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[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byayuñ span>
[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items
[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person
[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. árù span>
[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.
[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)
[asó] n. length
[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. axw har span>
[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. guri’ span>
[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin
[buʎú] n. tadpole
[bábì] n. swing; dangle
[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily
[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion
[culu] n. a variety of children’s game
[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)
[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada
[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. garu span>
[dĩtuɁ] v. comb
[dɨpjó] v. eat first
[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation
[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening
[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti span>
[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ span>
[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. caambyó span>
[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle
[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge
[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful
[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin
[hoã] n. back (anatomy)
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. huañ span>
[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. icu span>
[iʎoɁ] n. machete
[iŋè] n. a variety of taro
[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay
[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way
[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well
[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle
[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. kwmè span>
[lãhĩ] num. three hundred
[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness
[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat
[lorɨɁ] n. joint
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’ span>
[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince
[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk
[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate
[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously
[lɨbã] n. knee
[lɨdu] n. heel
[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu span>
[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature
[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. myw laa span>
[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs
[murù] n. torch; flambeau
[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)
[mɨlĩ] v. generate
[mɨlì] v. take revenge
[mɨpuɁ] v. cover
[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work
[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy
[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch
[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free
[nãbo] v. push something across
[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing
[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case
[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ span>
[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance
[pĩciɁ] n. mouse
[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet
[puʎã] n. peak; summit
[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean
[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping
[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon
[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms
[pjar] v. fold; braid
[ŋɨi] n. fish
[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket
[reɁbja] n. ladder
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. abya span>
[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on
[santú] n. tree
[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy
[sɨɨ jo] n. beef
[sárce] v. tear something into two parts
[ta] v. listen; hear
[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)
[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone
[talɨ́] n. unnatural death
[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twpvr span>
[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear
[tú] v. kick
[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover
[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk
[jali] n. fox
[jorsĩ] n. dry chili
[áagjá] n. entrance; door
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. háagyá span>
[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)