Rhade-English Dictionary

Cf. gaml• Intransitive verb. To alight, to perch.

bi gam Intransitive verb. To alight, to perch (plural).

2 Cf. gă. Transitive verb. To press down. bi gd Transitive verb. To press down (plural).

Cf. gd2. Transitive verb. To press down.

bi gă Transitive verb. To press down (plural).

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Noun. Classifier: bIt. Sore on buffalo caused by an insect bite.

2 (PC: gah 'side, direction')

gah gan Preposition. Around. Cf. J urn gah gan.

Cf. roh gah.

l Noun. No grammatical classifier. Front room of house.

Transitive verb. To guard. bi gak Transitive verb. To guard (plural).

Sense 1
Transitive verb. ro cut off (tree branch).

b i gal Transi tiv e verb. To cut off (tree branch) (plural).

Sense 2
Adjective. Ruled right in an argument. Opposite of taboo, acceptable.

bi gal Adjective. Ruled right in an argument (plural). Opposite of taboo, acceptable (plural).

l (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed}. Is it? It is •••

l Intransitive verb. To call, to summon.

bi gal Intransitive verb. To call, to summon (plural).

Sense 1
1 Cf. gam. Intransitive verb. To alight, to perch.

bi gam Intransitive verb. To alight, to perch (plural).

Sense 2
2 (PC: gOm 'to cover'). Transitive verb. To cover, to place (hong something) on top of (something). bi gam Transitive verb. To cover, to place (hong something) on top of (something).

(PC: gan 'to cross'). Transitive verb. To pass in front of. bi gan Transitive verb. To pass in front of (plural). Cf. gah gan. Cf. jum gah gan.

2 Cf. edeh gao.

l (PC: gau 'rim'). Noun. Classifier: boh. Edge, rim.

Sense 1
Noun. Classifier: co. Friend.

gap djue Noun. Classifier: boh. Family.

Sense 2
3 Cf. hdang gap.

l Noun. Classifier: boh. Roof. Cf. kyang gap.

(PC: pagha7 'to forbid'). Transitive verb. To forbid, to tell not to do something.

bi gha Transitive verb. To forbid, to tell not to do something.

Transitive verb. To comb. bi gf Transitive verb. To comb (plural).

Cf. mglam. Adjective. Close, near (hong to).

bi giam Transitive verb. To move close, to move near (hong to).

(PC: gai 'stick'). Noun. Classifier: i. Bar, pole, stick.

gie chao egei Noun. Classifier: i. Toothbrush.

gle dra Noun. Classifier: i. Cane, walking stick.

gie d‹unclear›h Noun. Classifier: i. Chopstick.

gie hwar Noun. Classifier: i. Rake.

gie kpf Noun. Classifier: i. Long split ale bamboo on inside of traditional house parallel to each gdng mtih.

gie krap Noun. Classifier: i. Splints, any long objects between which something is braced or clamped.

Transitive verb. To set up (warp) in weaving.

bi gieng Transitive verb. To set up (warp) in weaving.

Noun. Classifier: boh. Bottle. Cf. boh giet. Cf. hrui boh giet. Cf. hrui giet.

Adjective. Intensive: gar ktar. Exerting great effort, persevering.

bi gar Transitive verb. To make exert great effort, to make persevere.

Cf. go, gu2• Adjective. Bent, stooped over (of human).

bi go Transitive verb. To make bend over, to make stoop over (human).

(PC: go 'bent'). Adjective. Bent. bi go Transitive verb. To bend.

Cf. mgox. Transitive verb. To rape. To loosen (post) from its mounting. To use force in felling (tree, post). bi g8 Transitive verb. To rape (plural). To make (animal human) fell a tree, to make (animal. human} loosen a post.

(PC: go? 'kettle'). Noun. Classifier: boh. Pot.

go ee Noun. Classifier: boh. Small fancy water jar or cooking pot.

go eung Noun. Classifier: boh. Fancy water jar or cooking pot.

go eeh Noun. Classifier: boh. Frying pan.

go esei Noun. Classifier: boh. Rice pot.

go djam Noun. Classifier: boh. Cooking pot.

go kang Noun. Classifier: boh. Small expensive metal pot.

go Ian Noun. Classifier: boh. Earthen pot.

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

Noun. Classifier: ee. Kind of bamboo musical instrument.;;: x

(PC: gal)l) 'pole'). Noun. Classifier: ee. Upright cylindrical object.

gdng ea Noun. Classifier: ee. Fire hydrant.

gdng ko' Noun. Classifier: ee. Flag pole.

gdng mbung Noun. Classifier: ee. Upright wooden beam supported by the eda (or in older houses, the ee) and supporting the acuor in traditional house.

gdng mtih Noun. Classifier: ae. Vertical wall posts of ale bamboo inserted into holes drilled in the mbong sang and tied at the top to the ro, in traditional house.

(PC: grOm 'thunder'). Noun. No grammatical classifier. Thunder.

gran hat Noun. Classifier: ee. Tobacco plant.

Noun. Classifier: ee. A kind of large gun.

l Cf. mgran. Noun. Classifier: ee Plant stem. Handle. of knife. axe, sword, etc.

bi gran Transitive verb. To make a handle for (axe, knife, sword, etc.).

(Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Each, every.

Intransitive verb. To growl (of cat, dog, tiger, etc.) bi gr‹unclear›n Transitive verb. To make growl. Transitive verb. To growl (of cat, dog, tiger, etc.) (plural).

(PC: 9ri:t 'dirty'). Noun. No grammatical classifier. Dirt or dust adhering to one's skin.

Noun. Classifier: ee. Fang. tusk (of wild pig). Classifier: aruat, ee. Jaws (of insect).

bi griang Adjective. Having many tusks. having many fangs. having sharp tusks. having sharp fangs.

Noun. Classifier: aruat. Rim (of basket, cup, jar, etc.).

Noun. Classifier: boh. Rat trap.