Rhade-English Dictionary

Noun. Classifier: bĭt.
Muddy wallowing place.

Expressive.
Describes manner of a fish's jumping or snapping at bait.

Cf. čhĭr, čhăr.
Expressive.
Describes manner of shooting quickly through the air.

Cf. mčhŭ.
Intransitive verb.
To be interchanged, to get mixed up.
bi čhŭ Expressive.
Describes manner of placing a post or stake in the ground.

Cf. mčhuang.
Intransitive verb.
To step.
bi čhuang Transitive verb.
To help step, to help walk.

Intransitive verb.
To talk happily.
bi čhưč Intransitive verb.
To talk happily.

Cf. mčhul.
Intransitive verb.
To joke (hŏng with).
bi čhul Intransitive verb.
To joke (hŏng with).

(PC: ?chu:m 'pants, cloths').
Noun. Classifier: blah.
Pants, trousers.
čhum ao Noun. No grammatical classifier.
Clothes.

Intransitive verb.
To enjoy another's company, to visit.
bi čhưn Intransitive verb.
To enjoy another's company, to visit (plural).
Cf. hiu čhưn.

Intransitive verb.
To talk happily.
bi čhưñ Intransitive verb.
To talk happily.

Expressive.
Describes manner of a pig's eating.

Expressive.
Describes manner of walking up stairs or mountain with steady paces.

Cf. mčhưr.
Adjective.
Too high, above the target (of bullet, arrow, or something thrown).
bi čhưr Transitive verb.
To shoot high, to throw high.

Transitive verb.
To pare, to peel with a knife.
bi čiă Transitive verb.
To pare, to peel with a knife (plural).

(PC: ?ci:ăŋ 'to desire, to want, to marry').
Intransitive verb.
To desire, to like, to want.
bi čiăng Intransitive verb.
To desire, to like, to want (plural).
Cf. mhao čiăng.
Cf. păt čiăng.

(PC: ?ci:əm 'to feed').
Cf. mčiêm. Transitive verb.
To feed (kơ animal, person).
bi čiêm Transitive verb.
To feed (kơ animal, person).

(PC: ?ciəŋ 'to carry on side').
Transitive verb.
To carry on one's side.
bi čiêng Transitive verb.
To carry on one's side.

(PC: ?cih 'to write, to draw').
Intransitive verb.
To write.
Transitive verb.
To write.
bi čih Transitive verb.
To write (plural).

Cf. mčĭk. Transitive verb.
To fight.
bi čĭk Intransitive verb.
To fight (plural).

(PC: ?cĭm 'bird').
Noun. Classifier: drei.
Bird.
Noun. Classifier: klŏ, pŏk.
Meat.
čĭm hrai Noun. Classifier: drei.
Sparrow.
čĭm jhưng Noun. Classifier: drei.
Kind of large white long-legged bird.
čĭm jông Noun. Classifier: drei.
Maya bird.

Noun. Classifier: boh.
Tambourine.
Cf. tông čing.

Cf. kčip. Transitive verb.
To husk (rice), to shell (nut, seed, etc.).
bi čip Transitive verb.
To husk (rice), to shell (nut, seed, etc.) (plural).

Cf. kčir. Transitive verb.
To bore a hole in (skin of fruit) with one's fingernail in preparation for peeling.
bi čir Transitive verb.
To bore a hole in (skin of fruit) with one's fingernail in preparation for peeling.

Transitive verb. To wash (hair, or in Rhade, ko 'head').

b i co Trans i ti ve verb. To make (someone) wash his hair. To wash (someone else's hair).

Intransitive verb.
To lie down (of guadrupeds except elephants).
bi čŏ Transitive verb.
To make lie down (of guadrupeds except elephants).

Sense 1
l Noun. Classifier: boh. A letter of the Rhade alphabet, e.

Sense 2
2 Cf. mnie cd.

Cf. sang Cd.

Expressive. Describes manner of a plant's healthy growing.

(PC: ?coh 'to dig, to peck').
Cf. mčoh. Transitive verb.
To chop, to cut off (plant) with a hoe.
To peck, to strike (of bird, snake, etc.).
bi čoh Transitive verb.
To chop, to cut off (plant) with a hoe (plural).
To peck, to strike (of bird, snake, etc.) (plural).
To make peck, to make strike (bird, snake, etc.).

(PC: cok 'to cry'). Intransitive verb. To wail over death (k of). bi cok Intransitive verb. To wail over death (kd of) (plural). Intransitive verb. To make (someone) wail over death (kd of).

Transitive verb. To hollow out (log for canoe).

bi long Transitive verb. To hollow out (log for canoe) (plural).

cong nga Intransitive verb. To pretend.

cong mao Adjective. Natural, not manmade. cong jing Adjective. Natural, not manmade.

cong cat Adjective. Growing naturally, not planted, volunteer (of plant).

Noun. Classifier: co. Member of the Chru tribe.

(PAN: ciyum 'to smell, to sniff, nose kiss', pc: cum 'to kiss'). Cf. meum. Transitive verb. To kiss.

bi cum Transitive verb. To kiss (plural). To make kiss someone.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Used rice mash for wine.

(PC: euah 'sand'). Noun. Classifier: aruat, asar. Sand.

Transitive verb. To tie.

b i cual Transitive verb. To tie.

Cf. acue2• Noun. Classifier: bTt. Thicket of ale bamboo.

Transitive verb. To temper (metal).

bi cuih Transitive verb. To temper (metal) (plural).

Transitive verb. To clear (land), to dig, to excavate. To level (land). To root in (of pig, etc.).

bi cuk Transitive verb. To use (tractor) to clear or level land or to dig or to excavate. To make (pig) root.

Transitive verb. To lap up. bi euk Transitive verb. To lap up (plural).