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koe tanəniʔ— beggar
roŋ— 1. paint, color; 2. to apply color
bame— fortune-teller
gel lak— one million (1,000,000)
laːr— light (weight)
sabin naʔ— everything
nogoɖ̚, nõgoɖ̚— sweet
mage canɖu— January – February
erel— jealous
canɖuʔ maskal— moonlight
ãɽaw— set a trap
lungi — lunghi
tunɖu— at last (Deeney: end)
cetan disum— dwelling place of the dead (lit., top + world, place)
kaʈa buʈe, kaʈa buʈa— foot
ti tapiɲ— clap
lele rasi— honey
ɟalom ãɽaw— set trap
heroʔ canɖu— July
ajer dipili— olden times, old days
towa— breast
gaɽa gena— river terrace
cuʈke— hill
kaka— father's brother (paternal uncle)
gaw— wound (animal)
tega— tread on
muluʔ canɖuʔ, muluʔu canɖuʔu— new moon
cetan supu— upper arm
ɟom cirgel— taste
kiɽiki— window
prastaw— proposition
sũːken— sigh
cakaɽã— snacks served with diyan, rice beer
babata— scabies
haga ko— neighbour, neighbor
koe tani— beggar
kaː pejaniʔ, kaː pejaniʔi— be impotent, eunuch
doja ʒaŋ— spine
ɟanaʔw ka— nothing
gangai— corn
gitil— sand
sirma— year
ʈer— lightning
usum— warm
dub̚— sit
singi sur— sunset
buru amiŋ— clearing
lungam, lumaŋ— cocoon
mata ici— ripen, become ripe
laːʔi— belly, stomach
homo ɟaŋ— skeleton
hon seːɖ— son of the older brother of a man; son of the older brother of the husband; son of the older sister of a woman
ʈikili— tika, an ornament on the forehead
rago— excite, make angry
ɟul— burn, (with flame), light a lamp, flame
saraʔ, saraʔ em— curse
uiʔ— jump
ɟaga— place
hon seːɖ— nephew
dutam tani— matchmaker
muskil duku— problem, trouble
tete— cricket
hai goeʔ niʔ— fisherman
garui, canɖuʔ garui— eclipse of moon
bita— measurement
mani— mustard
geɖ̚— cut flesh
honor— journey; procession; pilgrimage
kamar— blacksmith, iron worker
eːn— wake up
enko— that (plural, animate)
capal— hip
buɽa ho, buɽe ho— old person
hon ɟai ko— descendants
boka— stupid person
suiɖ— mixed (powders, liquids)
tajeɖ̚ tunɖu— frontier, border (of ethnic area)
hõʔso, hõʔʃo— goose
hanal em— give an answer, solution
raːjoʔ tan— get cold
kakala— shout
tiki— boil something in water
lolo— hot
canub te— after
manda— have a cold or head cold
suʈu— kick
rubu rubu doja— hunch-backed
beʔ, beʔe— spit
dijeʔotan— hiccup, hiccough
munu ere otano— medicine man, traditional healer, shaman
sumaɖ— only, alone
horlosi— storm, whirlwind
kurkuren— offend
ape hisi mõːja— sixty-five (65)
umi ici— insult (Anna: umi means 'spread the reputation of someone to make them notorious; to become notorious'; ici is a verbal affix meaning 'to make do, to let do')
goʈa— whole
pura— fully, completely
ɖuki, duki— urine
homon kowa— son of the brother of a woman
bage— leave; resign, quit
ʃowan— smell
kimin— daughter-in-law
muʈa tukəm— bridge of nose
umbul— shadow
itil— 1. fat; 2. to develop fat; to become fat
ʃakiɖ̚— clot
bindi— papaya
sẽje, sẽja— adult
landa— laugh
goʔ, goʔo— carry (on back or shoulders)
tilmiɲ— sesame
lenɖaɖ̚— earthworm
ɟohar— greet
conduktor— conductor
roŋ— colour, color
hatu disum, hatu diʃum— rural area
gilɛn— gallon
hisi— twenty (20)
en— thresh, beat (grain)
ɟowa ɟaŋ— cheek bone
eʈaʔi— other (singular, indefinite, animate)
horo— tortoise
duku ʔem— hurt someone
ajer— front (of something)
malguɟari— tax; rent
harmonium— harmonium
cimin, cimineŋ— how many, how much
ɖũi— circle
guni— wise (Deeney: sorcery; sorceror)
danɖaʔ, danɖaʔa— cane, walking stick, stick
uɖ̚— mushroom
reʔ, reʔe— snatch forcibly from; rob
mockaw— hurt oneself
okon re— where at
maɟi— bug
munuweʔ ho ko— tribe
ɟetanaʔ, ɟetanaʔa— something, anything
subeɖ̚— only
datarom— sickle
anagu— down, downward slope, descent
ɟakeɖ— even, until, up to
ɟiː— heart (spiritual center of emotion)
cikanaʔko— what (interrogativ, plural, inanimate)
maraʔ ĩjel— peacock feather
naːʔ— now
ananas— pineapple
ũr— hide, leather, skin
buluŋ— salt
miɖ soman— plane, even (lit., one, together + better, level)
meɖ̚ moca— face
cacaʔ— rip out
maːɟon— money lender; merchant
nama— new
hiseb̚ te— medium
bandor— monkey
kunuli— question
tajn— crocodile
keɽeʔ— stiff (Deeney: strong, firm, difficult)
manatiŋ— accept; receive (Deeney: obey, observe, respect)
era dani— witch (female)
lenɖaɖ̚— earthworm
paːn sakam— betel leaf
hamal laiʔ, hambal laʔi— be pregnant (people)
hal pereʔ, hal pereʔe— pay up in full
gitil goɽa— desert
karab̚— wicked
sinduri— vermilion
goɽa— ground, upland field
asu— be sick
sopoŋ— pant
sũiʔ— blow nose, using fingers
upunija— four (4)
-rejo— even though, although, used for emphasis
pereʔ— fill
ɖasi— servant
cauli ɟaŋ gosoʔ— divine by rubbing husked rice grains in a winnowing basket
husierte— be awake
bul— drunk
rubuŋ— bent over
basa sai— camp, encampment
hal ure— pay back, avenge
hara ko— bullocks, steers
siku— louse (lice)
ringa, ringə— drought, famine
ɟagar saɽi— voice
aben cilka menaʔ benaʔ— 'how are you?' (dual)
aɟi — older sister or cousin, the wife of older brother's husband
laɖ̚, laʔ— 1. bread; 2. to bake
hasangar— charcoal
sibil— tasty, delicious
liɟɪt tola kan hapanum— fiancée
kadan— mine
mukui— knee
kaː ikir— shallow (lit., not deep)
girɟa— church
uru— beetle
manɖi isiniʔ— cook
babota— scabies
ɟadu ʈuʈukatenko— magician
õĩjuɖ̚— earwax

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