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[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man
[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something
[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle
[agoo] adj. external; exterior
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. ura span>
[aɉĩ] v. befriend
[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly
[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[axeɁ] n. kidney
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. arxe’ span>
[axóo] n. head; leader; principal
[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)
[barmɨ] n. sister
[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. byañkvr span>
[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack
[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly
[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below
[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully
[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice
[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dañte’ span>
[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dituñ span>
[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner
[dõ] v. stitch; seam
[duu] n. paddy for husking
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dwlo span>
[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested
[díĩ] v. curse
[dù] v. dig; excavate
[ema] n. dream; reverie
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. imáa span>
[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. impya’ span>
[gaarò] adj. large, as a field
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gartú span>
[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[hẽpa] v. recall; remember
[hĩ] v. pinch
Speaker: Nani Anga
[ho] num. in; at
[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun
[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze
[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning
[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[kapjó] adj. first
[kecĩ] v. to know how to write
[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest
[laapĩ] v. close with a lid
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. laako’ span>
[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days
[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow
[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)
[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something
[me] v. search; look for; seek; check
[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs
[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. aró span>
[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis
[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb
[naa] v. collect; gather; muster
[nane] pron. your mother
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. nama span>
[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing
[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell
[paiɁ] v. get
[pakù] n. pigeon
[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked
[papù aʎò] n. egg white
[patǝr] n. cage
[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish
[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces
[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo span>
[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. búutw span>
[po] v. weave
[pota] n. paper
[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping
[pɨʎe] num. four
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: etym. pwfi + he span>
[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls
[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly
[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya span>
[rõpe] adv. four times
[rõxe] adv. six times
[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain
[sarse] n. millet
[sorɉĩ] adj. straight
[surù] n. coarse sand
[sɨso] n. wild cat
[tabu] n. snake
[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard
[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm
[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering
[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tapa’ span>
[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival
[tar] v. bend; break
[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land
[teɁʎa] adj. slanted
[tusù] v. break a relationship
[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pujiñ span>
[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole
[xeɲiɁ] n. temple
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. xeñji’ span>
[jaanɨ] adj. rotten
[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition
[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket
[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul
[jopo] n. cane basket
[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yorxañ span>
[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. zazo span>
[áa] v. come; arrive; enter
[álù] n. task