Rhade-English Dictionary

Adjective. Arched, bent by heavy weight at one extremity.

bi yo Transitive verb. To arc to bend (something) by placing a heavy weight at one extremity

ya ndng Interrogative. What?, which?

ya ndng do Interrogative. What?

ya nga Interrogative. What?

Noun. Classifier: c8. Grandmother.

Transitive verb. To say, to tell.

bi yal Transitive verb. To say, to tell (plural). yal dlie Transitive verb. To narrate, to tell.

bi yal dl ie Transitive verb. To narrate, to tell (plural).

Noun. No classifier. Season. yan bhang Noun. No grammatical classifier. Summer. yan e:at Noun. No grammatical classifier. Winter.

yan hjan Noun. No grammatical classifier. Autumn, fall.

yan mnga Noun. No grammatical classifier. Spring (season).

yan puih Noun. No grammatical classifier. Winter.

(PAN: qiyal)l) 'deity, god', PC: ia:1) 'deity'). Cf. myang. Noun. Classifier: c8. God.

yang hrue Noun. Classifier: boh. Sun.

(PC: ia:p 'to calculate'). Transitive verb. To count.

bi yap Transitive verb. To make count. To count (plural).

Noun. Classifier: drei. Kind of insect.

Noun. Classifier: drei. Kin of grasshopper. Kind of cricke

yin dlong jdng Noun. Classifier: drei. Kind of long-legge spider.

Cf. yuom yin.

Sense 1
Noun. Classifier: boh. A let ter of the Rhade alphabet, y.

Sense 2
Particle of emphasis. ydh hyuot (Grammatical class membership not yet analysed). Only.

Particle indicating interrogative.

Cf. buom ydi.

Sense 1
Noun. Classifier: &e. Long wooden beam connecting the top of house posts along each side of the traditional house.

Sense 2
Noun. Classifier: boh. Wooden and rattan frame placed on elephant's back for carrying loads.

Intransitive verb. To shake, to tremble. To be running (of machine, motor, etc.). bi ydng Transicive verb. To make shake, to make tremble. To start (machine).

Transitive verb. To give, to hand. To reach for. To raise (one's hand).

bi ydr Transitive verb. To give, to hand (plural). To make give something, to make hand something. To reach for. To make reach. To raise (one's hand). To make (someone) raise his hand.

(PC: iu:? 'downward'). Noun. No grammatical classifier. South.

Expressive. Describes an action's being slow.

Transitive verb. To use.

bi yua Transitive verb. To use (plural). Cf. ma yua.

Noun. Classifier: Co. Vietnamese.

Transitive verb. To lift. bi yưl Transitive verb. To lift (plural).

Adjective. Fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific. bi yum Transitive verb. To make fertile, to make fruitful, to make productive. to make prolific.

Noun. Classifier: co. Relationship of a child with a certain adult in the community, similar to godchild-godparent relationship. A yun is identified by his ability to pacify the baby when it is crying.

Transitive verb. To hang.

bi yuol Transitive verb. To hang (plural).

Adjective. Intensive: yuom yin. Expensive, valuable.

bi yuom Transitive verb. To make expensive, to make valuable.

Intransitive verb. To grasp and pull oneself up on a turning bar, tree branch, etc.

bi yuot Intransitive verb. To grasp and pull oneself up on a turning bar, tree branch, etc. (plural). Transitive verb. To make (someone) grasp and pull himself up on a turning bar, tree branch, etc.

Transitive verb. To bend, to pull down.

bi yut Transitive verb. To bend, to pull down (plural). To make bend, to pull something down.