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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. abyú-axe’ span>
[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ahu-apo] n. body; torso
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ahu span>
[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash
[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present
[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ span>
[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)
[axɨ har] v. have loose motion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. axw sáa span>
[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)
[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight
[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish
[barmɨ] n. sister
[baɲo] adj. small flat object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó span>
[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden
[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly
[bɨro] n. yesterday morning
[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate
[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered
[cikã] part. like; similar
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[diipe] n. spade
[ditũ] n. social event; occasion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ span>
[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent
[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)
[gɨɁha] v. lie down
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)
[haame] adj. coward; timid
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. haaro span>
[harti] n. rust
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. marlañ span>
[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil
[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue
[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh
[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good
[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. karu span>
[kulu] n. banana tree
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kulu sanw span>
[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching
[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand
[lẽda] n. path
[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway
[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally
[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee
[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen
[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket
[mepa] v. search out; find out
[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs
[mula] n. radish
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously
[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo
[mɨpjã] v. close
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. mwpiñ span>
[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge
[mjodu] n. time; season; period
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo span>
[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo span>
[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter
[pabú] n. valley; gully
[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. puñtu span>
[pakù] n. pigeon
[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house
[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken
[parɨ] v. rotate
[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest
[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. petú span>
[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead
[pilá] n. rice porridge
[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip
[poɁdo] n. accident
[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer
[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy
[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls
[pɨta] n. bird
[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up
[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. raru hamañ span>
[roŋe] adv. once; one time
[roɲe] adv. twice; two times
[rutĩ] n. earring
[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation
[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary
[sarɨ] n. teacher
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. English span>
[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. sembo span>
[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome
[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe
[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden
[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand
[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench
[tabu] n. snake
[tabũ] n. smallpox
[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. taxuñ span>
[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone
[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap
[tariɁ] n. body odor
[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous
[tero] n. chili
[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out
[toɲó] adj. small (of group)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. toñrò span>
[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. taniñ span>
[uuko] n. hole
[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. qeñci’ span>
[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish
[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out