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la'ta'— short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=
ohoo— feed
arpw— bamboo crossbeam of a fence
rica— throw something up
asu'-asa'— disgrace; shame
diì— detach; peel
ba— vomit; puke; retch
pwjoda— later on; after sometime
goro— big (of a mouth); loud voice
bafa— slope; slant; downslope
pyayo paaka'— rectangular wooden plate
hwpe hamañ— a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)
wrw— fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke
tabyò— be attracted on listening
mohol— big house; bungalow
hipya— front teeth; incisor
ríi— drool
ce'xo'— diasgree; differ; diverge from
bare'— snap or break, as a thread
riri tami— a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)
pakú— bent; twisted; crooked
zibo— guest
nunu— second person plural pronoun
cu'— spit; expectorate
lwri pwsa— a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)
aháa— string; cord
ayo-nano— a variety of bee (hover bee)
kée— pole vault; jump with a pole
ají mwnw— farmer
nane— your mother
yorsañ— green chili
kakiñ-tayiñ— show off; put on airs
twle'— a variety of garlic
no ho— where
nwmiñ— placenta
hár— run; drive (a vehicle)
sarxo— stalk, of millet
nelo— household; independent house
la'ci' lwpa— middle finger
ruñtì— crouch with heads lowered
tañxwñ— get drunk
hú— wake up; rouse; awaken
nañtiñ— close by pushing
xaa— collect; collect contributions
endi— rice plant; rice seedling
siyo— this night; tonight
hentvr— very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely
abba-apá— ancestor; forefather; progenitor
taxuñ— a bamboo fish trap
mwfu— waste; spend
kamè— finish; destroy
jaañtu— fat; plump; chubby
cudu-cubo— imprudent; reckless
keciñ— to know how to write
hojalo— but; even then
taqu-aláa— honey
roqe roqe— sometimes; off and on
tihxo— too much sweet or salty
tau yamu— firefly
bárì— traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)
abañ— elder brother
go— fly; soar
jimvr— all; whole
kóo— move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone
uuguñ— entrance of a hole
rizo— rings of bamboo splits
afí-yasì— weather; climate
supuñ tarw— traditional dress for ceremonial occasions
ipo' po'li— yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts
dwxu'— left over food
lañ— move (esp. of head)
heñjvr— save up; save for the future
tari' burta'— a variety of snake
tasiñ siizi'— small-sized larvae of dragonfly
ahi pyo'su— brush one's teeth
hai— water
la'ge'— anticubital space
apuñ-aka— confusing state; doubtful
yorgañ— ridge (esp. of mountains)
mwpiñ— use or spend a portion
káhè— big; large
neli— fragrant; appetizing smell
pimpù— tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)
kago-tago— showy; pretentious; ostentatious
artù— gizzard (of a bird)
aya'— flesh
púliñ— flower; bloom; blossom
bidiñ— ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival
kooyo— the night before the last
mw— do
mò— he; she; third person singular pronoun
hiizi'— grimace; make face (usually in pain)
meñli— kill as revenge
pabyó— quarrel; dispute
raa— avenge; take revenge for
axw-ere'— entrails; viscera
pwca— foolish, stupid, dumb
apu' amè— dandruff
pilañ kamo— dark yellow
zi'tw— a variety of maize
hwra'— again; once more
meñ— kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter
topa'— pour something away
beqna— brinjal (Solanam melongena)
heñje— trust; faith; confidence; belief
attu' nanw— lid used for closing a container
roze— twice; two times
ho— and
híh'— dried fermented bamboo shoot
yasi pariñ— stork (Ciconia nigra)
zaazi'— honey bee
byaakañ— space underneath the house
juka— measure, esp. weight
zahw— daughter-in-law (term of reference)
diyu'— marsh; swamp
jibu garw— jeep
kokañ— late; lower
patu'— prison; jail
dwqó— left-over food
nwtañpà— how
la'ci' haza— small finger
akañ zacú— lower lip
te'— cut (esp. bushes)
kami-kami— in front of one's eye
áakuñ— come early
kaka— have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize
samañ— pine needle
alẃ— a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered
hú— pound; pummel
karda-byazi alo— Friday
xeta'— book
tahw— ask; inquire; interrogate
paaku'— plate
rubi— deaf
he'— dig (esp. with a tool)
parmw'— grind in powder
paxu— shell; scale
gai'— sing
azañ— year
la'pó— upper arm
korw'— carry a baby on the chest
kwzi'— cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless
mwtú— half burned firewood
lwqvr— ankle
taya rara— quite; deserted
poñcu'— narrow
tazó— small in number; few in numbers
zima— there isn't; copula negator
ami' ácì— conjunctivitis; eye disease
birañ patu'— bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)
áyò yoofañ lwpa— midnight
jalo— although; even if; or
padu afí— seasonal wind usually in February
kahó-tamo— in an offending manner
pwdì— a variety of bird; sparrow
zar— whittle; pare; shave; trim
xa— peel; pare; skin; take the skin off
koló— in the olden days
sorjiñ— stretch straight; straighten out
la'pù— closed fisted hand
piyañ— Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis
pató hamañ— a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)
alì arañ— bottom; base; lower part
kwfañ kwlo'— shining; sparkling; glittering
doomu— cloudy; overcast
rw'lo— pour a liquid down
swpi'— pangolin
sadvr— conical shaped bamboo filter
kako yalo— mirror
lwsi'— hay; straw
rw'— bind; strap
mazañ— traditional friend from other tribe
pya'lo— release captive fowls from the cage
tañdw'— get poisoned by drinking
kapanw he— everything
mwliñ— generate
taqu— bee (in group)
pacuhe— measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw
tazi'— corn
de'go— crack
tapi'— a variety of bird
yamu mwfo— flame
hwsò— a variety of bamboo
tano-gogo— snail
gyoi tabú— common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)
qw— move to and fro
supù— blacksmithy
lwsiñ pwtu— calf
taar— wire; cable; power line
jijiñ tayiñ— a kind of dragonfly
puzó— small (of spherical objects)
la'so— middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger
hafañ hamañ— Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)
rì afiñ— the day after tomorrow evening
miguñ— a variety of narrated oral literature
dazi tatw' arnw'— solar eclipse
sumù— sand
za— whittle; pare; shave; trim
aqw swco— interjection to express indifference; let it be
xapú— peel off

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