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[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byayuñ span>
[abba-ci] n. step-father
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap
[agoo] n. outside
[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color
[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily
[apúu] n. arrow
[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)
[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors
[aì] adj. heavy
[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. borta’ span>
[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. buuzó span>
[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff
[bɨʎo] n. yesterday
[bjuu] v. suck
[cuu] v. move with head forward
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer
[dĩtuɁ] v. comb
[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on
[dɨŋó] n. left-over food
[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity
[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles
[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God
[gorɨ] n. watch; clock
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[guli] n. bullet
[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope
[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. haace’ swre span>
[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position
[har] v. wash; bathe
[harɨ] v. twist; turn
Speaker: Nani Anga
[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)
[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot
[hémò] v. rest; take a breather
[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area
[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade
[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit
[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. keembe’ span>
[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving
[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit
[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. kwmì span>
[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw span>
[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal
[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)
[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down
[lãcu] n. goiter; hump
[leko] v. cross
[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering
[luah] n. dumb; mute
[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember
[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees
[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap
[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests
[malo] n. roof of a house
[mẽli] v. kill as revenge
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. meli span>
[mohol] n. big house; bungalow
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[mɨlã] conj. also
[mɨnì] v. prune; trim
[mɨrí] n. charcoal
[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants
[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. niñdú span>
[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. nitiñ span>
[paɉeɁ] n. duck
[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth
[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. he’te’ span>
[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat
[pẽgu] v. warm
[Pinɨ] n. Creator
[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat
[poteɁ] adj. full
[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality
[põ] v. soak; marinate
[puʎã] n. peak; summit
[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick
[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot
[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla span>
[rutĩ] n. earring
[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping
[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain
[sãxã] n. rubber
[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)
[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions
[sɨlo] n. today
[tano-gorgo] n. snail
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. tano-gogo span>
[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder
[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. tor span>
[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee
[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug
[xẽpi] v. dry by heating
[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel
[xɨtĩ] v. compare
[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose
[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[jorsĩ] n. dry chili
[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles
[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip
[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin
[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub
[ácì] v. have pain; suffer