Rhade-English Dictionary

Sense 1
3 Cf. am ‹unclear›.

Sense 2
Adjective. Early. Soon.

bi um Intransitive verb. To be early (used in commands only

ua lah Conjunction. Because of (something positive which speaker envies).

Sense 1
Transitive verb. To wash (dishes).

bi ui Transitive verb. To wash (dishes) (plural). To make wash dishes.

Sense 2
2 (PC: 'uiiii? 'to saw'). Cf. anua. Transitive verb. To saw.

bi ui Transitive verb. To saw (plural).

Expressive. Describes manner of a sick person's moaning.

Noun. No grammatical classifier. Soot. Adjective. Sooty.

bi ue Transitive verb. To make sooty.

l Noun. Classifier: boh. A letter of the Rhade alphabet, ‹unclear›.

Noun. Classifier: drei. Pig.

un bong Noun. Classifier: drei. Barrow, castrated pig.

un dl ie Noun. Classifier: drei. Wild pig.

un tl in Noun. Classifier: drei. Fat pig.

(PC:?u:1)1) 'male'). Noun. Classifier: CO. Husband.

Intransitive verb. To shout, to yell.

bi ur Transitive verb. To make shout, to make yell.

ur ahiek Intransitive verb. To shout, to yell.

bi ur ahiek Transitive verb. To make shout, to make yell.

ur drieo Transitive verb. To shout, to yell.

bi ur drieo Transitive verb. To shout, to yell (plural). To make shout, to make yell.

Intransitive verb. To become infected.

bi ur Transitive verb. To make become infected.

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.

y

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.