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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. atañ span>
[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[akì tɨxè] n. flea
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. akì taxw span>
[amjã] n. name
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. armyañ span>
[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker
[aroɁ] adj. lucky
[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)
[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)
[axeɁ] n. kidney
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. arxe’ span>
[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea
[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate
[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)
[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field
[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore
[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)
[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr span>
[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate
[bjáa] v. roast; grill
[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet
[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair
[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle
[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift
[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread
[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting
[ʎaɁ] v. lick
[go] v. fly; soar
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout
[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior
[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then
Speaker: Nani Anga
[huɁbĩ] n. sweat
[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested
[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. bihé span>
[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)
[iŋè] n. a variety of taro
[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)
[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or
[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked
[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful
[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ
[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some
[ɉoo] v. pay as wage
[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish
[kamra] n. room
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to
[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kwmvr span>
[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole
[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. la’ci span>
[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body
[me] v. search; look for; seek; check
[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace
[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb
[nãpaɁ] v. push something away
[ni] v. prune
[nikũ dapo] n. customary law
[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case
[paɁca] v. toss up
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. pa’lo span>
[para] v. crawl in
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. parliñ span>
[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paya’ span>
[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin
[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish
[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person
[puʎã] n. peak; summit
[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago
[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl
[reɁ] v. shave; scrape
[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)
[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)
[saati] n. pine sap
[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. sala borta’ span>
[sardĩ] v. take a short cut
[sãxã] n. rubber
[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. Assamese span>
[some] n. palm civet
[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out
[subú] n. alley; back alley
[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals
[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast
[sɨloda] adv. today
[sár] v. rip; tear
[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening
[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tapa’ span>
[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive
[tariɁ] n. fern
[taxe] n. tick
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. twxe span>
[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane
[taxó] adj. bald
[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg
[urú] n. family
[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant
[ɨsã] n. high jump
[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw span>
[xeli] v. play
[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct
[áagjá] n. entrance; door
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. háagyá span>
[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. háakò span>
[ácì] n. pain; suffering