Rhade-English Dictionary

(PC:?iau 'left (not right)'}. Cf. maiao. Nou,n. No grammatical classifier. Left (side).

Cf. Se die.

Intransitive verb. To go around.

bi dier Transitive verb. To move (something) around something else.

Cf. m4iet. Adjective. Intensive: aiet dhiet. Plural: dddlet. Little, small.

bi aiet Transitive verb. To make little, to make small. Cf. aang aha aiet.

(PC: dih 'there'). Cf. adih. Demonstrative. That (far from speaker and hearer).

Cf. aguah dih.

Cf. hlam dih. Cf. mgi guah dih.

Cf. ti dih.

(PC:?dih 'to lie down'). Cf. maih. Intransitive verb. To lie down. bi dih Transitive verb. To lay. To make lie down.

Sense 1
! Intransitive verb. To be uncertain (kd of).

bi ding Intransitive verb. To be uncertain (kd of) (plural).

Sense 2
2 ding dang Adjective. Unsteady (of bird. aeroplane. etc.).

si (pc:?dj? 'to climb'). Intransitive verb. To increase. To climb. to rise. Transitive verb. To climb. To board. to get on.

bi dl Transitive verb. To increase. To make climb. to make rise.

(pc:?dit)t) 'tube'). Noun. Classifier: Be. Drinking straw pipe. tube. Bamboo pole.

ding klia Noun. Classifier: Be. Flute.

ding adriek Noun. No grammatical classifier. Musical instru ment.

ding nam Noun. Classifier: boh. Musical instrument made from squash and bamboo. similar to Lao khan. &Ing tak ta Noun. Classifier: Be. Musical instrument made from squash and one bamboo or buffalo horn.

ding buot Noun. Classifier: Be. Bamboo whistle blown at right angle to column. Whistle made from cucumber stem.

(PC:?ja:? 'to hold'). Trans i ti ve verb. To carry, to hold. To hold on to. To drive (vehicle).

bi dja Transitive verb. To make carry something, to make hold something. To make hold on. To drive (vehicle) (plural). dja kdng Transitive verb. To hold on to, to support (someone, something). Intransitive verb. To hold, to support oneself (ti on someone, something).

bi dja kdng Intransitive verb. To hold, to support oneself (ti on someone, something) (plural). dja krdng Transitive verb. To hold on to, to support (someone, something).

bi dja krdng Intransitive verb. To hold on to, to support (someone, something) (plural). Intransitive verb. To hold, to support oneself (ti on someone, something).

dja kual Transitive verb. To hold on to tightly, to support firmly (someone, something). Intransitive verb. To hold tightly, to support oneself firmly (ti on someone, something).

bi dja kual Intransitive verb. To hold tightly, to support oneself firmly (ti on someone, something) (plural).

Sense 1
Noun. No grammatical classifier. Garbage, refuse, waste paper.

Sense 2
2 Cf. mdjah. bi djah Transitive verb. To drip liquid on.

Cf. djik jdak.

Adjective. Fast, quick. Immediate. (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Easily, readily (as in djal joh 'easily broken').

bi djal Transitive verb. To hasten, to make hurry, to make rush.

(PC:?jam 'food, legumes'). Noun. No grammatical classifier. Food (except rice).

djam bei sung Noun. Classifier: boh. Cabbage.

djam ao Noun. No grammatical classifier. Chinese parsley. Cf. ana djam bei sung. Cf. ana djam &ao. Cf. ana mnga dj am be i sung.

Cf. esei djam. Cf. go djam. Cf. mnga dj am be i sung. Cf. phun djam bei sung. Cf. phun mnga djam bei sung. Cf. war djam.

2 (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Every.

bi djap (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Every one, without omission, without exception.

l Transitive verb. To suck (as through a straw or from cloth).

bi djap Transitive verb. To make suck.

l Adjective. Enough, sufficient. bi djap Transitive verb. To make enough, to make sufficient.

Expressive. Describes an action's quietness.

Expressive. Describes manner of crying frequently or for a long time.

djhfng djhung Expressive. Describes a garment's being too big, too loose.

Expressive. Describes manner of limping.

EXpressive. Describes manner of being behind or last, of trailing.

djhong djhdt Expressive. Describes manner of limping.

Cf. kdjhdt. Intransitive verb. To stand on tiptoe.

bi djhdt Transitive verb. To make stand on tiptoe. Cf. djhong djhdt.

Expressive. Describes manner of limping.

Adjective. Thin and sheer.

bi djhư̌k Transitive verb. To make thin and sheer. Cf. chiam djhư̌k.

Cf. djhfng djhung.

Cf. mdjie. Intransitive verb. To die.

bi djie Transitive verb. To kill.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Side.

djie8 elan Noun. No grammatical classifier. Sidewalk. Cf. ti djie8.

Transitive verb. To squeeze contents out of, to wring. bi djiet Transitive verb. To squeeze contents out of, to wring (plural).

djik djak Expressive. Describes manner of hating, of disliking. Transitive verb. To dislike, to hate.

bi djik djak Transitive verb. To dislike, to hate (plural).

Transitive verb. To catch, to contract (disease).

bi djo Transitive verb. To give (disease) (kd to someone).

Noun. Classifier: boh. A letter of the Rhade alphabet, dj.

l (PC:?jau? 'correct'). Cf. mdjo. Adjective. Direct, exact, right, true. Transitive verb. To hit on target, to hit true.

bi djo Intransitive verb. To be friendly, to get along well together (hong with). Transitive verb. To hit.

djo md Tag question.

Cf. mdju. Adjective. Weak after prolonged illness.

bi dju Transitive verb. To make sick, to weaken.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Family name.

Cf. gap dju.

(pc:?juh 'firewood'). Noun. Classifier: ge. Log.

(PC:?jup 'to smoke tobacco'). Transitive verb. To smoke (tobacco). To sip.

bi djup Transitive verb. To teach (kd someone) to smoke (something). To give (a drink) (kd to).

K

Adjective. Clogged, stopped up.

bl dal Transitive verb. To clog, to stop up.

Cf. dleh dian.

Transitive verb. To look at, to observe, to watch. To read.

bi dlang Transitive verb. To make look at, to make observe, to make watch, to show. To make read. To look at, to observe, to watch (plural). To read (plural).