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Ron - English
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b
ɓur₂
cf
:
Maɓur
.
v
bury
Daf, Mon
b'ur la
(
der.
)
burum₁
adj
done haphazardly
Daf
1
especially anything having to do with bathing, pounding and threshing
bang₃
n
calabash
Daf
1
a dish made from the fruit of a calabash
(sem. domains:
2
2.1.3 Plants that are not trees (L&N 03.C)
,
4.8.1.12 Ripen, produce fruit, bear seed (L&N 23.L)
,
1.3.1 Food and drink (L&N 05.A)
.)
boi
n
an area of low-lying wet land, marsh
Bok, Daf
(sem. domains:
1.1.3.6 Natural land regions (L&N 01.F)
,
1.1.4.5 Pastures and cultivated lands (L&N 01.O)
,
4.17.2.1. Agricultural activities (L&N 43)
.)
bu
n
back
But
(sem. domains:
2.3.2 Parts of the body (L&N 08.B)
.)
boon
n
backpack (made of goat skin)
Daf
(sem. domains:
1.4.5.4 Utensils, containers, implements, and conduits (L&N 06.P)
.)
ben₁
n
bed, mat made of palm (H. kajinjiri) leaves
Daf
(sem. domains:
1.4.5.3 Furniture and housewares (L&N 06.O)
.)
bwesh
cf
:
gambwesh
.
adv
better
Bok
(sem. domains:
5.5.2.2 More than, less than (comparative degree) (L&N 78.B)
,
5.6.1.1 Valuable, lacking in value (L&N 65.A)
,
5.6.1.3 Good, bad (L&N 65.C)
,
5.6.1.5 Advantageous, not advantageous (L&N 65.E)
.)
bakat-wyau
n
bird sp.
[
In Ron folklore, it is a symbol for laziness, poverty and misery.
]
Daf
(sem. domains:
2.2.2 Birds (L&N 04.B)
.)
bargo
n
blanket
Daf
(sem. domains:
5.10.5.2 Covered over (L&N 79.Y)
.)
borong
n
bow
Bok, Mon
(sem. domains:
1.4.2.6 Weapons and armor (L&N 06.G)
.)
bwash
cf
:
vwash
₂
.
n
breast
Daf
(sem. domains:
2.3.2 Parts of the body (L&N 08.B)
.)
bonga
n
clay-pit
Mon
(sem. domains:
1.1.3.3 Depressions and holes (L&N 01.H)
,
1.2.5 Earth, mud, sand, and rock (L&N 02.E)
.)
beeng
n
cob
Bok
(sem. domains:
2.1.4 Fruit parts of plants (L&N 03.D)
.)
buko
n
cockroach
Bok
(sem. domains:
2.2.3 Insects (L&N 04.C)
.)
bacalak
ideo
condition of being swampy, watery, wet
Daf
bong ma sharan
copper
Daf
bing
n
darkness
Mon
(sem. domains:
4.2.4 Darkness (L&N 14.G)
.)
bushik
v
dig up
Daf
(sem. domains:
4.6.6 Dig (L&N 19.F)
,
4.11.1.2 Learn the location of something (L&N 27.B)
,
4.17.2.1. Agricultural activities (L&N 43)
.)
bula i gang
n
drumstick
Bok
(sem. domains:
1.4.2.8 Musical instruments and instrumentalists (L&N 06.L)
.)
binyis
n
end of the rainy season
Bok
(sem. domains:
5.7.1.3.2 Definite units of time: year, week, hour (L&N 67.I)
,
5.7.1.3.1 Indefinite units of time: age, lifetime, period (L&N 67.H)
.)
bang₄
(
2
irreg. infl.
byang
)
n
feather
Daf
(sem. domains:
2.3.2 Parts of the body (L&N 08.B)
.)
bya'
num
first
Bok, Daf
(sem. domains:
5.2.2.3 First, second, third (ordinals) (L&N 60.C)
,
5.3.1 Sequence (L&N 61)
.)
bufo'
v
fix glue to a stick with the mouth
Daf
1
spit saliva on a caught animal
(sem. domains:
2
4.5.1.2 Fasten, stick to (L&N 18.B)
.)
bilim i man
cf
:
man
₃
.
n
flame
Bok
(sem. domains:
1.2.3 Fire (L&N 02.C)
.)
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