raastu(pa) (-vanoikeus)	city court
raatihuone	town hall
raatimies	council man, municipal judge
raha(määrä)	money (sum of)
rahvas	people, peasantry
raja	border
rakastajatar	concubine
rakennusmestari	contractor, builder
rakuuna	light cavalryman
rampa	crippled
raskaana	pregnant
ratsumestari	cavalry captain
ratsumies	cavalryman
ratsutilallinen	holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
ratsuväki	cavalry(men)
rautaseppä	iron smith
rautatie	railroad
rehellinen	honest
rekisteri	register, index
renki	youth, unmarried man, farmhand
rikollinen	criminal
rikos(luettelo)	misdemeanor (list)
ripitysluettelo	absolution list
rippikirja	communion book
rippilapset	confirmations
ripuli	diarrhea
risti(ä) (-itty)	baptize(d)
ristimäaika	baptism date
ristimänimi	Christian name, first name
ritari	knight
rokko	(small) pox
rokotetut	vaccinations
rouva	Mrs., wife
rovasti(kunta)	dean(ery)
ruhtinaskunta	principality
rulla	record, roll
rumpali	drummer
ruokamyrkytys	food poisoning
ruotsalainen	Swede, Swedish
Ruotsi	Sweden
ruotu	district maintaining a foot soldier
ruotusotilas	foot soldier
ruotuvaivainen	pauper, dependent on the "ruotu"
rusthollari	holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
rutto	plague
ruukki	foundry, mill, industry
ruumis	corpse
rykmentti	regiment
rälssi	tax exempt, nobility
rälssitila	tax exempt farm
räätäli	tailor