Rhade-English Dictionary

Cf. edam. Adjective. Young (Of body). Noun. Classifier: co. Young boy.

bi dam Transitive verb. To dress (a male) well in order that he look handsome and young.

(Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). A few, a li ttle, some.

dam dei Cf. adam adei. Noun. Classifier: co. Older and younger brothers and sisters (of female).

dam knai Cf. adam knal. Noun. Classifier: co. Friend.

2 (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Obey, understand (poetic use).

(PC: dah 'a particle').

Cf. amao dah. Cf. chfn dah.

Cf. ko'yua dah. Cf. mdng dah.

Cf. to' dah.

Sense 1
Transitive verb. To strike (of lightning, or in Rhade, of gram 'thunder').

bi dah Transitive verb. To strike (of lightning, or in Rhade, of gram 'thunder') (plural).

Sense 2
Transitive verb. To spin (toy top).

bi dah Transitive verb. To spin (toy top) (plural).

Sense 3
Transitive verb. To pick (sugarcane, corn).

bi dah Transitive verb. To pick (sugarcane, corn) (plural).

Sense 4
4 Cf. ngan ah.

(PAN: DaDa 'chest', PC: dada 'chest'). Noun. No grammatical classifier. Chest (body part).

Sense 1
Intransitive verb. To swing. Transitive verb. To swing. bi dai Transitive verb. To swing (plural).

Cf. dung dai.

Sense 2
Intransitive verb. To turn left, right, etc.

b i da i Transi ti ve verb. To make turn.

l Cf. eaai. Noun. Classifier: aruat, ae. Young plant.

Cf. kaieng aai.

Cf. sang aai.

Transitive verb. To break in half.

bi aak Transitive verb. To break in half (plura‹unclear›).

l Cf. maa. Adjective. Bent.

bi aa Transitive verb. To bend.

(PC:?dal 'to wedge'). Transitive verb. To place (ti on). To weigh down (hong with).

bi aal Transitive verb. To place (hong something) on top of (something).

2 aam 8h Preverb. Do not,..• don't, negative imperative.

l Intransitive verb. To rest, to sleep, to stay overnight.

bi aam Transitive verb. To make rest, to make sleep, to make stay overnight.

Expressive. Describes manner of an action's difficulty.

Cf. ing aang.

Cf. mang. Adjective. High. Far (of object shot or thrown).

bi aang Transitive verb. To make high, to raise. To make far. To fly (kite).

(PC:?dau 'sword'). Noun. Classifier: ae. Long knife for fighting, sword.

Cf. maao. Intransitive verb. To believe, to trust (kd in). Adjective. Obedient, tame. Transitive verb. To guess.

bi aao Intransitive verb. To believe, to trust (kd in) (plural). Transitive verb. To make obey, to tame. Transitive verb. To guess (plural).

Adjective. Flat, level (of land, sand, etc.).

bi dap Transitive verb. To flatten, to level (land, sand, etc.).

Transitive verb. To arrange in order, to place in line. Intransitive verb. To form a line, to line up. bi dap Transitive verb. To arrange in order, to place in line. To make form a line, to make line up.

(PC: da:r 'to encircle'). Cf. mdar. Adjective. Spinning. Intransitive verb. To go around, to spin. bi dar Transitive verb. To spin. Cf. jum dar. Cf. kong dar.

Noun. Classifier: ae. Wooden crossbeam connecting opposite house posts at floor level in traditional house.

Transitive verb. To weave (thread) into a design in weaving.

bi arc Transitive verb. To weave (thread) into a design in weaving (plural).

(PC:?dah no reconstructed gloss). Transitive verb. To fry.

bi deh Transitive verb. To fry (plural).

Cf. go aeh.

Cf. dam del.

(Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Excessive. too, too much. Cf. amao ‹unclear›ei tu8m... 8h.

(PAN: (dD)aqan 'branch, twig', PC: dha:n 'bough'). Cf. adhan. Noun. Classifier: aruat, ee. Branch, twig.

bi dhan Adjective. Having many branches.

(PAN: (dD)aqay 'forehead'). Cf. adhei. Noun. Classifier: bah. Forehead.

Cf. kdhong. Transitive verb. To clean, to wipe.

bi dhong. Trans i ti ve verb. To clean, to wipe (plural).

Noun. Classifier: boh. Propellor. Electric fan.

Cf. m‹unclear›hrng. Adjective. Crooked, inclined, sloping.

bi hrng Transitive verb. To make crooked, to incline, to slope. Cf. &hong ahrng.

(PC: dh5Q 'knife'). Noun. Classifier: ee. Knife.

dh5ng kUp Noun. Classifier: ee. Kind of long knife having a small handle.

dh5ng kut Noun. Classifier: ee. Kind of short knife.

ahong 4hrng Adjective. Rocking, shaky, unsteady. Rough, uneven.

Sense 1
1 Cf. adhul. Noun. No grammatical classifier. Fog.

Sense 2
2 Cf. hdjul dhul.

Cf. eun dhun.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. East.

Cf. aut dhut.

(Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). A word which occurs preceding personal pronouns and some kinship terms which have a plural referent.

di adel Noun. No grammatical classifier. Younger brothers and/or sisters.

di ay5ng Noun. No grammatical classifier. Older brothers. dl ih Pronoun. You (plural).

di fiu Pronoun. They.

Noun. Classifier: ee. Candle.