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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ahĩ] n. gold
[aɉuɁ] n. weak person
[akì kíibò] n. male dog
[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone
[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)
[armjã] n. name
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. amyañ span>
[arò] n. morning; daybreak
[axor] n. letter
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered
[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field
[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)
[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire
[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm
[bũ] v. crowd
[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy
[caa] v. step on
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate
[ektor] n. actor
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English span>
[go] v. throw
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. ri; ku span>
[gɨɁha] v. lie down
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly
[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly
Speaker: Nani Anga
[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one
[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot
[humi] pron. whom
[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike
[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically
[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. ice span>
[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)
[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer
[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around
[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden
[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody
[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kwmvr span>
[koogá] v. spread one’s legs
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’ span>
[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt
[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole
[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree
[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally
[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle
[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur
[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building
[mɨce] n. trough cleaner
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’ span>
[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult
[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something
[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun
[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag
[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string
[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment
[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house
[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg
[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule
[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area
[pooró] adj. wide; vast
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. poñcu’ span>
[pɨʎe] num. four
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: etym. pwfi + he span>
[pɨló] n. lever
[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion
[párkó] v. drill a hole
[ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla span>
[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. rixa’ span>
[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on
[sakori] n. job; employment
[sãgo] n. life
[sɨcú] n. stag
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. swcúr span>
[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)
[tabũ] n. smallpox
[tace] v. divide; distribute
[tacì] n. crab
[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly
[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea
[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. takiñ span>
[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday
[tapũ] n. bat
[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey
[telĩ] v. push something out
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ span>
[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area
[tooko] n. prop; support; post
[tɨko] n. money
[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. taniñ span>
[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house
[ɨ̃] inter. yes
[xaŋ] n. bed; cot
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. saq span>
[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark
[xirki] n. window
[xomjú] adj. tapering
[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling
[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)
[jorbɨ] n. uphill
[jorsã] n. green chili
[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb
[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)
[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip
[ɲimũ] n. young woman
[áakũ] v. come together; gather
[ámè] v. mate
[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish
[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual