Every entry follows the same order, so it is quick to read once you know it.
The parts of an entry
- The headword: the Jorai word, written as the 2016 Jorai Bible writes it.
- The old form, on some entries: the word’s older Proto-Austronesian (PAN) or Proto-Chamic (PC) form, in brackets.
- The part of speech: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Classifier and so on.
- The meaning: a short English meaning. Several senses are separated by semicolons.
- Word pairs, where they help: a common pair in brackets, for example pran jua, the heart.
An example
Apui — (PAN: Sapuy ‘fire’, PC: ʔapuy ‘fire’). Noun. Fire; lamp (apui kơđen).
Here the old forms show that the word for fire has come down from Proto-Austronesian through Proto-Chamic, the meaning gives two senses, and the pair apui kơđen shows where the second sense comes from.
Words used in a pair
Some Jorai words appear almost only beside another word. Their entries say so, “Used in …”, and point to the pair, as with rơnŭk rơnua, peace.
Previous and next
Below each entry, previous and next take you to the neighbouring words in Jorai alphabet order, so you can read the dictionary like a book.