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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail
[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone
[aríi] n. border; boundary
[aróo] adj. poor; destitute
[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. fe’be span>
[buuʎú] n. tadpole
[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)
[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot
[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested
[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom
[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)
[eʎã] n. ear of grain
[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. impya’ span>
[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard
[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ span>
[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)
[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate
[hilĩ] n. clotted blood
[hoopa] post. therefore; for
[huuda] adj. bright
[imo] n. paddy
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. emo span>
[itú] adj. small; short
[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam
[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container
[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)
[kacĩ] v. recognize; know
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kala’ span>
[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful
[kapako he] adv. everywhere
[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. karw-kasi span>
[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)
[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort
[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ span>
[laɁpó] n. upper arm
[lar] v. challenge; bet
[laxɨɁ] adj. cold
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gubu’ span>
[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)
[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)
[lɨciɁ] n. toe
[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees
[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet
[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier
[marbolu] n. marble
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. English span>
[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. arañ span>
[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)
[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede
[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously
[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail
[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis
[mɨpur] v. break something
[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate
[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams
[pakã] n. goose
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[pala] n. scale; weighing machine
[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object
[petiɁ] n. belt
[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip
[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet
[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pore o span>
[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. peñko span>
[pɨgĩ] n. vulture
[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly
[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer
[pí] v. bark
[ŋar] v. laugh; smile
[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun
[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro
[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun
[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire
[rubĩ] n. earlobe
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ span>
[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning
[sati] n. umbrella
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. Assamese span>
[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead
[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg
[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well
[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand
[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal
[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. swni span>
[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)
[taɁti] n. cockroach
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree
[taxe] n. tick
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. twxe span>
[taɲe] n. pus
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tarze span>
[une] n. wound
[une gɨkor] n. scar
[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly
[uskul] n. school
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English syn. wskul span>
[ɨci riimi] n. spider
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi span>
[ɨsã] n. high jump
[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket
[joʎã] n. dead of night
[ɲar] v. step on something
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. zor span>
[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow
[úì atúu] n. forest bug
[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual