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[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. abvr span>
[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs
[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling
[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. arnw’ span>
[apur] prep. among; midst
[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor
[asè] v. wash; clean
[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè span>
[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[bebuɁ] n. gun
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’ span>
[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin
[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)
[bũ] v. crowd
[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword
[cigu] n. source (of a stream)
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[cukǝr] n. sputum
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. takvr span>
[dempjo] n. mouse
[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. doosi’ span>
[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles
[ʎã] v. bless
[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. garpw’ span>
[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly
[haaja piɁ] v. starve
[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. habuñ span>
[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief
[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm
[hoi] v. be; happen
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[igɨ] n. evil spirits
[ĩ] v. go
[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing
[ɉar] num. thousand
[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting
[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care
[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[kapu] adj. similar; identical
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu span>
[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing
[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)
[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait
[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. koofañ span>
[kurmu] n. grasshopper
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. kormu span>
[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber
[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction
[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present
[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=
[lɨpa] n. middle; center
[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lorw’ span>
[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress
[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)
[milò] n. husband
[mɨdù] n. time for doing something
[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody
[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle
[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. neliñ span>
[nikũ dapo] n. customary law
[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction
[néesu] n. wrestling
[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ span>
[papo] adj. incomplete; not full
[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors
[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray
[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder
[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material
[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)
[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)
[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. búutw span>
[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate
[puca] v. float (on water)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. puha span>
[pɨʎe] num. four
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: etym. pwfi + he span>
[pɨmǝr] n. dust
[roɁpo] n. cock
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. ro’nw span>
[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rì alo span>
[saati] n. pine sap
[saaxu] n. pine cone
[sabè] n. loincloth
[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled
[sɨxó] n. water channel
[taar] n. wire; cable; power line
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. taxuñ span>
[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twmiñ span>
[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo
[tappo] n. spinning knot
[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous
[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk
[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)
[tero] n. chili
[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg
[túcé] v. break something by kicking
[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound
[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying
[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable
[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber
[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yorxañ span>
[ɲagó] n. snout
[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)
[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick
[úì pami] n. goose pimples
[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean