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[aarã] adj. deep
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. uurañ span>
[abã] n. elder brother
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. ací-búrù span>
[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction
[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house
[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming
[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip
[alló] n. bone
[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid
[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil
[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease
[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully
[anɨ] n. leaf
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yanw span>
[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)
[asã] n. north
[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)
[aɲì] num. two
[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)
[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited
[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar
[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
[cuu] v. move with head forward
[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear
[deɁ] v. plait or weave
[dula] n. rope to tie dogs
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. akì dula span>
[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. e’xa’ span>
[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. haasopa span>
[hẽ] v. think; love
[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain
Speaker: Nani Anga
[iɁŋǝr] v. snore
[icu-abu] n. quantity
[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle
[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam
[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care
[kamo] n. darkness
[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kofo’ span>
[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction
[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)
[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women
[laakoɁ] v. open
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. laapiñ span>
[lembo] n. road
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. leñbo span>
[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously
[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet
[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)
[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu span>
[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute
[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage
[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody
[mɨlì] v. take revenge
[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate
[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something
[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably
[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth
[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree
[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string
[paakuɁ] n. plate
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paaka’ span>
[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved
[pape] n. gap; intervening gap
[papù hajã] n. egg yolk
[puha] v. sink (in water)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. puca span>
[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly
[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group
[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web
[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human
[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses
[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough
[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds
[santú] n. tree
[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet
[se] v. pull
[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load
[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled
[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry
[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration
[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening
[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo
[talo] n. brass plate
[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls
[tapa] v. hear; get news or information
[tapi] n. a variety of cane
[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird
[tartu] v. break
[tipi] n. thumb impression
[tõ] v. offer; give
[tuubjú] n. edge
[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike
[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. ciciñ span>
[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw span>
[ɨɉã] n. sun
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dazí span>
[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ span>
[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. piñdañ span>
[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)
[xú] v. aim
[japǝr] n. mortar
[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood
[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour
[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat
[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove