riha

See also: Riha, rĩha, říhá, and Říha

Central Tunebo

Alternative forms

• ríʔja

Etymology

Compare Wiwa di-ra, dʒíra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾiʔa/ [ˈɖi.ʔa]
• Rhymes: -iʔa
• Syllabification: ri‧ha

Noun

riha

1. water
2. river

Declension

Declension of riha

	singular	plural
isolated	riha	—
ergative	rihat	—
absolutive	rih	—
genitive	rihay	—
vocative	rihu	—

Derived terms

• rih achorá (“riverbank”)
• rih arcutar tenro (“to swim”)
• rih bocura
• rih buraburá (“island”)
• rih cut raújacro (“to menstruate”)
• rih cúcara (“river”)
• rih ruwa (“edible fish”)
• rih sar siw̃inro (“to baptize”)
• rih tasara (“island”)
• rihara (“liquid”)
• rihcá
• rihyamá (“canal, ditch”)
• ríhrama (“sweat”)
• ríhricua (“broth”)

References

• Headland, Edna Romayne (1997), “riha”, in Diccionario Bilingüe Uw Cuwa (Tunebo)-Español Español - Uw Cuwa (Tunebo) con una gramática uw cuwa (tuneba)‎^[1], Bogotá: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, →ISBN, page 163.
• Randal Q., Huber; Robert B., Reed (1992), Vocabulario comparativo: Palabras selectas de lenguas indígenas de Colombia [Comparative vocabulary: Selected words in indigenous languages of Colombia]‎^[2], Bogotá: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, →ISBN, page 48.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lisa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisehaq, from Proto-Austronesian *liseqeS (compare Ilocano lisa, Fijian lise, Hawaiian liha).

Noun

riha

1. nit

See also

• kutu

Ternate

Etymology

The noun may derive from N- (“nominalizer”) +‎ riha, which produces no change on the initial consonant r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi.ha]

Verb

riha

1. (stative) to be aflame
2. (stative) to be red

Conjugation

Conjugation of riha

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toriha	foriha	miriha
2nd person		noriha	niriha
3rd person	masculine	oriha	iriha yoriha (archaic)
	feminine	moriha
	neuter	iriha

Noun

riha

1. a flame
2. the color red

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh