Rhade-English Dictionary

Cf. kwa2• Transitive verb. To push apart, to spread apart (fence, sides of basket, in order to increase capacity).

bi wa Transitive verb. To push apart, to spread apart (fence, sides of basket, in order to increase capacity) (plural).

Cf. dlao wac.

2 Cf. krah wah.

l (PC: uah 'to fish'). Transitive verb. To catch (fish) with pole, hook, and line. To row, to paddle.

bi wah Transitive verb. To make catch fish. To make row, to make paddle.

wah lac Intransitive verb. To pray, to speak with spirits.

bi wah lac Intransitive verb. To pray, to speak with spirits (plural).

Adjective. Pleasant (of singing), eloquent (of speaking).

bi wai Transitive verb. To make (one's voice) pleasant, to make (one's words) eloquent.

Transitive verb. To wipe off (dirt, dust).

bi waih Transitive verb. To wipe off (dirt, dust) (plural). To make wipe off dirt or dust.

l Transitive verb. To pedal (bicycle).

bi wai Transitive verb. To make pedal a bicycle. Cf. edeh wai jdng. Cf. wak wai.

2 wak wai Noun. Classifier: drei. Spider.

l Cf. kwakl• Transitive verb. To hook. bi wak Transitive verb. To hook (plural).

Adjective. Free, unoccupied, not busy. bi wan Transitive verb. To make free, to make unoccupied, to make not busy.

(PC: uaQ (1) no reconstructed gloss). Noun. Classifier: ƀe. Hoe.

wang kuok Noun. Classifier: ƀe. Kind of wide-bladed hoe. wang wit Noun. Classifier: ge. Kind of narrow-bladed hoe.

(PC: ua:r 'stable'). Noun. Classifier: boh. Enclosed area.

war boh Noun. Classifier: boh. Orchard.

war hlo Noun. Classifier: boh. Corral, pen, zoo.

war djam Noun. Classifier: boh. Vegetable garden.

war mtei Noun. Classifier: boh. Banana patch.

Noun. Classifier: drei. Kind of small bird similar to pigeon.

Cf. hwie1• Transitive verb. To hurl, to throw.

bi we Transitive verb. To hurl, to throw (plural).

Adjective. Bent, crooked, not straight.

b i we Trans i ti ve verb. To bend, to make crooked.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Bitter liquid from small intestine of cow, pig, water buffalo, etc.

Noun. Classifier: boh. Lamp chimney.

Noun. Classifier: bit. Crown of head.

Transitive verb. To harvest (rice) by cutting the stalk. To cut (plant).

bi wia Transitive verb. To harvest (rice) by cutting the stalk (plural). To cut (plant) (plural). To make harvest rice by cutting the stalk. To make cut a plant.

Transitive verb. To drive, to herd (animal).

bi wieng Transitive verb. To drive, to herd (animal).

(PC: uiI 'round'). Adjective. Round. bi wII Transitive verb. To make round.

Transitive verb. To twist.

bi wit Transitive verb. To twist.

Cf. wang wi t.

Intransitive verb. To go home, to return.

bi Wit Transitive verb. To return. Wit lac Intransitive verb. To answer.

bi Wit lac Intransitive verb. To answer (plural).

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

Sense 2
Transitive verb. To forget.

bi wdr Transitive verb. To make forget.

wdr bit (PC: bit 'forget'). Transitive verb. To forget.

bi wdr bit Transitive verb. To make forget.

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