Ho English

[ananas] noun pineapple

Speaker: Subhash

[ararut ɟo] noun arrowroot

Speaker: Dinesh

[baba ir ɖipilĩ, ɖipilaŋ] noun harvest season (lit., rice + harvest + time)

Speaker: Jitesh

[baba keto] verb winnow, throw in air (lit., rice, grain + winnow)

Speaker: Jitesh

[baba tan ge] adjective itchy

Speaker: Jitesh

[babata] verb itch

Speaker: Jitesh

[babata] noun scabies

Speaker: Dinesh

[babata] noun scabies

Speaker: Jitesh

[balbal, balbal ɟero] verb perspire

Speaker: Jitesh

[balbal, balbal ɟero] verb perspire

Speaker: Dinesh

[barabari tiaʔ] noun rectangle

Speaker: Jitesh

[bijuŋ bijuŋ] adjective dizzy

Speaker: Manisha

[bumburi] noun rash or measles-type skin disease

Speaker: Manisha

[cacaʔ] verb rip out

Speaker: Jitesh

[cacaʔ] verb tear

Speaker: Jitesh

[candu lekantan] noun menstrual period

Speaker: Subhash

[cauli gangai] noun small particles of grains and pulses produced when working

Speaker: Dinesh

[concoɽ] adjective restless, unsettled

Speaker: Jitesh

[daʔ daʔ tijaʔ] noun liquid

Speaker: Jitesh

[didi] noun vulture

Speaker: Jitesh

[dje tata ko] noun ancestors

Speaker: Jitesh

[dub̚ cũnocũno] verb squat

Speaker: Dinesh

[dudulum] noun pigeon

Speaker: Jitesh

[dudulum, dudələm] noun pigeon

Speaker: Jitesh

[durdur] noun waterfall

Speaker: Jitesh

[gangai] noun corn

Speaker: Subhash

[gangai] noun maize

Speaker: Dinesh

[gititija kani, akaniʔ] verb be lying down

Speaker: Dinesh

[goɽa baba canɖu] noun September – October

Speaker: Jitesh

[gungu] noun great grandparent, older brother of father, wife of the older brother of the father, older sister of the mother, great grandchild, child of the younger brother of a man or husband, child of the younger sister of a woman or wife

Speaker: Jitesh

[gungu hanar] noun older sister of the mother-in-law

Speaker: Jitesh

[gungu honjar] noun older brother of the father-in-law

Speaker: Jitesh

[haʈam haʈam] verb whisper

Speaker: Pinchi

[hopor hoporte] verb crawl

Speaker: Jitesh

[horo cocoeʔ] noun wall lizard

Speaker: Jitesh

[horo cocoeʔ] noun wall lizard

Speaker: Seleshtina

[iʔiʔ] noun excrement

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka] noun father’s brother (paternal uncle)

Speaker: Mahipal

[kaka] noun younger brother of the father; husband of the younger sister of the mother

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon aʒi] noun elder female cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon kowa] noun male cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon kui] noun female cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon onɖi kui] noun younger female cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hõjar] noun younger brother of the father-in-law

Speaker: Jitesh

[karkaɖ̚] noun toothbrush

Speaker: Jitesh

[kismis] noun raisin, currant

Speaker: Subhash,
Dialect: from Hindi

[kokor] noun owl

Speaker: Jitesh

[kukuru] adjective hollow (of a tree)

Speaker: Manisha

[kurkur] adjective angry

Speaker: Jitesh

[kurkuren] verb offend

Speaker: Pradip

[lainlain] noun rows

Speaker: Jitesh

[laŋəɽa laŋəɽate] verb limp

Speaker: Jitesh

[laŋəɽa laŋəɽate] verb limp

Speaker: Dinesh

[lele] noun bee

Speaker: Jitesh

[lele] noun bee

Speaker: Seleshtina

[lele daka] noun bee hive

Speaker: Jitesh

[lele rasi] noun honey

Speaker: Dinesh

[liʈib liʈib, ləʈib ləʈib] verb palpitate

Speaker: Jitesh

[liʈib liʈib, ləʈip ləʈip] verb palpitate

Speaker: Dinesh

[lolo] noun heat

Speaker: Jitesh

[lolo] adjective hot

Speaker: Manisha

[loloʔ tan] verb get hot

Speaker: Jitesh

[lula langara] noun cripple

Speaker: Dinesh

[mamaraŋ] adjective proud

Speaker: Jitesh

[meɽemeɽe] verb spin

Speaker: Manisha

[meɽemeɽe bijur] verb turn around

Speaker: Jitesh

[mise mise] adverb sometimes

Speaker: Jitesh

[nel guɽu guɽu, nel guɽun guɽun] verb gawk

Speaker: Jitesh

[okonko] pronoun which (plural, animate)

Speaker: Jitesh

[pampal] noun butterfly, moth

Speaker: Jitesh

[papari] 1. adjective; 2. verb 1. old; 2. to become old (Deeney: when used of people, used in sense of one who has been in one place or occupation for a long time)

Speaker: Jitesh

[popoʔɛdaː] noun semen

Speaker: Dinesh

[raʈapaʈa] 1. noun; 2. verb 1. sound of small creature running over dry leaves; typing sound; 2. rustle, rattle

Speaker: Jitesh

[ruku ruku] verb shiver

Speaker: Jitesh

[rẽjo rẽjo] verb squeak (wheel)

Speaker: Dinesh

[rẽjo, rẽjo rẽjo] noun squeak (wheel)

Speaker: Subhash

[sasaŋ] noun turmeric

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasaŋ] noun turmeric, a spice

Speaker: Dinesh

[sisir daʔ] noun dew

Speaker: Subhash

[sisir daʔ, sisir daʔa] noun dew

Speaker: Pradip

[surpaŋ, susurpaŋ] noun wasp

Speaker: Jitesh

[surpaŋ, susurpaŋ] noun wasp

Speaker: Seleshtina

[susun] verb dance; make dance

Speaker: Dinesh

[sususuŋger] noun soldier

Speaker: Mahipal

[susuŋer] noun soldier

Speaker: Jitesh

[tata gungu ko] noun ancestors

Speaker: Jitesh

[tepoe gangai] noun maize

Speaker: Jitesh

[tete] noun cricket

Speaker: Seleshtina

[ugum ugum] verb feel unpleasantly warm, stifled

Speaker: Jitesh

[uku uku] noun hide-and-seek

[ɖeɖem] noun sparrow

Speaker: Jitesh

[ɖeɖem] noun sparrow

Speaker: Seleshtina

[ɟadu ʈuʈukatenko] noun magician

Speaker: Dinesh

[ɟje tatako] noun ancestor

Speaker: Mahipal

[ɟoɲ ɟoɲ] adjective pointed

Speaker: Jitesh

[ɽaʈapaʈa] verb crunch

Speaker: Jitesh

[ɽaʈapaʈa] verb crunch

Speaker: Dinesh

[ʈan ʈan saɽi] verb tinkle

Speaker: Pradip

[ʈuʈuka] noun wooden bell for cattle, cowbell

Speaker: Dinesh

[ʈuʈuka saɽi ] verb ring a cowbell

Speaker: Jitesh