Ba a samun “rauni” a cikin ƙamus, don haka ba shi da takamaiman ma’ana. Duk da haka, kalmar "bough" yawanci tana nufin reshe na bishiya, kuma prefix "-less" yawanci yana nuna rashi ko rashin wani abu. Saboda haka, mutum zai iya fahimtar cewa “rasa” na nufin ba tare da rassa ko kuma ba tare da rassa ba.
