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rab SynD: rabam. vt. rob; steal. mipela bin rab yupela modiga enibodi bin rab mai pensil? Usage: Location: F. Syn: stilim. SD: U. [Note: takes object]
raba1 n. robber; thief. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.
raba2 n. rubber; eraser. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rabam SynD: rabim. vt. rub. tumaj a bin rabim jel I've been rubbing my eye Usage: Location: F. SD: T.
rabijbin n. rubbish bin. Usage: Location: BN. See: rabishdam. SD: D.
rabijim v. break the law. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R. [Note: de put someone down; tell someone off; criticise.]
rabim vt. wrap. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
rabish SynD: rabij. n. 1) rubbish; litter; trash. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: D.
2) sister; woman; old people. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: B.
3) one without authority or status; orphan; widow; unemployed person; Aborigine without law. det taka i rabij det men bin prapa rabij, i wok aran no mani with dirty clothes longtaim ibin stap rabijwan wulshed (school) afda i garra luk gudwan det kid bin prapa rabij. Nobodi neba lukartimbat. Wen ibin git big i garram bigmob kantriman relatives disown him as a child but not as an adult Usage: Location: BFN. SD: B. [Note: used for the unbeliever in Ps 1]
rabish SynD: rabij, rabijwan. adj. useless; worthless; discarded. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.
rabishwan
rabishdam n. rubbish dump. Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
rabishim v. insult. [Note: check]
rabishimbat See main entry: rabishim.
rabishwan adj. useless. [Note: check]
rabishwei adv. uselessly. [Note: check]
rabum vt. 1) rub. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
2) spread. Ai bin rabim darran daga garrim jem. I spread the bread with jam Usage: Location: BN. Syn: warr. SD: U.
rabumat vt. erase. Usage: Location: BN. SD: T.
rabumbat See main entry: rabum.
rabumof v. rub off. [Note: check]
rada [Note: rudder check]
raf1 n. raft. Usage: Location: F. SD: D. [Note: check]
raf2 adv. rough; tough; hard. Usage: Location: BN. Variant: rafbala ; rafwan. SD: N. [Note: check]
rafbala See main entry: raf.
raftaim n. rough time. [Note: check]
rafwan adj. rough. See main entry: raf.
rafwei adv. roughly. [Note: check]
raida [Note: writer rider check]
raidabat Etym: right about . [Note: check]
raidamob [Note: riders check]
raidap conj. until.
— adv. all the way. SD: V.
raidaran [Note: ride around right around check]
raidat [Note: right out check]
raiden [Note: right in check]
raidenmen [Note: check]
raidensaid Etym: right inside . [Note: check]
raidim1 vt. ride. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
raidim2 vt. write. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
raidimbat See main entry: raidim.
raidimdan vt. write down. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
raidimdanbat See main entry: raidimdan.
raiding [Note: riding writing check]
raidoba [Note: ride over check]
raifol SynD: raipul 'Location: F'; SynD: raiful 'Location: N'. n. rifle; gun; revolver. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: D.
raiful fish n. archer fish. Usage: Location: BN. SD: K.
rainosris n. rhinoceros. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.
rais n. rice. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E.
raisap v. rise up. [Note: check]
raising [Note: rising check]
rait adv. exactly; precisely where. imin kilim rait langa nek it got him exactly in the neck imin ugimapim rait langa gats He hooked (the fish) in the stomach Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.
rait adj. right; correct. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: O.
raitbala
raitwan
rait langa See main entry: langa.
rait skin n. marriageable; right for marriage. det boi bin abum rait skin det gel the boy has the right skin to marry the girl Usage: Location: F. SD: O.
rait thru adv. directly; straight ahead to a specified place without stopping. wi go rait thru we'll go straight there without stopping rait thru la geit straight to the gate Usage: Location: F. SD: V.
raitap adv. right up; all the way. Usage: Location: F. [Note: used mostly when destination is specified MS 2/1 etc, J Sande can say raitap la graun - doesn't mean upwards]
raitbek Etym: right back . [Note: check]
raitdan SynD: rait daun. adv. right down. i bin pudum rait daun la gran the dog put the goanna down on the ground there Usage: Location: F. SD: V. [Note: as when a goanna is made to come down from the tree to the ground]
raitful Etym: rightfull . [Note: check]
raithenmen n. right-hand man; assistant; offsider; foreman. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.
raitim vt. write. Usage: Location: BFN. See: raidim. SD: U.
raitiya adv. right here; at this specified place. wil abum dinakemp raitiya Usage: Location: F. SD: V.
raitwan adj. right. [Note: check]
raitwei adv. rightly. [Note: check]
rajap conj. until. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.
— adv. all the way up to. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.
rambi rambi n. brown tree snake. Usage: Location: B. SD: I. [Note: Rem: ramburambu; Ng: M: rambe rambe]
ramp n. buttocks. Yu e:dim ramp. When you sleep on the ground it hurts your bottom Usage: Location: BN. SD: A.
ran vi. run; drive. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: P.
-ran aff. round; around; (suffix on verbs indicating direction around). This form occurs after vowels. Pleiran. Fool around. See: -an; -ap; -aran; -at; -awei; -bek; -dan; -in2; -oba; -of; -op; -wei. Variant: -aran. SD: V; P. Read: Sandefur 1979:117-119; Hudson 1983:41-43. [Gram: Sandefur classifies this as an 'adverbial suffix' but Hudson lists it as a 'second-order suffix'.]
ranabat Etym: run about . [Note: check]
ranam vt. run into. Usage: Location: F. SD: T.
ranamap vt. round up. Usage: Location: F. SD: P. [Note: control the direction something or an aminal will go by placing oneself in its path, as for rounding]
ranap v. run up. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
ranat vi. 1) run out; exhaust supply. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
2) spill uncontrolledly. det oil bin ranat langa gran Usage: Location: BN. Syn: weist. SD: U.
ranawei SynD: runuwei. v. run away; get away from others. Wi nomo weidabat, in san ranawei. We can't wail any longer, the sun is going down. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: P.
ranbek vi. run back. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
randan Etym: run down . [Note: check]
randimap SynD: randamap, ranimap. vt. round up; gather together; encircle. dei bin randumap tu bois faiting get in a circle round the tewo Usage: Location: BFN. See: ranamap. SD: P. [Note: cut off the escape route of a goanna, one on each side to make it climb a tree and be captured]
ranim vt. run. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
ranimap vi. run to; chase to. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
ranimap vt. catch; chase after. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
ranimapbat See main entry: ranimap.
ranimbek vt. drive someone back in a vehicle. ranimbek mi drive me back (home) Usage: Location: N. SD: P.
ranin abat vi. run frequently, many. naitaim mela bin siyim ola boi en gel dei bin ranin abat langa baskilbol many running to basketball along the road en wi bin si lisid ranin abat one seen many times or many seen once Usage: Location: F Location: F. SD: P; Z.
raning geit n. cattle grid. wi bin gobek la raning geit Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
raning toilet n. diarrhoea. Usage: Location: BN. SD: A.
raningwoda n. running water. Im nomo raningwoda, im jidanbat wanpleis. It's not running water, it's still water. Usage: Location: BN. SD: F.
ranwei vi. 1) run away. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
2) backslide. Usage: Location: BN. SD: Q.
rapimap vt. wrap up. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
ras vi. rust. Usage: Location: BN. SD: Q.
— n. rust. Usage: Location: BN. SD: F.
rash [Note: rush check]
rast [Note: rust check]
rastiwan adj. rusty. [Note: check]
rau [Note: raw check]
raun n. round or deal of cards in barruk game. wi garra plei ten dala raun Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
raun SynD: ran, ranbala, ranwan. adj. round; circular. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.
raunbala
raunwan
raunwan adj. round.
rauwan adj. [Note: raw check]
rebit n. rabbit. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.
red adj. red. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.
redbala
redwan
red lili n. red waterlily. Triglochin procerae. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.
Redai n. Red Eye. Usage: Location: F. The devil at Devil's Highway. SD: C.
redant n. red ant. Usage: Location: BN. SD: L.
redap n. reared up; risen on hind legs (an animal) or rear wheels (a vehicle). Usage: Location: N. SD: Q.
redended SynD: redhendid 'Location: H'. adj. red-handed; in the act; by surprise. kamat la im redhendid caught by surprise in a fight Usage: Location: BHN. SD: O.
redendid [Note: red-handed check]
redi adv. ready; prepared. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.
redibala
redibala adj. ready. [Note: check]
rediredi n. walking-stick. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rediyo n. radio; CB radio; radiotelephone. rediyo bla ringap Usage: Location: N. SD: D.
redkol n. burning coal. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E.
redoga n. red ochre. Usage: Location: BN. SD: G.
Redres Gel n. a devil who wears a red dress, and has red hair and red skin. Redres Gel i bin wokin biyain la tupela. Usage: Location: F. SD: C.
redulum vt. strum. redulum gita really strum away at the guitar Usage: Location: H. SD: T.
redwan n. burning coal; hot coal. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E.
redyela adj. red and yellow. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.
reg [Note: check]
reikim1 vt. spur; prick (horse, etc.) with spur or boot in order to urge on. Usage: Location: F. SD: T.
reikim2 vt. rake (ground, etc.) with a rake. Usage: Location: F. SD: P.
reilwei n. railway. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rein vi. rain. Usage: Location: BN. SD: Q.
— n. rain. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: G; F.
reinbe:d n. 1) rainbird, kinds of birds whose call is thought to forecast rain.
2) wood swallow, a kind of bird. Artamidae sp.
3) koel, a kind of bird. Eudynamys scolopacea. Usage: Location: BN. Syn: stonbard. SD: J.
reinbo SynD: reinbol. n. 1) rainbow. Usage: Location: BN. SD: G.
2) rainbow serpent. Usage: Location: BN. SD: C.
reinbo jinek n. rainbow serpent, a Dreamtime spirit creature. Usage: Location: BN. SD: C.
reindiya n. reindeer. [Note: check]
reinjim v. organise. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
reinjis [Note: rangers ranges check]
reinklaud n. rain cloud. Usage: Location: F. SD: G.
reintaim n. wet season. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.
reintaim rod n. wet season detour. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
reinwoda n. rain water. Usage: Location: BN. SD: F.
reis [Note: race check]
reisan [Note: check]
reisinka SynD: resinka. n. racing car. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
reito interj. righto; (expression of agreement). Usage: Location: F. SD: X.
reiza bleid n. razor blade. Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
reken SynD: rekin. v. reckon; give opinion; report; say. i rekin a bin itim Polin Usage: Location: BFN. SD: R.
rekenabat [Note: check]
releshan n. relation. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.
ren n. wren; kinds of birds. Usage: Location: B. SD: J. [Note: Rem: djoon djoon - white throated grass wren]
reng interj. arsehole; (offensive exclamation). Usage: derogatory Location: BN. Variant: ring. SD: X.
rentim [Note: rent check]
repdap [Note: wrapped up check]
repdimap [Note: wrap up check]
res1 n. rest. wi garra aba res bikos yu bin draibimbat ebriweya Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.
res2 n. race; contest of speed. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.
reshan [Note: ration check]
reslim vt. wrestle. Usage: Location: BN. SD: T.
restim vt. rest; stop. Usage: Location: BN. SD: S.
ret n. rat. Usage: Location: B. SD: H. [Note: Rem: yitukupu - brush tailed tree rat, eats mussels]
rib n. 1) rib; chest. Usage: Location: BN. SD: A.
2) side panels of a vehicle. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
riba n. river; creek. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: G.
riba wisling tri n. river oak, a kind of tree. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.
riba wolabi n. kind of wallaby. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.
riban [Note: ribbon check]
ribasaid n. riverside. [Note: check]
ribawei adv. [Note: check]
ribbon n. rib. [Note: check]
ribesbek [Note: check]
ribgija adv. side by side. Yunmi sidan ribgija. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.
ribsaid [Note: ribs check]
rid vi. read. ai garra rid mai kard Usage: Location: BFN. SD: R.
ridim vt. read; interpret marks on paper, card. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: R.
ridimat v. read out. [Note: check]
ridimbat See main entry: ridim.
riding [Note: reading check]
rigin v. reckon; claim. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
rijap SynD: risep. n. reserve; established camp. Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
rijim vt. chase. Usage: Location: F. SD: P. [Note: dog chasing kangaroo]
rijimbat See main entry: rijim.
ril adj. real. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.
rilwan
rileishan [Note: relation check]
rili adv. really; very. rili bladbon good tree fork for making a shangai Usage: Location: BFN. Syn: brabli. SD: O.
riligudwei adv. excellently. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.
riliwan adj. genuine. Usage: Location: F. SD: O.
riliwei adv. excellently. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.
rimaindim v. remind. [Note: check]
rimaindimbat See main entry: rimaindim.
rimimba v. remember. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
ring interj. Usage: derogatory. See main entry: reng.
ring [Note: check]
ringap1 v. ring; telephone; make a call on CB, outpost radio, radio telephone, etc. rediyo bla ringap Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
ringap2 v. erect; put up. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
ringim vt. ring; call on the telephone. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
ringimap v. erect; put up (a tent, etc.). Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
rinso n. washing powder. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rinsomen n. masturbator; wanker. Usage: derogatory Location: BN. SD: B.
ripim v. speed. Usage: Location: F. SD: P.
risan [Note: reason check]
rispek Etym: respect . [Note: check]
ritj [Note: rich reach check]
ritjbala adj. rich. [Note: check]
ritjmen n. rich person. [Note: check]
ritjwan adj. rich. [Note: check]
ro
rowan adj. raw; unripe. Usage: Location: BFN. Syn: nomo gugwan. SD: N.
roba n. robber; thief. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.
robala adj. rough. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.
robin n. robin, a kind of bird. Usage: Location: BN. SD: J.
rod1 n. 1) rod.
2) fishing rod. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
3) piston rod. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rod2 n. road. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: D.
rodio n. rodeo. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rok n. rock. Usage: Location: BN. SD: G. [Note: Rem: ngalwat; Miali: kunbat]
rok kantri blanbo n. sugar glider, a kind of animal; a kind of arboreal marsupial. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.
rok keinggurru n. wallaroo; euro. Macropus robustus. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.
rok kod n. 1) sleepy cod.
2) northern carp. Usage: Location: BN. SD: K.
rok wolabi n. rock wallaby. Petrogale wilkinsi. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.
rokantri SynD: rokkantri. n. rocks; rocky outcrops; rocky terrain. Usage: Location: N. SD: G.
roket n. rocket. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rokibala adj. [Note: rocky check]
rol [Note: roll check]
rolabat Etym: roll about . [Note: check]
rolap Etym: roll up . [Note: check]
rolapwan adj. rolled up. [Note: check]
rolawei vi. roll away. Jat ston bin rolawei longmei imin jidan Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
roldan Etym: roll down . [Note: check]
roldap adj. curled. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N. [Note: used of snakes]
rolim vt. roll. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.
rolimap v. roll up. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.
rolimbek v. roll back. [Note: check]
rolimwei v. roll away. [Note: check]
Romanoj n. Roman nose; nose with a prominent upper part. Lebden wolabi bin bambum en imin gidim Romanoj. The nail tail wallaby ran into something and got a Roman-nose. Usage: Location: BN. SD: A.
ron pro. own. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: Z.
ronwan blanga dijlat pipul kantri ronwan longwei blanga dis lilgel ron kantrimen longwei this little girl's relatives are a long way off dijan main ron kantri Janjuwa
ronbalawei adv. one's own way. Usage: Location: H. SD: V.
rong adj. wrong; incorrect. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: O.
rongsaid adj. wrong marriage; unacceptable matching of kinship (subsection) group in marriage or sex. nyapurru i rongsaid blanga Japalyi Dupela bin jiliping rongsaid Usage: Location: F. SD: O.
rongsaidbala n. one who is married wrongly. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.
rongwan adj. wrong. [Note: check]
rongwei adv. incorrectly; wrongly. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: O.
ronselp pro. ownself. [Note: check]
ronwan adj. own. [Note: check]
ronwanronwan See main entry: ronwan.
ronwei adv. own way. [Note: check]
rop n. rope. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
ropimap n. lasso; tie-up around the middle. Usage: Location: N. SD: U.
ropimapim
roptri n. 1) rope tree. Buchaniana oberata. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.
rorrimap vi. make a very loud noise. Det teip gin rorrimap. That cassette player can play very loudly Usage: Location: N. SD: R.
rorring vi. 1) roar; thunder. Im rorring. Im golagola. thunder rolling in the distance Usage: Location: BN. SD: R. [Note: of wind and rain]
2) engine sound. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
rostidwan adj. roasted. [Note: check]
rostim vt. roast; cook. Usage: Location: BN. SD: T.
roud SynD: rod 'Location: F'. n. road; track; path. Usage: Location: BFN. Syn: modiga rod, bush rod, buligi rod. SD: D.
roudwei adv. by way of the road. [Note: check]
roup n. rope. Usage: Location: F. See: rop. SD: D.
rowan [Note: check]
rud adj. rude; obscene. Usage: Location: F. SD: O.
rudas n. roadhouse. Usage: Location: F. SD: D.
rudi adj. ready; prepared. Wi garra git rudi blanga lukum dakta. We have to get ready (shower, etc.) to go and see the doctor. Yupala rudi? Dakta garra lukum yupala. Detlat ol rudipala na. those are ready Usage: Location: F. SD: N.
rudimat vt. 1) root out; destroy; dig out. imin rudimat ebrijing washed away store because too close to river, below flood level Usage: Location: BN. SD: T. [Note: also used of station manager moving Aborigines off station, Tingul Marna; = andimwei olabat, deikidawei, shiftimat, Tingul Marna]
2) recall (a story); think of (a story). Usage: Location: F. SD: R.
ruding n. sexual intercourse. Usage: offensive Location: F. SD: R.
rudiyimap vt. ready; prepare. ai bin rudiyimap self blanga dakta, yupela garra git rudi i garra rudiyimap ola pipul bla dokta prepares for doctor Usage: Location: F. SD: U.
rudwei adv. rudely; obscenely. Yu not alaud tu tok rudwei. You are not allowed to talk rudely. Usage: Location: F. SD: O.
ruf n. roof. [Note: check]
rufpat n. roof of something.
rul n. rule; law. Usage: Location: BN. SD: C.
rula n. ruler. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.
rulim vt. rule. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.
rulum v. roll something along the ground.
rulumap vt. roll up neatly and carefully. rulumap det sweg/kemp rulumap det bising lain Usage: Location: F. SD: U. [Note: swag or fishing line, not one blanket but the whole bedding]
rum n. room; space. Modiga jeya. Jandap bastaim. Gibit im rum. There's a car coming. Stand to the side and give it room to pass. Yu gubek, lambarra, gibit dubala rum. Back up a bit, f-in-law, so the other can see. dei nat geda rum fo ranawei, abda klaimap la tri a bin meika lilbida rum fo maiself langa modiga eni rum langa yu blengkit? A wanda silip Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.
rungal n. Usage: Location: N.
runggai n. kind of edible root with a long leaf and yellow flower. Usage: Location: BN. Found near water. SD: E; M.
runimdan vt. ruin; destroy. runimdan keib ruin a cave. Usage: Location: BN. SD: T.
rusta n. rooster. Usage: Location: BN. SD: J.
rustim vt. roast; cook. Usage: Location: N. SD: E.
rut n. root. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.
rutpat n. root of something.
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