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[aamɨ] n. mango
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate
[aɉuɁ] n. weak person
[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain
[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)
[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. opa’ span>
[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt
[axeɁ] n. kidney
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. arxe’ span>
[beʎe] v. chatter; babble
[bábì] n. swing; dangle
[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress
[dacã] n. iron; metal
[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. heñsvr span>
[dùuha] v. sit down
[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete
[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed
[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely
[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs
[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt
[gjoɁ] v. call; hail
[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)
[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. aì span>
[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. heñxw span>
[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin
[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose
[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: var. hoñki’ span>
[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)
[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way
[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area
[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs
[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy
[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kofuñ span>
[koro] n. saw syn. aarí
[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning
[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down
[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other
[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump
[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand
[lodɨ] adj. short, of day
[loʎã] n. ten days
[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion
[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests
[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’ span>
[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge
[moru] n. cheek
[mubu] n. ash; ash color
[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede
[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly
[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose
[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge
[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work
[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule
[naspati] n. pear
[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree
[paakaɁ] n. plate
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paaku’ span>
[paakuɁ] n. plate
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paaka’ span>
[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked
[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk
[papú] n. puffed grain
[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken
[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly
[pẽgu] v. warm
[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish
[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height
[pota] n. paper
[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell
[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove
[reɁke] n. ceiling
[rupĩ] n. earring
[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down
[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)
[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning
[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on
[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on
[saati] n. pine sap
[sapì] adj. flattened
[sarlã] n. a variety of cane
[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sorò span>
[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung
[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns
[sɨlì] n. water body
[sɨro] n. this morning
[tacã] n. wood-boring insect
[tapjaɁ] v. untie
[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side
[tau jamu] n. firefly
[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth
[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper
[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house
[xetaɁ] n. book
[jasi] n. water
[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee
[ɲor] v. step on something
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. zar span>
[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister
[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)