Gregerson & Gregerson 2026

Gregerson Kenneth J., Gregerson Marilyn. A Grammar and Dictionary of Rengao. An Austroasiatic Language of the Vietnam Central Highlands. Brill, 2026. — xvi, 367 p. — (Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages 21).

Realizations (133)

Shift	Language	Lexeme	Source		Target	Page
#8372	Rengao	baya	cucumber	—	melon (Cucumis melo)	157
#10305	Rengao	bya	beautiful girl	→	princess	157
#751	Rengao	hla	leaf	→	sheet of paper	157
#701	Rengao	hlaʹar	paper	→	document (n.)	157
#5395	Rengma	hlaʹar	paper	→	book (n.)	157
#4799	Rengao	năy ra	middle	—	half	159
#1506	Rengao	jà	hour	—	watch, clock	160
#5309	Rengao	xe	carriage	→	automobile	161
#5947	Rengao	xi	string	—	rope, cord	162
#10306	Rengao	ngi	very small child	—	doll	162
#7275	Rengao	ding	holy, taboo	→	Sunday	163
#966	Rengao	kadrì	woman	—	wife	163
#1837	Rengao	kwì	to sleep	—	to lie down	163
#2297	Rengao	lwì	to believe in	—	to trust	164
#6978	Rengao	lwì	to trust, to believe in	—	to obey	164
#6802	Rengao	do	to laugh	—	to smile	164
#857	Rengao	do	to show	—	to teach	164
#2555	Rengao	cho	dog	→	wolf	164
#9721	Rengao	hadro	cicada	→	cricket (insect)	165
#857	Rengao	mahno	to show, indicate	—	to teach	165
#10307	Rengao	hù	glass (material)	—	silver	167
#1610	Rengao	pĭ̀m trù	pigeon’s crop	→	Adam's apple	167
#3002	Rengao	pù	nest (n.)	→	womb, uterus	167
#1922	Rengao	haʹjăʹ	to be clean	→	to be clean (moral)	168
#4150	Rengao	krăʹ	elder	→	leader	168
#3869	Rengma	băʹ	father	→	god	167
#9861	Rengao	kăʹ	to eat food (other than rice)	→	to burn up (of fire)	169
#10310	Rengao	manăʹ	captive	—	slave	169
#6802	Rengao	ʹnăʹ	to laugh	→	to smile	169
#1626	Rengao	ʹyăʹ	a little	→	in a short time	171
#9387	Rengao	ʹmĕ̀	dirty	→	bad	172
#968	Rengao	ʹmĕ̀	bad	→	evil (adj.)	172
#1357	Rengao	ʹmĕ̀	dirty	→	to contract leprosy	172
#10311	Rengao	bèʹ	to do	—	to work	172
#1629	Rengao	kanhèʹ ranŏh	long (size)	←	high (size), tall	172
#7842	Rengao	xwĭʹ	to bite	—	to sting	173
#1866	Rengao	khăy	moon	→	menstruation	175
#856	Rengao	khăy	moon	→	month
#993	Rengao	lŏʹ	to know, be in the habit of	→	to understand, distinguish	175
#8227	Rengao	rŏʹ	beautiful, pretty	→	happy	175
#10312	Rengao	tanŏʹ	knife handle	→	casing of bullet	175
#80	Rengao	tablŏ̀ʹ	to turn (tr.)	→	to translate	177
#2878	Rengao	tablŏ̀ʹ	to turn (tr.)	→	to change (tr.)	177
#4817	Rengao	bòʹ	grandfather	→	tiger	177
#1456	Rengao	ŭʹ	to drink	→	to smoke (tobacco)	177
#870	Rengao	tŭʹ	tŭʹ don	→	to be impatient, have strong feelings	177
#3915	Rengao	tŭʹ	hot	→	summer	177
#2503	Rengao	ʹnhãw	to wash ( face)	→	to baptize (an infant) for the sins of Adam and Eve	180
#10313	Rengao	pataw	rich man	→	king	180
#2578	Rengao	hayằwʹ	to feel pity	—	to love	183
#7382	Rengao	mŏ̀yʹ	one	→	January	183
#7609	Rengao	pi	three	→	March	183
#7780	Rengao	pun	fourth	→	April	183
#7914	Rengao	padăm	five	→	May	184
#7915	Rengao	tadru	sixth	→	June	184
#7916	Rengao	tapằyh	seven	→	July	184
#7917	Rengao	taham	eight	→	August	184
#7918	Rengao	tachĭ̀n	nine	→	September	184
#7919	Rengao	mŏ̀yʹ jằt	ten	→	October	184
#7920	Rengao	mŏ̀yʹ jằt mŏ̀yʹ	eleven	→	November	184
#7287	Rengao	mŏ̀yʹ jằt bar	twelve	→	December	184
#7439	Rengao	bar	two	→	February	183
#10320	Rengao	ʹnăy	middle	—	inside at the bottom (of container)	184
#3626	Rengao	ʹwăy	to sit	—	to be remaining	184
#10321	Rengao	chamay	necklace	—	lasso	185
#4185	Rengao	hadray long	twig, small branch	←	tributary (of a river)	185
#8372	Rengao	pakay	cucumber	—	melon (Cucumis melo)	185
#43	Rengao	hapằy	to want	—	to like	186
#3498	Rengao	padằy	to rest	—	to stop doing smth.	186
#10322	Rengao	boy	to follow, go after smb.	—	to copy	187
#710	Rengao	hadroy	in front of	—	before (temporal)	187
#9472	Rengao	ĭk roy	fly excrement	→	freckles	187
#9313	Rengao	ngòy	to play, to enjoy diversions	→	to have sexual relations	188
#5409	Rengao	ʹbuy	ashes	—	dust	188
#9885	Rengao	krŭyʹ ngam	orange (plant)	—	lemon, lime	192
#9887	Rengao	jŏ̀ʹ	sour	→	lemon	192
#43	Rengao	ʹmoyh	to want	—	to like	194
#6978	Rengao	ngoyh	to believe in	—	to obey	194
#563	Rengao	manùyh	man (male)	—	human, person	195
#1118	Rengao	kanĭh, kaʹnĭh	toenails	—	claws	200-201
#10324	Rengao	tĭh	to gore, to sting (bullhead catfish)	—	strike of lightning	201
#10325	Rengao	tĭh	to strike (thunder bolt)	→	cigarette lighter	201
#1472	Rengao	taʹnĭh	earth	—	land	201
#3031	Rengao	taʹnĭh	earth, land	→	world, globe	201
#914	Rengao	chĭ̀h ùm	to draw (a picture)	←	to write	201
#3047	Rengao	hadrĭh	green	—	fresh	201
#10329	Rengao	wĭ̀h	to return home	→	early afternoon (about 2 pm)	202
#10330	Rengao	tŏh	to untie	→	to take clothes off	204
#3425	Rengao	xŏh	to be bare	—	to be empty	204
#8334	Rengao	ʹyŏh	small	→	young children	204
#3184	Rengao	juh	to peck (of a bird)	—	to bite (of fish)	207
#692	Rengao	tuh	to strike, hit	→	to kill	205
#8652	Rengao	hadrŭ̀h	girl ( young, unmarried)	→	Pleiades	206
#10331	Rengao	mŭ̀h	nose	→	arrowhead	206
#10332	Rengao	mŭ̀h	nose	→	face	206
#4315	Rengao	tanŭ̀h ŭ̀n	fire place (a pouring of dirt for fire), hearth	→	home	206
#1550	Rengao	chăk long	trunk (of a tree)	←	body	208-209
#10333	Rengao	dăk	a trap that releases a killing arrow	→	Orion	209
#10334	Rengao	ʹlăk	to leave	→	to finish, desist	209
#9387	Rengao	mĕ̀ʹ ʹmăk	to be dirty	—	to be bad	209
#4789	Rengao	xằk	hair	→	feather	212
#3445	Rengao	dĕk	alone	—	only	213
#5985	Rengao	hadrĕk	seed rice	→	progeny	213
#9145	Rengao	dèk	to put in order (house)	→	to prepare (food)	214
#10342	Rengao	ĭ̀k	faeces	→	earwax	215
#3246	Rengao	tŏk	to ascend, go up	→	to get on/into a boat	216
#5044	Bahnar	ʹbok	grandfather	→	Sir, Mr., Pastor, term of respect	217
#8324	Rengao	badŭ̀k	belly	—	abdomen	219
#10411	Rengao	kyăk	ghost	→	animals (non-humans)	209
#8038	Rengao	răk	to keep, guard	→	to observe the customs / rules	210
#3700	Rengao	dak	water	→	river	210
#1249	Rengao	hak	to split apart (wood) with fingers	—	to vomit	210
#10412	Rengao	hatằk	trousers	—	skirt	212
#3521	Rengao	dĕk	alone	—	only	213
#862	Rengao	gằl	head	→	to begin	222
#8925	Rengao	gằl	head	→	first	222
#6003	Rengao	prĕl	ice	—	hail	223
#10413	Rengao	la gằwʹ mŭ̀h ʹnhwing	long noses	→	Westerners	224
#4096	Rengao	gŏl	kidney	—	heart	225
#1169	Rengao	ăm	to give	→	to let, permit	227
#855	Rengao	chĕm	to feed animals or people	→	o babysit (to feed and raise)	230
#4554	Rengao	chĭ̀m	bird	→	bat	231
#6263	Rengao	trom	trunk (of elephant)	—	feelers	233
#10418	Rengao	chĭ̀l	to pay	→	to haggle	224
#1102	Rengao	ramwăn	soft (adj.)	—	tender (adj.)	228
#10422	Vietnamese	nhầm	to mistake, err	→	to make confession (Roman Catholic)	229
#10191	Rengao	classifier for trunks, stems, vines	classifier for trunks, stems, vines	→	main, principal	231
#912	Rengao	chŭ̀m	to sniff	→	to kiss	234
#2714	Rengao	klèm	liver	→	seat of emotions	231
#10425	Rengao	xèm	trunk (of a tree)	→	chief, boss	231
#8883	Rengao	dùm	red	→	ripe (fruit)	234
#9993	Rengao	ngwan	to bear	→	to obey	236
#3619	Rengao	pran	strong	—	healthy	236