Dai Lue - English


ᦞᦰwaʔ⁵verb (intransitive)to clear (as of clouds, fog, bad weather); to disperseᦵᦖᧀ ᦞᦰ ᦌᧄᧉ.The mist dispersed completely.7.5.1.1Separate, scatterᦞᦰᦉᦱᧂᧈᦞᦰᦠᦻ
ᦞᦰᦉᦱᧂᧈwaʔ⁵saaŋ²verb (intransitive)to clear (as of clouds, fog, bad weather); to disperseᦂᦱᧂ ᦺᦐ ᦋᧁᧉ, ᦵᦖᧀ ᦍᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦞᦰ ᦉᦱᧂᧈ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.It was morning, the mist hadn't cleared yet.7.5.1.1Separate, scatterᦞᦰᦉᦱᧂᧈ1
ᦞᦰᦓᦱwanaa⁴post-verbthat's what s/he said. Quotation closing formulaᦙᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦃᦾᧉ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦍᦲᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ, ᦟᦴᧅ ᦍᦲᧂ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦏᧁᧉ ᦺᦃᧉ” ᦞᦰ ᦓᦱ.He said, 'I heard that the old man's daughter is ill,' he said that.3.5.1Say
ᦞᦰᦠᦻwaʔ⁵haaj¹verb (intransitive)to clear (as clouds, fog)ᦵᦖᧀ ᦞᦰ ᦠᦻ ᦺᦔ.The mist cleared away.7.5.1.1Separate, scatterᦞᦰᦠᦻ1
ᦞᦈᦲᦰᦂᧄwacikam¹nounspeech3.5.1Say3.5.3Language
ᦞᦏᦳwatʰuʔ²2000nounprofit; benefitᦞ ᦏᦳ ᦔᦳᧅᧈ ᦕᧅ ᦂᦱᧆ ᦃᦱᧁ.The profit from planting cabbage.6.8.2.2Make profitᦂᦱᧃᦞᦏᦳᦞᦏᦳᦃᧁᧉᦃᦸᧂᦞᦏᦳᦇᦹᧃᦆᧄ
ᦞᦏᦳᦃᧁᧉᦃᦸᧂwatʰuʔ²xaw³xɔŋ¹nounpossessions; wealthᦞ ᦏᦳ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦃᦸᧂ ᦀᦲᧅᧈ ᦶᦏᧄ ᦋᦴᧈ ᦙᦹᧉ.Their wealth keeps increasing every day.6.8.1Have wealthᦞᦏᦳᦃᧁᧉᦃᦸᧂ
ᦞᦏᦳᦇᦹᧃᦆᧄwatʰuʔ²ŋɯn⁴xam⁴nounpossessions; wealth6.8.1Have wealthᦞᦏᦳᦇᦹᧃᦆᧄ
ᦞᦓᦱwanaa⁴post-verbthat's what s/he said. Quotation closing formulaᦃᧁ ᦑᧂ ᦔᦹᧅ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦷᦃ ᦌᧄᧉ, ᦞᦱᧈ ᦷᦎ ᦃᦱᧉ ᦍᦸᧄ ᦷᦎ ᦣᦻᧉ ᦞ ᦓᦱ!They all laughed at me and said I was inferior and ugly, they said that.3.5.1Say
ᦞᦱ1waa⁴20001verb (intransitive)to spread one's armsᦞᦱ ᦙᦹ.He spread out his arms.7.1.9Move a part of the body2nounarm-span; a unit of measure, approximately 2 metresᦇᦱᧃ2ᦺᦣᧈ 2ᦣᧄ1 4ᦷᦟᧂ ᦦᦱᧂᧉ ᦙᦲ ᧗ ᦞᦱ.It was seven armspans wide.8.2.2Longᦶᦉᧃᦞᦱᦗᧃᦷᦍᧆᦺᦙᧉᦞᦱᦙᦹᦞᦱᦞᦲ
ᦞᦱ2waa⁴nounyesterday8.4.1.2.2Yesterday, today, tomorrowᦶᦎᧈᦞᦱᦞᧃᦞᦱ
ᦞᦱᧈwaa⁵5001verb (intransitive)to say; speakᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦃᦾᧉ ᦈᧅ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦺᦔ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ”.He said, 'I am going now'.ᦃᦲ ᦺᦈ ᦉᧂ, ᦞᦱᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦝᧂ ᦡᦴ.Are you worried about something? Tell me about it.3.5.1Say2verb (transitive)to rule; governᦉᧅ ᦃᦱᧆ ᦋᦲᧃᧈ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦛᦲᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦠᧃᧉ.The era when the San We kings reigned.ᦙᦲ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦺᦓ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ, ᦂᦱᧃ ᦓᦾᧉ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦉ ᦗ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦷᦎ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦌᧄᧉ.There were the rulers in the villages. In all cases big and small they ruled themselves.4.6.6Government functions3.3.3.6Control3verb (transitive)to scoldᦅᧃ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦙᧃ, ᦺᦈ ᦙᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦺᦛ ᦺᦔ.When his mother scolded him, his heart wavered.ᦍᧇ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦉ ᦃᦲᦰ ᦵᦙᦲᧈ ᦃᧁ ᦓᦸᧃ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦂᧃ, ᦵᦣᧆ ᦌᦹ ᦺᦔ ᦞᦱᧈ.I can't prove that they are sleeping together, so how can I scold them?4.8.4.1Rebuke4post-verbsaying; that. [Note: Marks the complement of a quotation or a thought.]ᦏᦱᧄ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦗᦸᧈ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦺᦐ?”He asked his mother saying, 'Where is Father?'ᦣᦴᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦎᧂᧉ ᦺᦈ ᦺᦆᧈ ᦶᦎᧂᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦎᦻ.She knew that her children were planning to kill her.9.4.7Subordinating particles5final particlereally. [Note: This emphatic particle is used in informal speech.]ᦍᧇ ᦺᦔ ᦃᧂ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦷᦎᧇ ᦎᦲ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦏᦹᧂ ᦎᦻ ᦞᦱᧈ.They arrested him and put him in prison and beat him until he died.ᦚᦳᧃ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦎᧂᧉ ᦷᦠ ᦆᧄᧈ ᦏᦹᧂ ᦆᦹᧂᧈ ᦆᦹᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ.It rained from dusk all the way to midnight.9.6.3.2Markers of emphasis ᦁᧃᦞᦱᧈᦅᦱᧈᦞᦱᧈᦈᦱᦣᦲᧆᦞᦱᧈᦅᦸᧂᦷᦉᧇᦙᦸᧈᦞᦱᧈᦇᦻᧈᦋᦸᧂᧈᦞᦱᧈᦋᦱᧆᦞᦱᧈᦌᦸᦰᦞᦱᧈᦠᦱᦂᦲᧃᦎᦲᧄᦞᦱᧈᦐᧂᧉᦞᦱᧈᦑᧁᧈᦞᦱᧈᦓᧇᦞᦱᧈᦶᦔᧂᦞᦱᧈᦔᦱᧅᦞᦱᧈᦶᦙᧃᧈᦞᦱᧈᦞᦱᧈᦀᦸᧅᧈᦞᦱᧈᦆᦱᧉᦡᦱᧈᦑᦸᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧉᦞᦱᧈᦊᦱᧄᧈᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧅᧈᦞᦱᧈᦺᦍᦞᦱᧈᦺᦎᧉᦞᦱᧈᦵᦐᦲᦞᦱᧈᦐᦱᧉᦆᦱᧉᦜᧂᦞᦱᧈᦞᦱᧈᦷᦠᧅᦷᦠᧅᦞᦱᧈᦺᦞᧉᦞᦱᧈᦡᦴᦞᦱᧈᦡᦲᧃᧉᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧅᧈᦞᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈᦀᦸᧅᧈᦞᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈᦺᦡᧉᦢᧁᧈᦞᦱᧈᦣᦴᧉᦞᦱᧈᦵᦣᧆᦞᦱᧈᦠᦱᦂᦲᧃᦣᦸᧄᦙᦱᦞᦱᧈ
ᦞᦱᧉwaa⁶nameWa nationality9.7.1.5Names of languages
ᦞᦱᧈᦀᦸᧅᧈwaa⁵ʔɔɔk²verb (intransitive)to explainᦶᦀ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦣᦱᧈ?Can you explain them all?3.6.1Show, explain3.5.1.2.3Explainᦞᦱᧈᦀᦸᧅᧈ
ᦞᦱᧈᦆᦱᧉᦡᦱᧈᦑᦸwaa⁵xaa⁶daa²tɔɔ⁴verb (intransitive)to slander; say bad things about3.5.1.8.4Gossipᦞᦱᧈᦆᦱᧉᦡᦱᧈᦑᦸ
ᦞᦱᦈᦱwaa⁴caa¹nounspeech; words3.5.3LanguageᦉᦈᦞᦱᦈᦱSanskritvacaword
ᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉwaa⁵cæŋ³20001verb (transitive)to explain; describe; show; illustrate; ᦶᦏᧄ ᦙᦱ ᦍᧂ ᦈᧅ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦶᦈᧂᧉ.There is one more thing to explain.ᦡᧂᧈ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦶᦈᧂᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦘ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦶᦘᧈ ᦟᦱᧄ ᦈᧇ.This shows that there are germs here.3.6.1Show, explain3.5.1.2.3Explain2nounintroductionᦅᧄ1 43.5.7.2Written materialᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉᦂᦱᧃᧉᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉᦅᧄᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉᦖᦻᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉ
ᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧉᦞᦱᧈᦊᦱᧄᧈwaa⁵jɔɔ³waa⁵jaam²verb (transitive)to mock; criticise; be sarcasticᦙᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦊᦸᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦊᦱᧄᧈ ᦢᦸᧅᧈ ᦃᦾᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦩᦻ ᧓ ᦃᧁ.He mocked me and told me to find a buffalo with three horns.3.5.1.8.3Mockᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧉᦊᦱᧄᧈ
ᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧅᧈᦞᦱᧈᦺᦍwaa⁵jɔɔk²waa⁵jaj⁴verb (intransitive)to tease; joke3.5.1.8.3Mockᦞᦱᧈᦊᦸᧅᧈᦺᦍ
ᦞᦱᧈᦺᦎᧉᦞᦱᧈᦵᦐᦲwaa⁵taj³waa⁵nɤɤ¹verb (intransitive)to gossip3.5.1.8.4Gossipᦞᦱᧈᦺᦎᧉᦵᦐᦲ
ᦞᦱᧈᦐᦱᧉᦆᦱᧉᦜᧂwaa⁵naa³xaa⁶laŋ¹verb (transitive)to criticise; talk about somebody behind their back3.5.1.8.4Gossip3.5.1.8Criticizeᦞᦱᧈᦆᦱᧉᦐᦱᧉᦜᧂ
ᦞᦱᧈᦞᦱᧈᦷᦠᧅᦷᦠᧅwaa⁵waa⁵hok²hok²verb (intransitive)to chatter and jump around; unable to sit stillᦞᦸᧅ ᦓᦾᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦷᦠᧅ ᦷᦠᧅ ᦌᦸᦰ ᦠᦱ ᦡᦾᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ.The monkey chattered and jumped around looking for food.7.2.1.2Move quickly3.4.2.4.2Nervousᦞᦱᧈᦷᦠᧅ2
ᦞᦱᦞᦲwaa⁴wii⁴verb (transitive)to wave around wildlyᦞᦱ ᦞᦲ ᦙᦹ ᦙᦱ ᦍᧇ ᦃᦾᧉ.She felt with her hands and caught me (in a children's blindfold game).7.2.2.8Move back and forth7.1.9Move a part of the bodyᦞᦱ1ᦞᦲ
ᦞᦱᧈᦺᦞᧉwaa⁵waj⁶verb (intransitive)to promise; make an appointment; predictᦂᦴ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦀᦸᧃ, ᦶᦈᧆ ᦡᦱᧁ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦙᦹᧂ ᦓᦸᧃ ᦜᧇ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ.I promise you, if you count the stars you will fall sleep.8.4.4.1Plan a time3.5.1.9Promiseᦞᦱᧈᦺᦞᧉ
ᦞᦱᧈᦡᦴwaa⁵duu¹verb (intransitive)to believe; have an opinionᦙᦹᧂ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦡᦴ, ᦵᦣᧆ ᦀᦲᧉ ᦶᦙᧃᧈ ᦣᦱᧈ?What do you think, is this right to do?ᦉᦴ ᦑᧂ ᦜᦻ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦡᦴ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦣᦱ?Do you all say yes or no?3.2.5.1Believeᦞᦱᧈᦡᦴ