ráha2 n wood cut from freshly cut ipil-ipil (byatilis) or mangrove (bakhaw) trees, peeled and dried for firewood. v [A; a] cut and sell mangrove or ipil-ipil commercially.
rak-an rúl n rock and roll. v 1 [A2C; c6] dance the rock and roll. 2 [A13] for the stomach to be rumbling from indigestion. Nagrak-an rúl ang ákung tiyan tungud sa sagulságul nga pagkáun, My stomach is doing the rock and roll from all the things I ate.
rak-in rúl = [rak-an rúl].
rákit1 n racket for tennis, pingpong, and the like. v [A12; a12] have, make into a racket.
rákit2 n rocket ships or bombs.
rákit3 n racket, fraudulent means of obtaining money. Rákit lang giyud nang kapunúngan. Pangwarta lang, Their organization is just a racket to get money. v [c16] dishonestly take money entrusted to one. Girákit lang ang ámung ámut, The man just pocketed our contribution.
rakrak v [A; b(1)] 1 fire bullets rapidly in bursts. Balay nga girakrakan, A house riddled with bullets. 2 in billiards, hit the target ball forcefully so as to scatter the balls that surround it with the hope that one or two of these balls will go into any of the holes. n bursts of rapid rifle fire.†
rám n rum. v [A13; b6] have rum.
ráma v [A; b] set flowers on a palm leaf as decorations. Nagráma mig búwak sa kapilya, We set some flowers on palm leaves in the chapel.
rambul1 n 1 rumble, free-for-all fist fight. 2 in Jai-alai, betting on the first three players out of a series such that whatever order they are in, the bet wins—e.g. if one bets that players 3, 6, and 2 are the first, second, and third place, his bet wins as long as this is so, no matter which one was first, which was second, and which was third. v [A2C; a12] engage in a rumble. Ang ílang punduk mauy mirambul sa nangharána, It was their group which engaged the serenaders in a brawl. Nagrambul ang magtiáyun, The husband and wife had a brawl.