riah

English

Etymology

Backwards spelling of English hair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪə/

Noun

riah (uncountable)

  1. (Polari back slang) Hair.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:riah.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Mokilese

Noun

riah

  1. (one's) brother

Usage notes

Like many kinship terms in Mokilese, riah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its brother) is therefore treated as the lemma.

Inflection

Possessive forms of riah (loose inalienable possession, -ah stem)
singular
possessor
first person rioai
second person rioamw
third person riah
dual
possessors
first person inclusive riasa
first person exclusive riama
second person riamwa
third person riara
plural
possessors
first person inclusive riasai
first person exclusive riamai
second person riamwai
third person riarai
remote plural
possessors
first person inclusive riahs
first person exclusive riemi
second person riemwi
third person riahr
construct form rien