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[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byayuñ span>
[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ span>
[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip
[alló] n. bone
[alo apĩ] n. lunch
[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked
[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. árù span>
[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’
[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed
[arũ] adv. near; close by
[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)
[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. bww span>
[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly
[bjar] v. flip; flick
[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner
[duu] n. paddy for husking
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dwlo span>
[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice
[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)
[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[guli] n. bullet
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[haame] adj. coward; timid
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. haaro span>
[haaja piɁ] v. starve
[haaɲa] adj. small; young
Speaker: Nani Anga
[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin
[harpó] n. bucket
[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo span>
[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless
[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle
[ɉare] num. one thousand
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: etym. jar + he span>
[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo
[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable
[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly
[kaù] v. envy; begrudge
[kecĩ] v. to know how to write
[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[kiruɁ] n. hunting party
[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. akó koñtw span>
[lãcu] n. goiter; hump
[lohe] n. one day
[lorɨɁ] n. joint
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’ span>
[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk
[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously
[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container
[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange
[martul] n. hammer
[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January
[mɨtù] n. beginning
[mɨjo] v. mix; blend
[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch
[ne] pron. how much; how many
[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell
[nesú] n. granary
[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun
[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction
[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion
[pabú] n. valley; gully
[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering
[papo] adj. incomplete; not full
[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors
[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping
[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces
[pi] v. slice or saw
[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer
[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable
[pjuɁ] v. sell
[ri] v. read
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. Assamese span>
[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel
[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits
[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times
[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation
[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on
[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sa’liñ span>
[saiklo] v. bicycle
[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[santì] n. a variety of hardwood
[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing
[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead
[soɉã] n. lizard
[sosma] n. goggle
[supũ] n. world
[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar
[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend
[tagì] n. sickle
[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea
[takuɁ] n. cucumber
[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles
[talo] n. brass plate
[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves
[tapĩ] n. ice
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twpiñ span>
[tar pɨta] n. peacock
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tarlar span>
[taxe] n. tick
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. twxe span>
[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot
[topaɁ] v. pour something away
[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee
[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)
[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight
[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee
[áɉùu] n. appearance; image