Ho English

[arandi sonpon] noun in-law

Speaker: Mahipal

[baba her canɖu] noun May – June

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] 1. adjective; 2. verb 1. similar, always, equal; 2. to be equal, like

Speaker: Jitesh

[barabari tiaʔ] noun rectangle

Speaker: Jitesh

[baːla saka kan hapanum] noun fiancée (female)

Speaker: Jitesh

[beteʔ beteʔ] verb cut into small pieces

Speaker: Jitesh

[bumburi] noun rash or measles-type skin disease

Speaker: Manisha

[burbuɽiʔ ] noun bubble

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

[daʔ daʔ tijaʔ] noun liquid

Speaker: Jitesh

[dje tata ko] noun ancestors

Speaker: Jitesh

[dub̚ cũlocũlum] verb squat

Speaker: Jitesh

[dub̚ cũnocũno] verb squat

Speaker: Dinesh

[dudulum] noun pigeon

Speaker: Jitesh

[gangai] noun corn

Speaker: Subhash

[golgol] verb turn bad (milk)

Speaker: Jitesh

[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

[guɽ dandaʔ] noun sugar cane

Speaker: Jitesh

[haʈam haʈam] verb whisper

Speaker: Pinchi

[holaholater] noun three days ago (day before day before yesterday)

Speaker: Jitesh

[hopor hoporte] verb crawl

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 bo tijũ] noun elder male cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon kowa] noun male cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon kui] noun female cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon onɖi kowa] noun younger male cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

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

Speaker: Jitesh

[kakala] verb shout

Speaker: Jitesh

[kakala] verb shout

Speaker: Pinchi

[karkaɖ̚] noun toothbrush

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaɟi karar] verb promise

Speaker: Pinchi

[kismis] noun raisin, currant

Speaker: Subhash,
Dialect: from Hindi

[kokor] noun owl

Speaker: Jitesh

[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: Seleshtina

[lele rasi] noun honey

Speaker: Dinesh

[lolo] adjective hot

Speaker: Manisha

[lolo] adjective hot

Speaker: Jitesh

[loloʔ tan] verb get hot

Speaker: Jitesh

[mamaraŋ] adjective proud

Speaker: Jitesh

[marmar] noun scorpion

Speaker: Jitesh

[meɽe meɽe bijur] verb turn around

Speaker: Dinesh

[mise mise] adverb sometimes

Speaker: Jitesh

[okonko] pronoun which (plural, animate)

Speaker: Jitesh

[pampal] noun butterfly, moth

Speaker: Jitesh

[pampal] noun butterfly, moth

Speaker: Seleshtina

[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

[pisir pisir gama] noun drizzle

Speaker: Dinesh

[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

[ruku ruku] verb shiver

Speaker: Dinesh

[rũ rũ, ru ru] verb buzz

Speaker: Pradip

[rẽjo rẽjo] noun squeak (wheel)

Speaker: Pradip

[rẽjo, rẽjo rẽjo] noun squeak (wheel)

Speaker: Subhash

[sasan diri] noun stone placed on ground over grave

Speaker: Pradip

[sasati] verb torment

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasaŋ] noun turmeric

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasaŋ] noun yellow

Speaker: Jitesh

[sengel marmar] noun centipede

Speaker: Jitesh

[sisir daʔ] noun dew

Speaker: Subhash

[sisir daʔ, sisir daʔa] noun dew

Speaker: Pradip

[soso] 1. noun; 2. verb 1. marking-nut tree, Semecarpus anacardium; marking-nut oil; 2. to apply marking-nut oil

Speaker: Jitesh

[surpaŋ, susurpaŋ] noun wasp

Speaker: Seleshtina

[susun niʔ] noun dancer

Speaker: Pradip

[sususuŋger] noun soldier

Speaker: Mahipal

[susuŋer] noun soldier

Speaker: Jitesh

[tata] noun grandfather

Speaker: Jitesh

[tataŋ] noun grandfather

Speaker: Jitesh

[tepoe gangai] noun maize

Speaker: Jitesh

[ugum ugum] verb feel unpleasantly warm, stifled

Speaker: Jitesh

[uku uku] noun hide-and-seek

[ɟadu ʈuʈukatenko] noun magician

Speaker: Dinesh

[ɟoɟo] noun tamarind

Speaker: Dinesh

[ɟoɲ ɟoɲ] adjective pointed

Speaker: Jitesh

[ɽaʈapaʈa] verb crunch

Speaker: Jitesh

[ʈan ʈan saɽi] verb tinkle

Speaker: Pradip

[ʈuʈuka] noun wooden bell for cattle, cowbell

Speaker: Jitesh

[ʈuʈuka] noun wooden bell for cattle, cowbell

Speaker: Dinesh

[ʈuʈuka saɽi ] verb ring a cowbell

Speaker: Jitesh