drai

English.

This is often pronounced trai, especially in some usages.

See original Mihalic entry.

San drai, Rai Coast, Madang Province, 1998.

Modifier forms

  1. to be dry, dried up
    baret i drai pinis the streambed is dry, the ditch is dry
    klos i drai the clothes are dry
    nek i drai to be thirsty

  1. Medicine: healed
    sua i drai the wound has healed

  1. Botany: withered
    taim bilong san, na ol lip i drai there’s a drought and the leaves have withered

  1. Material culture: hardened
    yumi pasim stiki na drai pastaim we’ll put on some tree gum and wait for it to dry

Noun forms

  1. Tree crops and fruits: a coconut ready to be processed for copra
    san drai copra dried in the sun, not in a smoke house

  1. haus drai a copra drier ® paiaman

Verb phrase forms

  1. Agriculture: selim drai to husk coconut (remove the nut from the outer flesh) on a sharpened stake

  1. Sexual activity: selim drai sexual position with the woman on top ® antapim meri

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