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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. abyú-axe’ span>
[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap
[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm
[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate
[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical
[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ájùu span>
[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch
[akó] num. one; single
[alì] n. leg
[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)
[anɨ] n. leaf
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yanw span>
[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree
[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded
[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken
[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. buuzó span>
[ceeda] part. almost; close to
[cortĩ] n. waterfall
[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there
[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast
[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on
[dɨho-luho] adj. offending
[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. duu span>
[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual
[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar
[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’ span>
[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. twgò span>
[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance
[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following
[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable
[háako] n. entrance
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. áako span>
[ɉar] num. thousand
[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[kako jalo] n. mirror
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo span>
[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned
[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement
[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy
[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird
[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome
[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)
[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. koofañ span>
[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever
[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction
[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements
[kóò] n. son
[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands
[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness
[lulaɁ] v. speak well
[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate
[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees
[mogo alló] n. cheekbone
[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue
[murpu] n. bonfire
[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. miki span>
[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate
[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully
[mɨju] n. ash
[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple
[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. nelii span>
[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble
[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case
[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering
[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February
[paiɁ] v. get
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[papù] n. egg
[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)
[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste
[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat
[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality
[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove
[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl
[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle
[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure
[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. qaatw span>
[rahɨ] v. rotate something
[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove
[ri] v. read
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. Assamese span>
[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. runw span>
[roŋohe] adv. five times
[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head
[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg
[taʎa] v. listen
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk
[takĩ] n. cowrie shell
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co span>
[tamì] n. weed
[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves
[taɲiɁ] n. corn
[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: ant. tañru span>
[teli] n. oil
[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something
[tusù] v. break a relationship
[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly
[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom
[jalã] n. stone
[jarú rui] n. ear wax
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rui span>
[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice
[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. qeñci’ span>
[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree