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

water
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

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

(stative) to be aflame
(stative) to be red

Conjugation

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

Noun

riha

a flame
the color red

References

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