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R u \v a san, having articulations ör joints. 



Ru wis, the edging rope of a net, The rope which passes along the edge of a net, by 



which it can be hung up or clistented, 

 Ruyuk, a bush; shrubs. Any small collection of bushes or cl warf jungle. Chareuh na 



hasup ka ruyuk, the chareuh ran araong the bushes. Sse Ngaruyuk. 

 Ruyung, the wood of palm trees, The outer horny part of the tree, which surrounds 



the soft part within , from which, in some cases, sago is made. Ruyung is very hard 



and horny when cut transversely, but splits easily length-wise. 



S. 



Sa, one, the numeral of unity, — especially when combined with some other word. Sa 

 orang , one man, one person. Sa orangan, alone. Sa tanglcal, one tree. Sa imah, 

 one house. Sa manuk , one bird. Sa, appears to be of Sanscrit origin and a con- 

 traction of the word Saha, C. 721, a partiele and prefix signifying union , associa- 

 tion , with, together. Thus we have in Sunda Sa hiji forone, which see, ancl in Malay 

 Sa tu or Sa watu, — with or by means of a seed,— with or by means of a stone, to ïn- 

 dicate unity. Sa has been very extensively used in the formation of words in Sunda , 

 as well as in other Polynesian tongues, as will be seen by reference to what follows, 

 where it will be found at the commencement of the word, and has chiefly the meaning 

 of: by means of, — by the interven tion of , — as long as (referring to duration of time), — 

 having in use , — wearing , — of one common origin. Sa is often used instead of Sahd 

 even in Singhalese; see Scimara, Clough, page 710, which is composed of Sa for 

 Saha, with, and Metra, an enemy, — having the passions subdued. So also in the word 

 Sama, which is used in Malay for with, along with. This word is also Singhalese 

 and is found in Clough, page 709, meaning: — even, equal, similar, the final ma beiug 

 constructive. In Sunda: — Sa duduhd , is wearing a hat; Sa jamang , wearing a jac- 

 ket; Sa bedog , wearing a chopper; Sa hebei na, as long as, whilst; Sa umur hirup, 

 as long as you live; Sa aïcal na, by means of his device ; Sa panjang na, at its 

 full length ; Sa chai , by means of water. Almost all the more refined people of 

 the Archipelago have Sa in some shape to indicate One, and only the more barbarous 

 people of the islands, on the Eastern verge of the Archipelago, have words for One 

 which are totally different. We must , however , except the Rejangs of Sumatra , who 

 use Do for one, but again these same people have Buy for two, and the rest of their 

 numerals are closely allied to those of the Malays. How these people of the Archi- 

 pelago came by these Sanscrit words to express One and Two is very perplexing, as 

 though they are Sanscrit , or can be traeed to an intelligible Sanscrit origin , they are 

 not the usual words in that language for One , which is either Ek or Eka . — which is 



