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[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[abjo] adj. endearing
[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber
[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty
[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon
[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender
[alɨɁ] v. insert; put
[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. opa’ span>
[arò] n. morning; daybreak
[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)
[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)
[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate
[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[còoʎa] v. limp
[daɲi alo] n. Sunday
[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada
[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair
[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. doha-dolo span>
[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)
[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: la.wav? span>
[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe
[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. bari’ span>
[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop
[harlã] n. thigh
Speaker: Nani Anga
[haspatǝr] n. hospital
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English span>
[heɁ] v. knit
[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust
[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one
[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple
[ɉare] num. one thousand
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: etym. jar + he span>
[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted
[ɉi] adj. black
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ span>
[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly
[kamra] n. room
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[katú] v. watch from a distance
[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort
[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome
[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. akó koñtw span>
[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone
[laɁnɨ] n. thumb
[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain
[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around
[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean
[misì] adj. old woman
[mocuɁ] v. kiss
[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach
[mjã] v. name
[nar] v. borrow
[narikol] n. coconut
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[narɨ ahì] n. lemon
[neɁ] v. rub or scrape
[ohó] adj. tall; high
[opis] n. office
[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object
[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. puñko span>
[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching
[puluɁ] v. cover
[puri] v. read; study
[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. peñko span>
[pɨló] n. lever
[pɨmǝr] n. dust
[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching
[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller
[ŋar] v. laugh; smile
[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro
[raɲiɁ] n. chain
[reɁ] v. shave; scrape
[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. runw span>
[rubi] n. deaf
[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person
[saʎiɁ] adj. green
[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain
[samĩ rako] n. tortoise
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rako; rwko span>
[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. siñbya span>
[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis
[sɨlì] n. water body
[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin
[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend
[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ span>
[tahĩ] n. mushroom
[tape] n. pumpkin
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe span>
[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. yapúu span>
[tar pɨta] n. peacock
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tarlar span>
[tarù] n. rope
[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly
[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)
[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something
[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace
[xuiɁ] adj. sour
[xè] v. suffice; be enough
[jali] n. fox
[japǝr] n. mortar
[jasi jalo] n. reflection
[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate
[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick
[ɲimũ] n. young woman
[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones
[úì pami] n. goose pimples