Ho English

[arandi sonpon] noun in-law

Speaker: Mahipal

[aː colcol] noun beak

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: Manisha

[babata] noun scabies

Speaker: Jitesh

[balbal, balbal ɟero] verb perspire

Speaker: Jitesh

[balbal, balbal ɟero] verb perspire

Speaker: Dinesh

[barabari bai tijaʔ] verb make equal

Speaker: Jitesh

[basa sai] noun camp, encampment

Speaker: Jitesh

[baːla saka kan hapanum] noun fiancée (female)

Speaker: Jitesh

[beteʔ beteʔ] verb cut into small pieces

Speaker: Jitesh

[bijuŋ bijuŋ] adjective dizzy

Speaker: Manisha

[bumburi] noun rash or measles-type skin disease

Speaker: Manisha

[burbuɽiʔ ] noun bubble

Speaker: Jitesh

[cacaʔ] verb tear

Speaker: Jitesh

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

Speaker: Dinesh

[daʔ daʔ tijaʔ] noun liquid

Speaker: Jitesh

[didi] noun vulture

Speaker: Jitesh

[dub̚ cũlocũlum] verb squat

Speaker: Jitesh

[dudulum, dudələm] noun pigeon

Speaker: Jitesh

[dudulum, dudələm] noun pigeon

Speaker: Seleshtina

[durdur] noun waterfall

Speaker: Jitesh

[gangai] noun corn

Speaker: Subhash

[gangai] noun maize

Speaker: Dinesh

[gungu] noun wife of the younger brother of the father; younger sister of the mother

Speaker: Jitesh

[guɽ dandaʔ] noun sugar cane

Speaker: Jitesh

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

Speaker: Jitesh

[hopor hoporte] verb crawl

Speaker: Jitesh

[hopor hoporte] verb crawl

Speaker: Dinesh

[horo cocoeʔ] noun wall lizard

Speaker: Jitesh

[iʔiʔ] noun excrement

Speaker: Jitesh

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

Speaker: Jitesh

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

Speaker: Mahipal

[kaka hon] noun cousin (general)

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon kowa] noun male cousin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kaka hon onɖi kowa] noun younger male 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

[kakala] verb shout

Speaker: Pinchi

[kakaru] noun gourd

Speaker: Subhash

[kakaru] noun pumpkin

Speaker: Jitesh

[kismis] noun raisin, currant

Speaker: Subhash,
Dialect: from Hindi

[kismis] noun raisin, currant

Speaker: Subhash,
Dialect: from Hindi

[kukuru] adjective hollow (of a tree)

Speaker: Manisha

[kurkur] adjective angry

Speaker: Jitesh

[kurkuren] verb offend

Speaker: Pradip

[lainlain] noun rows

Speaker: Jitesh

[lele] noun bee

Speaker: Jitesh

[lele] noun bee

Speaker: Seleshtina

[lele daka] noun bee hive

Speaker: Jitesh

[lele daka] noun bee hive

Speaker: Seleshtina

[liʈib liʈib, ləʈib ləʈib] verb palpitate

Speaker: Jitesh

[lolo] noun heat

Speaker: Jitesh

[lolo] adjective hot

Speaker: Manisha

[lula langara] noun cripple

Speaker: Dinesh

[mamaraŋ] adjective proud

Speaker: Jitesh

[marmar] noun scorpion

Speaker: Jitesh

[marmar] noun scorpion

Speaker: Seleshtina

[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

[pampal] noun butterfly, moth

Speaker: Seleshtina

[papari] adjective old

[pisir pisir gama] noun drizzle

Speaker: Pradip

[pisir pisir gama] noun drizzle

Speaker: Subhash

[po poeda] noun semen

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

[rubu rubu doja] adjective hunch-backed

Speaker: Manisha

[rẽjo rẽjo] noun squeak (wheel)

Speaker: Pradip

[sal baba] noun November - December

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasan] noun burial place

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasaŋ] noun turmeric

Speaker: Jitesh

[sasaŋ] noun turmeric, a spice

Speaker: Dinesh

[sasaŋ] noun yellow

Speaker: Jitesh

[sisir daʔ] noun dew

Speaker: Subhash

[sisir daʔ, sisir daʔa] noun dew

Speaker: Pradip

[surpaŋ, susurpaŋ] noun wasp

Speaker: Seleshtina

[susun] verb dance; make dance

Speaker: Dinesh

[sususuŋger] noun soldier

Speaker: Mahipal

[susuŋer] noun soldier

Speaker: Jitesh

[tata] noun grandfather

Speaker: Jitesh

[tataŋ] noun grandfather

Speaker: Jitesh

[tataŋ] noun grandfather

Speaker: Mahipal

[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

[ɟoɟo] noun tamarind

Speaker: Dinesh

[ɟoɲ ɟoɲ] adjective pointed

Speaker: Jitesh

[ʈuʈuka] noun wooden bell for cattle, cowbell

Speaker: Dinesh

[ʈuʈuka saɽi ] verb ring a cowbell

Speaker: Jitesh