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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical
[adú] v. make noise
[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy
[aháa] n. string; cord
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. agyú span>
[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor
[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful
[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor
[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container
[artĩ ku] v. castrate
[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter
[axuɁ] v. regurgitate
[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly
[ajaɁ] n. flesh
[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)
[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered
[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from
[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre
[còoʎa] v. limp
[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dituñ span>
[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested
[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom
[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food
[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual
[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa span>
[garɨ] n. vehicle
[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)
[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful
[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished
[hĩxã] num. thirty
[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam
[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro
[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)
[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize
[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful
[kapanɨ] n. witness
[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)
[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject
[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps
[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump
[káhè] adj. big; large
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. atúu span>
[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)
[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village
[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. jabyò aji span>
[lĩ] v. exit; go out
[lulù] v. disturb by speaking
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo span>
[mura] n. seat
[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something
[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case
[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce
[oha] int. interjection to express surprise
[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes
[paakuɁ] n. plate
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paaka’ span>
[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo span>
[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster
[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms
[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)
[poɁtũla] adv. squatting
[pombo rɨko] n. millipede
[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual
[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. purò span>
[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’ span>
[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago
[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice
[pjar] v. fold; braid
[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer
[roɁpo] n. cock
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. ro’nw span>
[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in
[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating
[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sa’liñ span>
[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ span>
[sãsũ] n. plantation
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. sadi; salw span>
[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead
[soɉã] n. lizard
[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody
[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull
[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions
[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous
[sɨ] v. claw; scratch
[sɨcã] n. earth
[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days
[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly
[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)
[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by
[takeɁ] n. germ
[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo
[tajã] n. bee (single)
[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something
[tooŋo] n. wool
[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg
[tuulu] n. sub-clan
[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels
[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook
[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)
[jopo] n. cane basket
[ápù] n. sphere; globe