Remaung di rumah rawong di tanah, “A tiger in the house, but a frog in the field” (Dyak proverb).

Rotan, cane; rattan.

Ruai, the public veranda of a Dyak house.

Rusa, a deer. A valuable old jar with the figure of a deer on it.

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Sabayan, Hades.

Sadau, the loft of a Dyak house.

Sakit Rajah, “the disease caused by the King (of evil spirits)”—smallpox.

Sarong, a long petticoat worn by Malay men and women.

Saut, the name of a manang ceremony.