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rabana   a bowl-shaped tambourine or drum   noun

raba-raba₁   touching   verb

raba-raba₂   very early in the morning   noun

rabe₁   rip, tear up   verb

rabe₂   open wide   verb

rabo   Wednesday   noun

rabong   bamboo shoot, young sprout   noun

rabu   quickly   adverb

rabu-rabu   “hurry up”   interjection

rabus₁   boil   verb

rabus₂   stew   verb

raci kua   exaggerate   verb

raci₁   rub down   verb

raci₂   add and mix spices until spicy   verb

racong₁   poison   noun

racong₂   poisonous   adjective

radio tali halaleng   hoax, false news   noun

rae   guess   verb

raga   ball made of rattan   noun

rahang   sago, banana, or coconut tree stem   noun

rai₁   guess, estimate   verb

rai₂   remember   verb

rai₃   face   noun

raja bao   either the Indian ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), Lesson’s thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii), or the yellowbanded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus)   noun

raja bau   either the Indian ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), Lesson’s thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii), or the yellowbanded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus)   noun

raja   village head   noun

rajing   energetic, industrious, hard working   adjective

rako₁   scratch   verb

rako₂   brothel   noun

ramas₁   press, squeeze as to extract liquid   verb

ramas₂   strangle   verb

rambu padi   ear of rice, corn   noun

rambu₁   hair   noun

rambu₂   measure word for bunches of bananas   measure

rambutang   the rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum) and its fruit   noun

ramedi₁   prepare to   verb

ramedi₂   try with all one’s strength   adverb

rame-rame₁   boisterous gathering   noun

rame-rame₂   working together to do something   adverb

rame₁   boisterous   adjective

rame₂   crowded   noun

rampa   spice   noun

rampa-rampa   spices   noun

rampe   vegetable dish made of grated cassava and papaya flowers that have been dried in the sun for one day, mixed with palm sugar, then fried   noun

randa   low   noun

randang   soak   verb

randasan   anvil   noun

rangke   stalk or small branch (technically a peduncle)   noun

rangsel   backpack   noun

rante₁   chain   noun

rante₂   necklace   noun

rao   hold close to the fire, e.g. an animal in order to burn off its fur in preparation for butchery, or a fish for smoking   verb

rapat-rapat   too close   adjective

rapat₁   meeting   noun

rapat₂   near   adjective

rarobang₁   black coffee mixed with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and small chunks of kanari   noun

rarobang₂   leftovers after extracting coconut oil from coconut milk   noun

rarobang₃   pig feed made from leftover grated coconut, cassava, and other leftovers   noun

rasa garos   arrogant due to wealth   adjective

rasa-rasa   feel as if   adverb

rasa susa   worried   verb

rata   level, even   adjective

rata-rata₁   evenly   adverb

rata-rata₂   in general   adverb

ratusang   hundreds   noun

rau   hold close to the fire, e.g. an animal in order to burn off its fur in preparation for butchery, or a fish for smoking   verb

rebeng   sunglasses   noun

rebe-rebe   worn out, threadbare   adjective

redi   a large net used to drag fish ashore   noun

regel₁   door handle   noun

regel₂   hardwood rail supporting the boards of a wooden bed   noun

regel₃   ventilation   noun

reis   bloom, flourish   verb

rei₁   arrange in a line   verb

rei₂   arranged in a line   adjective

rek   take-in clothes that are too big   verb

rekeng₁   count   verb

rekeng₂   consider   verb

reku   part of a room directly above a traditional stove, used to smoke foods such as nutmeg or kanari on a para-para   noun

rema-rema   leftovers (food)   noun

rembeng₁   tote, carry   verb

rembeng₂   traditional shield   noun

reme   easy, simple   adjective

renda   embroidery   noun

renda-renda   lacy   adjective

renet   grass nest made by wild boar   noun

reng   mechanical ring of any kind   noun

rengen   hanging, dangling   verb

rengkam   hair tie   noun

rengke-rengke   in great clusters like fruit   adverb

ren₁   line   noun

ren₂   make a line   verb

reo-reo   old, doddery, and senile   adjective

reppe₁   metal sheet   noun

reppe₂   dented   adjective

reppe₃   flattened, squashed   adjective

rep₁   timber, plank   noun

rep₂   zinc-clad wood (?)   noun

resten₁   straight upright   adjective

resten₂   rest for a while   verb

retsleteng   zipper   noun

reu-reu   old, doddery, and senile   adjective

reu₁   wrinkles   noun

reu₂   seeming very old and senile (satirical)   adjective

ribuang   thousands   noun

rico₁   trouble   noun

rico₂   making trouble   verb

riko   dread   noun

rim₁   sentence intonation, accent   noun

rim₂   belt   noun

risil   a species of fish (?)   noun

roas   segment, joint (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)   noun

roba   alter   verb

robe   rip, tear up   verb

rodo-rodo   insistently   adverb

rofol₁   smacking someone’s head in a joking manner   verb

rofol₂   strum a guitar using first and fourth finger and thumb in a roll   verb

roko   cigarette   noun

rol₁   role   noun

rol₂   roll   noun

rol₃   tell a story   verb

romiang   just for fun, with no serious purpose   adjective

ronda   stroll   verb

rond   a round number of tens (in bingo)   noun

ron   around   adverb

roro   bamboo or stone chicken coop   noun

roster₁   roster   noun

roster₂   timetable   noun

rotang aer   large but easily snapped rattan   noun

rotang   rattan   noun

rotang jawa   a species of rattan   noun

rotang kawat   fine but strong rattan   noun

rotang tuni   very strong rattan   noun

roti balanda   bandage   noun

roti kalong   knuckledusters made of cast lead   noun

roto   the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)   noun

roto mera   a reddish species of grouper in the genus Epinephelus   noun

rotsoe   mischievous nonsense   noun

royal   wastefully extravagant, lavish   adjective

rubu₁   fallen (down, over, out)   adjective

rubu₂   fell (a tree)   verb

rui   invite   noun

ruji   weave bamboo strips into the upright planks of nibong wood set in a wall   verb

ruken   angry person   noun

ruk-ruk   grumpy, short-tempered   adjective

ruk-ruk tua   old grouch   noun

rukung   get along   verb

ruma bicara   town hall   noun

ruma burong   nest   noun

ruma dapor   stand-alone kitchen   noun

ruma   house   noun

ruma gantong   house built on stilts   noun

ruma ika-ika   a type of traditional wooden house   noun

ruma kacil   playhouse   noun

ruma kakehan   temple   noun

ruma niri   beehive   noun

ruma padi   rice barn   noun

ruma saki   hospital   noun

ruma tagantong   house built on stilts   noun

ruma tangga   household   noun

ruma tap   a warung that serves sopi, a small informal pub   noun

ruma tua   parents’ house   noun

rumpu alang-alang   cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)   noun

rumpu kuda   Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus)   noun

rumpu kusu-kusu   cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)   noun

rumpu mimosa   snagging mimosa vines   noun

rumpu piso   kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)   noun

rumpu-rumpu₁   weeds   noun

rumpu-rumpu₂   scraps of rubbish   noun

rumpu₁   grass   noun

rumpu₂   litter, garbage   noun

rumpu sungga-sungga   the grass Austroeupatorium inulifolium   noun

runu   a textile-like fibre mat that is found on coconut trees   noun

runut₁   a textile-like fibre mat that is found on coconut trees   noun

runut₂   sieve used in the sago-making process   noun

runut₃   cloth used as an oven glove when lifting a pot   noun

rupa   something, anything   noun

ruruhe   a type of fishing boat used to catch skipjack tuna before the introduction of the outboard motor   noun

rusa   damaged, broken down   adjective

rusu   rib   noun

rusu-rusu   cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)   noun

rutu   a type of black magic   noun

rutu-rutu₁   an ornamental plant, possibly the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)   noun

rutu-rutu₂   a species of moss   noun