban, robbers, plunderers; good-for-nothing people who rove about and live by their 



wits. A demon. Penyakit roban , the small pox. Any sudden and violent disease , 



which soon kills the person attacked , and soon disappears again. Such disease is 



ascribed to the influence of some demon. 

 Roda, a wheel, a carriage or cart wheel. A carriage, a cart (from having wheels). 



Roda , C. 600 , a carriage wheel. 

 Rodék, covered with scabs and ulcers. Ulcerated. 

 Rog o, to take out of a little hole; to grope for in a small hole, — as a man might grope 



for fish in holes in the bank. 

 Rob, Arabic, spirit, the soul (of a living body). Poli al Jcudus , the Holy Ghost. 

 Rojok, to poke at with a stick or spear in a hole; to ram at, as the charge of a gun 



with the ramrod. Aya maung di jero Hang , di rojok ku tumbak , there was a tiger 



in the hole, and they rammed at him with spears. Buku awi di rojok datang ka io- 



blong , the diaphragms of the bambu were poked at till they were knocked away. 

 Roko, a segar, a cheroot; a bit of tobacco rolled up in a Nipah or Kawung leaf for 



the purpose of smoking. The word Roko is evidently derived from the Dutch rook , 



smoke , and roken , to smoke. 

 Roko-roko, name of a bird which cnly occasionally visits the mountains, and that at 



the time when the sawahs are run under water to plough ; a kind of wild duck. 



It often destroys the fresh cast paddy seed, by paddling among it and eating it at 



night time. 



