Rhade-English Dictionary

Adjective. Greedy, selfish.

bi ra Transitive verb. To make greedy, to make seLfish.

Transitive verb. To scatter. To sow.

bi rah Transitive verb. To scatter (plural). To sow (plural).

Adjective. Damaged, destroyed.

bi rai Transitive verb. To damage, to destroy.

Cf. ak rak.

Adjective. Wilted. bi ram Transitive verb. To make wilt.

Transitive verb. To build (fire).

bi ram Transitive verb. To build (fi re) (plural).

2 Cf. hlo rang.

(PC: ro:o 'to nourish'). Transitive verb. To take care of (animal, child). To rai se (animal).

bi rang Transitive verb. To take care of (animal, child) (plural). To raise (animal) (plural). r5 Transitive verb. To disturb, to frighten away unintentionally.

b i r8 Transi ti ve verb. To disturb, to frighten away unintentionally.

Intransitive verb. To be careful.

bi rang Transitive verb. To make be careful.

l Transitive verb. To spread to dry in the sun.

bi rang Transitive verb. To spread to dry in the sun (plural).

(PC: rau 'to wash'). Transitive verb. To wash (one's body).

bi rao Transitive verb. To wash (part of someone else's body). To wash (one's body) (plural). To make (someone) wash part of his body.

rao mngat Transitive verb. To baptise.

bi rao mngat Transitive verb. To baptise (plural).

Transitive verb. To awaken, to wake up.

bi rao Transitive verb. To awaken, to wake up (plural).

Noun. Classifier: ƀe. Revolver gun.

Cf. rdi rdi. Expressive. Describes one's staying a long time.

(PC: reh 'to cut'). Transitive verb. To shred.

bi reh Transitive verb. To make (someone) shred. Cf. hat reh.

Expressive. Describes manner of a telephone's ringing.

Transitive verb. To whittle.

bi rT Transitive verb. To whittle (plural). To make whittle.

Transitive verb. To cut diagonally.

bi riah Transitive verb. To cut diagonally (plural).

Transitive verb. To spread out in order on a surface. bi rlak Transitive verb. To spread out in order on a surface (plural).

Expressive. Describes manner of children's laughing. Describes manner of a small bell's ringing.

Transitive verb. To align, to place side-by-side.

bi riap Transitive verb. To align, to place side-by-side (plural).

Transitive verb. To hold on to while walking.

bi ring Transitive verb. To make hold on while walking. Cf. mnam ring.

Transitive verb. To ask for, to reque st.

bi rfng Transitive verb. To ask for, to request (plural).

Noun. Classifier: drei. Bat (animal).

Adjective. Drowning.

bi mngat Transitive verb. To submerge in water (animal, person).

Noun. Classifier: pok. Edible white flower of a kind of small tree. Cf. ana mnglfi. Cf. &aO mnglfi.

Noun. Classifier: boh. A let ter of the Rhade alphabet, r.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Grass, plant (shorter than about three feet).

Noun. Classifier: ƀe. Woode beam supported by and at right angle to kill and supporting bam boo upon which thatch is placed in traditional house.

Noun. Classifier: co. Enemy opponent. Adjective. Disagree able, unfriendly. bi roh Adjective. Disagreeable, unfriendly (plural).

roh gah Noun. No grammatical classifier. Dissension, troubl roh klin Noun. Classifier: co. Communist.

(PC: roo 'back'). Noun. Classifier: boh. Back.

Adjective. Firm, strong, not easily broken, hearty, not easily killed.

bi rdng Transitive verb. To make firm, to make hearty, to make strong, to strengthen.

l Intransitive verb. To be impossible (kd for).

bi rdng Intransitive verb. To be impossible (kd for) (plural).

Transitive verb. To pour (liquid).

bi ru Transitive verb. To mak pour liquid.

Transitive verb. To push up (mound of soil) from underground (of plant). To loosen (soil) around the base of a tree. To pull out of the ground, to uproot. bi ru Transitive verb. To push up (mound of soil) from underground (of plant) (plural). To loosen (soil) around the base of a tree (plural). To pull out of the ground, to uproot (plural).

(PC: rua? 'painful'). Adjective. Hurting, painful.

bi rua Transitive verb. To hurt. klei rua eh rah Noun. No grammatical classifier. Cholera dysentery.

(PC: ruah 'to choose'). Adjective. Choosy, particular. Transitive verb. To choose, to pick out, to select. bi ruah Transitive verb. To choose, to pick out, to select (plural). To make choose something, to make pick out something, to make select something

Cf. erue Noun. Classifier: dre i. Fly (insect).

Cf. eh rue.

2 Cf. rue2. Intransitive verb. To follow in a column (of ants, soldiers).

i rul Transitive verb. To make follow in a column.

Sense 1
1 Cf. rutP Adjective. Finished. bi rue Transitive verb. To finish.

Sense 2
2 (PC: ruai 'fly, insect'). Cf. ru‹unclear›2 Intransitive verb. To follow in a column (of ants, soldiers).

bi rue Transitive verb. To make follow in a column.