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[aci takǝr] n. star
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[agoo] n. outside
[agũ] n. mouth; language
[ahi] n. tooth
[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor
[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain
[akì kíibò] n. male dog
[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor
[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo
[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)
[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition
[ajúu] n. long time back
[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)
[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. buuzó span>
[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October
[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet
[corɉĩ] adj. straight
[daaɲe] n. two steps
[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction
[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages
[dimu] n. hair (of head)
[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. garu span>
[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle
[dùusa] v. sit at a distance
[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. e’xa’ span>
[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary
[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)
[gaŋu] n. mouth harp
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. age’ span>
[gõcì] n. dragonfly
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. koñcì span>
[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs
[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. laxw’ span>
[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pyañ span>
[haaci] n. east
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dazi cago span>
[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April
[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dwme span>
[hai] n. water
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. yasi span>
[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something
Speaker: Nani Anga
[heru] adj. sad; unhappy
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: etym. heñ + ru span>
[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable
[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing
[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[kormo] n. seed
[kuu] v. throw; hurl
[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”
[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. muku span>
[kɨpaɁ] n. banana
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì span>
[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand
[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms
[lãhĩ] num. three hundred
[lohè] post. till; until
[lukã] v. speak for a long time
[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow
[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter
[lɨpa] n. middle; center
[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow
[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk
[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose
[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something
[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)
[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)
[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree
[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair
[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle
[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer
[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly
[puri] v. read; study
[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting
[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow
[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)
[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. qaare span>
[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly
[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire
[rɨko] n. tortoise
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko span>
[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days
[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)
[sɨlì] n. water body
[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery
[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ span>
[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot
[taarò] adj. many; large numbers
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó span>
[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering
[takĩ] n. cowrie shell
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co span>
[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. sizi’ span>
[toɲó] adj. small (of group)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. toñrò span>
[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide
[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw span>
[xɨ] v. count; innumerate
[xɨka] v. count; innumerate
[jalã] n. stone
[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher
[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper
[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off
[ɲaʎã] n. ten years
[ɲagó] n. snout
[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition
[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle