Jarai

Introduction

Jarai is a language of Vietnam. It is spoken in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces; some in Dac Lac Province. Also in Cambodia, United States.

Dialects

Aráp, Chuty, Golar, Habau (Ho-Bau), Hodrung (Hdrung), Jhue, Pleikly, Puan, Sesan, To-Buan. Cambodian dialects are all very similar, all displaying some significant differences with dialects in Vietnam.

The Jarai Verb

Verblist

• djai
• hia
• mlun
• pŏk
• thâo
• tŭl
• ŏ
• ƀlor
• ƀlĕ
• ƀlĕ ia nŏt

• (mă) dŏp, klĕ -- to steal
• (phiang) ʔdĭ -- to climb
• akaʔ -- to tie up, fasten
• ayŭp, thŭt -- to blow
• blơi -- to buy
• bơ̆brăh -- to swell
• bơ̆ruăh -- to choose
• brip -- to suck
• chŭh -- to burn
• djă -- to hold
• djai -- to die, be dead
• dlŏm, glŏm -- to throw
• dŏ -- to sit
• dơgŭ -- to stand
• hĭa -- to cry
• hiu, rơbat -- to walk
• hơ̆-ap -- to yawn
• hơ̆dip -- to live, be alive
• hơmư̆ -- to hear
• huă -- to eat
• huĭ -- to fear
• jhik -- to sew
• jrŭh, lĕ -- to fall
• jŭ -- to count
• kĕ -- to bite
• klăo -- to laugh
• klaŏ -- to stab, pierce
• klơ̆i -- to dig
• kơ̆chŭh -- to spit
• kơ̆dô̆p pô -- to hide
• kơ̆jăp khap -- to squeeze
• kuăh -- to scratch
• laĭ -- to say
• loĭ -- to swim
• mă broă, mă bruă -- to work
• mơ̆măh -- to chew
• mơnhŭm -- to drink
• păh, teh -- to hit
• pit -- to sleep
• plă -- to plant
• pơ̆dar -- to turn
• pơ̆djai -- to kill
• pŏk -- to open, uncover
• pơmĭn -- to think
• pơ̆năh -- to shoot
• pơ̆pha -- to split
• por -- to fly
• pơ̆tah -- to vomit
• rai -- to come
• rô -- to flow
• rơpơi -- to dream
• suă pran -- to breathe
• tă -- to cut, hack
• thâo -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tơ̆brŭ prŏng -- to grow
• tơlơi lua -- to hunt
• tơ̆p -- to pound, beat
• ʔbâ̆o -- to sniff, smell
• ʔbûh -- to see
• ʔdih -- to lie down