cabbage n. kobi*

Cabbage Leaf Mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa) n. giyan haman

cable (metallic) n. sosin

cage vt-r. tun

cajole vt-r. anyo

calculate vt-r. khii

calf (cow) n. sii atu

calf (deer) n. siidin atu

calf (mithun) n. subu atu

calf (of leg) n. liisi

call vt-r. gyoniin 

call (someone) vt-r. gyo 

call (back) vt. gyokur

call (something by a particular name) vt-r. lu

calm adj. yanu

calm (patient/confident) adj. hatii

calm down (result) vsuff. -lo

calm down (someone from his anger) vt. yarlo

calm down (someone verbally) vt. lulo

calmly  

adv.  yanupa
adv.  hatii-miilii

can 

vsuff.  -ken/-kin
vsuff.  -kendo/-kindo
vsuff. -lakendo/-lakindo

cancel (something through thought) vt. hempya 

canal n. bogo/yasi bogo

cane n. yaso

cane (variety)

n. taser
n. sargyun
n. sarlan
n. tachi
n. taha
n. takhe
n. tapi/tarpi
n. lyunchan

cane loop (fixed on mithun horns to tie it before sacrifice) n. subu riigo

cane rope n. saha/siiha (Hi)

canine tooth n. diipyo ahi

Canis aureus n. siipya

cannot

vsuff.  -kenma/-kinma
vsuff. -lakenma/-lakinma 
vsuff. -lama

Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) n. biser/siibi-biser

cap n. tupi*

cap (traditional) n. byopa 

capable vsuff. -la

Capricornis miineedwardsii n. kiidi siibin

car 

n. paji*
n. gari*

Carambola tree (Averrhoa carambola) n. kordo*

Carassius carassius n. lanchan ngiiyi

carbon particles from smoke n. muku-mui

Cardamine hirsuta n. aji padii haman

Cardamom (Elletaria cardamomum) n. ilaichi*

careless 

adj. chudu-chubo
adj. huha

carelessly vsuff. -pa...-ma

caress 

vt-r. hi
vt. hika
vt. poi-poso

caress n. hiniin

careful (in speaking) adj. lujer

caring (of something) n. ruguniin  

caring (kindly) nphr. aha keyin

carnelian bead n. lebu

carnelian bead (variety)  

n. lebu ralin
n. rinyo lebu 
n. yasi lebu

carriage n. baniin

carrier (person) n. banii 

carrier (tool) n. ba-nanii

carrot n. gajer*

carry 

vt-r. ba
vt-r. gii 
vt-r. jo  
vt-r. bar

carry (a baby across one's chest) vt. korii 

carry (astride on the shoulders) vt. halyan piidi (Hi)/hoyi tani (Bu)

carry (by means of a shoulder strap) vt-r. kokho

carry (in one's arms, esp. kid) vt-r. go

carry (on one's body) vt-r. gii

carry (on the back of something/on one's shoulder or head) vt-r. ba

carry (on the shoulder or by hand) vt-r. jo 

carry (with a horizontal bar/rod) vt-r. bar

carry (with one's hands) vt. jojokhe

carry (across) 

vt. babo
vt. giibo 
vt. jobo  
vt. barbo

carry (along with oneself) 

vt. bagii
vt. giigii 
vt. jogii  
vt. bargii

carry (along with someone)

vt. babo
vt. giibo 
vt. jobo  
vt. barbo

carry (around, from one place to another) 

vt. bahii-bakhe
vt. giihii-giikhe 
vt. johii-jokhe  
vt. barhii-barkhe

carry (as a trial/to see what happens) 

vt. baka
vt. giika 
vt. joka  
vt. barka

carry away (river) vt. tulo

carry (for someone) 

vt. babi
vt. giibi 
vt. jobi  
vt. barbi

carry (improperly/ackwardly) 

vt. baku-balya
vt. giiku-giilya 
vt. joku-jolya  
vt. barku-barlya 

carry (in) 

vt. balii
vt. giilii 
vt. jolii  
vt. barlii 

carry (mistakenly or inadvertently) 

vt. bapu
vt. giipu 
vt. jopu  
vt. barpu  

carry (outside) 

vt. balin
vt. giilin 
vt. jolin  
vt. barlin

carry (some more) 

vt. babyan
vt. giibyan 
vt. jobyan  
vt. barbyan

carry (together/jointly, on the back of something) 

vt. baba
vt. babin 
vt. bakun
vt. bayin

carry (together/jointly, on the shoulder or by hand) 

vt. joba
vt. jobin 
vt. jokun
vt. joyin

carry (together/jointly, with a horizontal bar/rod)

vt. barba
vt. barbin 
vt. barkun
vt. baryin

carry (up) 

vt. bacha
vt. giicha 
vt. jocha  
vt. barcha

carry bag n. jola

carrying fare n. bajo

carrying handle n. jogin

cast (stick, spear) vt-r. chi

castrate  vcn. artin ku

casual  adj. dumin

casual (unimportant) adj. amii-alo

casual rate n. khiiju/dumin khiiju

casually vsuff. -min...-yin

cat n. ami

cataract n. ami talu

catch (fish with a pole) vt-r. tii/ti (Hi)

catch (with the hand)

vt-r. la  
vt. latu

catch (by gripping)

vt-r. ga  
vt. gatu

catch (someone by holding his body by both hands) 

vt-r. chi  
vt. chitu

catch (in a noose trap) vt-r. ho

catch (in a snare) vt-r. pyar

catch (along with someone) 

vt. labo 
vt. gabo   
vt. chibo

catch (and hold firmly) 

vt. latu 
vt. gatu  
vt. chitu

catch (before anyone else does) 

vt. gapyo 
vt. lapyo  
vt. chipyo

catch (for someone) 

vt. labi 
vt. gabi     
vt. chibi

catch (someone together/jointly by holding his body by both hands)  

vt. chiba  
vt. chibin  
vt. chikun  
vt. chiyin 

catch (together/jointly with the hand)   

vt. laba  
vt. labin  
vt. lakun  
vt. layin

catch (together/jointly by gripping)   

vt. laba  
vt. labin  
vt. lakun  
vt. layin

Catchfly (Silene sp.) n. jojuru

catch hold of vt-r. sii/shii

catching 

n. laniin 
n. ganiin     
n. chiniin

caterpillar n. pombo/pomo

caterpillar (variety) 

n. ipun tarun 
n. yalan pomo

Catla Fish (Cattla cattla) n. kopii ngiiyi

cattle 

n. dorlo
n. dorlo-siibo
n. sii-subu

cattle bull n. siibo

cattle bucrane (used as a warning sign against intrusion from outsiders) n. dapo-pogyan  

Catopuma temmincki n. solan

caught vsuff. -he

cauldron n. kera piichan

cause  

vsuff. -gii 
vt. miigii

cause (someone to do something) vsuff. -gii

cause (a burn) vt. miibya

cause (annoyance or irritation) 

vt. miibyu 
vt. miibyu-lubyu

cause (annoyance by talking) 

vt. lulu 
vt. lulu-lugo

cause (conflict by arguing) vt. lubyu

cause (confusion in doing something) vt. miilu-miile

cause (physical pain or injury) vcn. une miigii

cause (something to burn) vt. miibya 

cause (sprain/injury by beating with a stick or rod) vt. dankhii

cautious (in speaking) adj. lujer

cavity (in soil) n. rabu/ubu-rabu

caw (frog) vi-r. kho  

celebrate (festival) vt-r. so

celebration n. soniin

ceiling battens n. manko

ceiling floor n. reke

ceiling rack n. bade/yo bade (Hi,Ho)/khachi/yo lankhan (Ha,Bu)

cellulitis n. tiike diiniin 

Centella asiatica n. ngiilyan khiiko. 

center n. liipa

centipede n. tarji

central adj. liipa

ceremonial friend (Apatani)

n. bunii ajin

n. punyan ajin/piinyan ajin

n. khiibo ajin

ceremonial friend (non-Apatani) 

n. manyan/baro manyan
n. gyatu ajin 

ceremony (collective ritual) 

n. ditun
n. potun 

ceremonies (collective rituals) n. ditun-potun

certain (that) part. ke/kii

chafer (Cetonia aurata) n. jojer

chaff n. piinan

chaffy (grain) adj. asu

chain n. ranyi

chair n. soki* 

challenge 

vt-r. lar
vt. larka

challenge (someone verbally) vt. lukha

Chameleon Plant (Hottuniya cordata) n. sia haman/siyan haman

Champa Tree (Michelia champaca) n. salyo sanii/selyo sanii

chance (be/have a) vsuff. -dii

change (do differently) vsuff. -gu

change (direction) vi. ingu

change (one's action/work/activity) vt. miihii-miikhe

change (one's view/opinion) vt. luhii-lukhe

change (someone's name) vt. myangu

change (the subject) vt. luser

change into (transform) vt-r. lyi

changed vsuff. -hii...-khe

chank shell bead n. sampo/sampu

chank shell bead (variety) 

n. sampo/sampu
n. sanje-sampu
n. hiiku

chank shell beaded necklace n. sampo tasan/sampu tasan

chank shell beaded necklace (priestly) n. milo sampo/milo sampu

chank shell necklace fastener n. sango tape

channel (in a rice field for drainage) n. mugo

chant (by priest) 

vt-r. bar
vt-r. be
vt-r. hi

chant (priestly)  

n. barniin
n. beniin
n. hiniin

chant (*ayu song)  vcn. ayu yu

character n. henju-hemmyo

charcoal n. yamu miiri

charge (interest) vt-r. bar

charge (with a crime) vt. khelii (Hi)/khiilii (Bu)

charming adj. harhu

chase n. miijomonniin

chase 

vt-r. ru
vt-r. mo (Ha)/mon (Bu)
vsuff. -jo
vsuff. -jomo (Ha)/jomon (Bu)  
vt. miijomo (Ha)/miijomon (Bu)   
vt. rujo

chase (a person or an animal to shoot him/it) vt. ejo 

chase (away) vt. mopa (Ha)/monpa (Bu)

chasm n. pabu

chat  

vt. khan  
n. khanniin

cheap (in price) adj. khiima/khiimanii

cheat vt. talu balo

cheek n. morun

cheekbone n. mogo alo/morun alo

chest n. habyan

chestnut n. kiira/kiira ahi

chestnut tree  (Castanopsis sp.) n. kiira sanii

chestnut tree  (old) n. rakha

chestnut tree  (young/sapling) n. rapa

chestnut tree  (variety)

n. korbin
n. rahu
n. raka
n.  riihin/rihin

chew vt-r. nyen

chick n. pachu/paro-pachu

Chick Weed (Ageratum conyzoides) n. hiiyi tami

chicken n. pachu/paro-pachu

chicken (adolescent) n. piibya (Hi)/pabya (Bu)

chicken carrier/cage n. pater/paro-pater

chicken coop n. piiri/paro piiri  

chicken feed n. pamin

chicken louse n. pami/paro-pami

chicken pox 

n. talan
n. tabun-talyun

child (kid) n. hime

child (son) n. oho

child's spouse's father (term of address) n. aba

child's spouse's father (term of reference) n. aba 

child's spouse's mother (term of address) n. ane/ama (Ha)

child's spouse's mother (term of reference) n. anii

children (kids) n. hime atan

children (sons and daughters) n. oho atan

Chilly  (Capsicum anuum) n. tali yordu

chilly adj. lakhii

chilly seed nphr. tero yorli

chin n. gompii 

Chinese Creeper (Mikania micrantha) n. riri haman

Chinese Green Onion (Allium fistulosum) n. tale (Ha, Bu)/lepi (Hi, Ho)

Chinese melon-shaped glass bead  n. page

Chinese melon-shaped glass bead (variety)

n. bilun page
n. halan page
n. horpu page 
n. pike page   
n. sankhe page    
n. sampyu page    
n. santer page     
n. saro page

Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadacyyla) n. siipi

Chinese Serow (Capricornis miineedwardsii) n. kiidi siibin

chink n. gorgi

chip n. papi

chisel (iron) n. piilo

choose  vt. kahe

choosy (about food)  adj. diihi-diimi

choosy (about food and drink)  adj. diihi-tanhi 

chop (with a machete or sword) vt-r. pa

chop (trunk) vt-r. po

chop down (tree) vt-r. tii 

chop off  

vt. papa     
vt. tiipa

chubby (child) adj. dedemiire

chuckle vt. ngarsi

Chukka (Croton roxburgii)  n. pai lamu

chunky adj. dedemiire  

cicada 

n. lil lilan (Ha)/lil lahan (Hi)
n. danyi chacha 

cicatrix n. giikor/giiko

Ciconia nigra n. yasi parin

Cinamon Tree (Cinamomum verum) n. kheyi/kehi/kei

Cinamon bark n. kheyi alyo/kehi alyo/kei alyo 

circle 

circle 

vt. jirhii
vi. jirhii 
vt. harhii
vi. harhii
n. goker

circle cane (used in rituals) n. soker

circle of friends n. ajin-apii

Cirrhinus cirrhosus Mrigal n. ponyo ngiiyi

citrus (variety) n. tiinga/nimbu* tiinga

civet n. siilii

claim (ownership) vt-r. chi

clayish soil n. diya/khiidi diya

clan (patrilineal) n. halu

clarify 

vsuff. -der
vt. hender 

clash (result) vsuff. -ya

clash (with someone)  

v. gasu-pasu
v. gaya
v. paya-gaya

clash (over eating something) v. diiya

Classifier for baskets carried by a strap around the forehead  class. gii-

Classifier for baskets carried by hand  class. po-

Classifier for bamboo mugs, cups, etc.   class. tur-

Classifier for bamboo sections used as receptacles  class. du- 

Classifier for bowls and bangles  class. ko- 

Classifier for buckets, bins  class. po-

Classifier for bunches, clusters  class. pun- (Hi)/pyun- (Bu) 

Classifier for bunches of flowers, beads, etc.  class. byan- 

Classifier for bundles of bamboos class. rii- 

Classifier for bundles of cane ropes class. kii-

Classifier for bundles of firewood class. ra-

Classifier for bundles of flat objects  class. chen-  

Classifier for bundles of threads  

class. hor-
class. po-

Classifier for cane haversacks (*lera) class. ra-

Classifier for colours  class. yo-

Classifier for days  class. lo-  

Classifier for discs or disc-like objects  class. bar-

Classifier for fathoms  class. lyen-

Classifier for finger widths 

class. ha-
class. tin- 

Classifier for foot steps, paces  class. da- 

Classifier for foot steps (of ladder, staircase, etc.)  class. ha-

Classifier for fowls  class. ro-

Classifier for granaries  class. su-

Classifier for groups, bands, flocks  class. ton-

Classifier for houses and other building structures  class. pen-

Classifier for ladles or ladlefuls  class. ju-

Classifier for large sized quadrupeds, four-wheeled motor vehicles  class. dor- 

Classifier for long cylindrical or spherical objects  class. bu-

Classifier for long, thin objects or living things  class. so-

Classifier for loops and other circular things  class. kar-

Classifier for nights  class. yo-

Classifier for night cycles  class. i-

Classifier for outer layers of split bamboo poles  class. yar-

Classifier for pieces of clothing  class. ber- (Hi)/byar- (Bu)

Classifier for plates  class. ku-

Classifier for plots of land   class. par-

Classifier for pots, pans  class. chan- 

Classifier for punches, times, holes  class. u- 

Classifier for rice fields  class. gar- 

Classifier for roads, paths, ways  class. bya- 

Classifier for seasons, generations, times, folds, doses  class. ron-

Classifier for sheets of paper, volumes of books  class. ta-

Classifier for small, grain-like things  class. par-/per-

Classifier for spherical or globular objects  class. pu- 

Classifier for sticks  class. kho-

Classifier for stick spans or forearm spans  class. tu-

Classifier for tasks to be performed  class. po- 

Classifier for trunks, wooden logs  class. po- 

Classifier for types, kinds  class. lyo-/yo-

Classifier for villages  class. pon- 

Classifier for walls  class. byar- 

Classifier for wheels and other large cylindrical objects class. po-

Classifier for years class. nyan-

Classifier for stanzas of *ayu songs  class. pen-

classy adj. huta

claw n. liigyu

clay n. dekin

clay pot n. dekin piichan

clean adj. darii

clear (evident) adj. darii  

clear (hearing) adj. rubi

clear (result) vsuff. -der

clear (water) adj. darii 

cleft lip n. nyachu paja/yachu paja (Hi)

Clerodendrum colebrookianum n. pato haman

clever

adj. hela
adj. piibi

cleverly vsuff. -cher

cliff n. ditin

climb 

climb 

vt-r. cha
n. chaniin

climb (back) vt. chakur 

climb (before someone else does) 

vt. chago
vt. chanu

climb (till the destination is reached) vt. chape

climb up vt. giicha

cling (to something tightly)

vt. garti
vt. gartin

clip 

vt. kode
n. kode-nanii

clitoris n. pelyin

clock n. gori* 

close (directional) 

vsuff. -de
vsuff. -nii

close    

vsuff. -pin/-pyan
vt. miipin
vsuff. -tin

close (door) vt. yachi

close (hand) vt. lapu

close (intimate) adj. aran/uran

close (mouth) vt. gompin/gompyan 

close (something by pushing) vt. nantin

close (something by rolling a rounded object over it) vt. jirpin 

close (the mouth) vt. gonpin/gompin 

close (eyes) vt. miti

close (with the hand) vt. lapin

close (with a lid or cork) vt. atu

 close (with something) 

vt. jopin
vt. jotin

close to advphr. biilyo ho

closely (directional) vsuff. -de

closely adv. adomapa

closely class. byar-

closed-fisted hand n. lapu

cloth  

n. pulye
class. byar-/ber-

cloth button n. pulye lako

clothing style 

n. giiju
n. giiju-giimyo

cloud n. jomii/jomu

Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) n. hogya-gyamu

cloudy adj. domin

cluster n. apun- (Hi)/apyun- (Bu)

clutch vt. gati

coagulated blood n. ayi-yilin 

coal n. muri/miiri

coat 

n. pulye
n. tongo

Cobra Snake (Naja Kaouthia/Ophiophagus hannah) I'm about to have my dinnerborta-tabu (Hi)/burta-tabu/buta-tabu

Cobra Lily (Arisaema sp.) n. uyi tanyi 

cob (of corn/maize) n. piiko

cobweb n. rimi tasun/rimbi dansun (Hi)   

cock n. ropo/paro-ropo

cockfeathers n. miigan

cockroach n. tati

cockscrow n. paro khoniin

coddle (baby, animal) vt. miibu-miiga

coil (thread) vt-r. lin

cold  

adj. chanchan
adj. lakhii 

cold (illness) n. sarin

cold season  

n. dorii piilo
n. tapin piilo/tiipin piilo

collapse vi. giiyi

collect vt-r. nu

collect (firewood) vt-r. lyo

collect (firewood together/jointly) 

vt. lyoba
vt. lyobin 
vt. lyokun
vt. lyoyin

collect (building materials) vt-r. na 

collect (firewood along with someone) vt. lyobo

collect (gather) vt-r. hu

collect (honey) vt-r. len

collect (liquid) vt-r. ha

collect (with a basket or a net) vt-r. ha

collect (together/jointly) 

vt. huba
vt. hubin 
vt. hukun
vt. huyin

collect (together/jointly, with a basket or a net) 

vt. haba
vt. habin 
vt. hakun
vt. hayin

collect (with hands) vt-r. ho

collecting n. laniin

collectively vsuff. -kun

collide 

vt-r. tii
vt. tiida
vt. tiidin 
vt. tiidin-tiipi

Colocasia esulenta n. inhe

colour striped adj. rimyo-riso

color (chemical dye) n. ron*

Columba leuconata n. ude paku

Columba pulchricollis n. khentii paku

comb  

n. akhii/adin akhii
vt. dintu

combine  

vt-r. adin
vsuff. -din

combine (two or more things so as to make a pile) vt. tadin 

combined vsuff. -gyo

come 

vi-r. a
vi-r. ha

come close

vi. ade
vi. anii

come (home) vi-r. a

come (inside to do something) vsuff. -ha/-a 

come (in to gossip) v. khanha

come (out) 

vi-r. lin
vi. linpo

come on interj. kiije

comfortable adj. henjun

commission (paid to a mediator in a trade deal) n. dujo/dujo mudu

commit (mistake inadvertently) vt. miipu

commit (adultery) vt. ipyo 

commit (blunder) vt. miigya

commit (offense/crime) vt. miigya

commitment n. golin kuniin

Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) n. ngiiyi

Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops) n. pagi yarii

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) n. yasi pari

Common Indian Monitor (Varanus bengalensis) n. gyoyi tabu

Common Myna (Acridotheres tristi) n. halika*

Common Walnut (Juglans regia) n. hiiho sanii

community  n. butii

compare 

vsuff. -tin
vt. khiitin

compete vsuff. -go...-lo

 

complain vt-r. shor

 

complete (doing something)

vsuff. -ja

vsuff. -me

vsuff. -me...-ja

vsuff. -thii

vt. miija

vt. miime

vt. miime-miija

complete/conclude a speech  

vt.  luja

vt.  lume

vt.  lume-luja

complete (the cooking of something) vt. khiija

completely vsuff. -nya

comprise vt. dogyo 

conceal  

vt-r. chun

vsuff. -chun

vt. jochun 
vt. pechun

vt. sanchun

concentrated (food, beverage) adj. hiinin

condemn vt. lupa

cone (of conifers) n. sakhu/piisa-sakhu

confident  

adj. hathii

adj. peko
adj. pepe siire

confine vt-r. tun

conflict  

vsuff. -byu

n.  gasu-pasu

confortable adj. henjun

confuse someone (bewilder) vcn. henko-hempe mii/hinko-himpe mii (Hi)

confused 

adj. akhiin-amii

vi. henko-hempe/hinko-himpe (Hi)

vi. hempun-henka  

adj. rimi romo   
adj. susumomo
vsuff. -khiin...-mii 
vsuff. -lu....-le 

confused (by what one hears) vi. tamur

confused (by what one sees) vi. kamur 

confusion  n. apun-aka

connect

vt-r. me

vt. medin-mepi

vt. mesi

vt. mesi-meme

consist of vt. dogyo

console (child) vt-r. mya

conspire vt-r. ru

consume (food exagerately/wastefully) vt. diikho

consume (one's provisions exagerately/wastefully) vt. diikho-tankho

construct (house) vt-r. pen (Ha, Bu)/pin (Hi)

construction 

n. penniin (Ha, Bu)/pinniin (Hi)
class. pen- (Ha, Bu)/pin- (Hi)

container (bamboo) 

n. sudu
class. du-

contents (of a book) n. giiniin

continually and regularly adv. tiilii-tiilii 

continuously vsuff. -jo...-jo

continuously (generated) adv. shuhu

contract vi. betun

contribute vt. bibo

contribution n. mihin

convenient adj. miiji-miipa

convenient (for)

vsuff. -ji

vsuff. -ji...-pa

converse (with someone) vt. lurii

convince (persuade) vt-r. yar

convince (people one by one) vt. yarsi/yarsi-yarsi 

cook (by boiling) vt-r. khii

cook (for someone) vt-r. khiibi

cook (the wrong way) vt. khiikha

cook (till dry) vt. khiipa

cooked adj. amin

cooked rice n. apin

cooking n. khiiniin

cooking way/procedure n. khiiju

cool adj. habun

cool (moderately cold) adj. helye

coop up vt-r. tun

cooperatively vsuff. -gya

copy (what someone is doing) 

vsuff. -lyan
vt. miilyan

correct vt. miider

correctly vsuff. -da

cork n. atu-nanii 

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) n. dunyan*

corn n. tanyi

corn (on foot) n. tayin tarpin/tai tarping

corner (of a house)  

n. baran/baran-bako
n. khonchan/ude khonchan

corner (of the hearth) n. ugu pachan

cornsilk n. tanyi marpu

corpse (dead body) n. siima

correct vt. miider

correctly vsuff. -da

Corvus macrorhynchos n. piiha/puha

cosmos n. siichan miido

cost vt-r. khii

cost (a lot or too much) vt. khiiga

costly adj. khiinii

cotton n. empya

cough n. sarin

cough vcn. sarin sa

could not [do] vsuff. -lakuma

count vt-r. khii

count (as) vt-r. khii

count (as a trial) vt. khiika 

count (fast) vt. khiiga 

count (in a confused or confusing manner) vt. khiilu-khiile

count (incorrectly) vt. khiika

count (the major part of something) vt. khiikhu-khiiche

counting  

n. khiiniin

n. khiikaniin

counting stick vt. koter

courageous vt. haro

cover 

vsuff. -pu

vt.  miipu

cover (one's head with a blanket or cloth) vt. kulu

cover (something) vt. pulu

cover (with a cloth) vt. kepu

covetous adj. kau

cow n. sii 

cow (as opposed to bull) n. sii hiinii/siinii

cow (heifer) n. siido

cow dung n. sii ikha

cow skin n. siilyo

coward/cowardly  

adj. hame

adj. miju

adj. miju-mija

nphr. aha piimo

cowrie shell n. takin

cowrie sword strap n. tahin/tayin

cozy vi. gubu giiba

crabby (bad-tempered) adj. hindii

crack 

vi-r. bar

vt-r. de

vt-r. ta

vt. beche

vt. tache

vi.  tache 

crack (in bund) n. dego

crack (in glass, mirror) n. yalo

crack (in rock, wall, floor) n. gorgi

crack (jokes) vt-r. so

crack (with an axe or a hoe) vt-r. ta

crack (wood) vi. bekho

crack of dawn n:time konchi

crackle onom. buji-buji 

crackle (fire) vcn. buji-buji hon

Crassocephalum crepidioides n. genda haman/halyan haman.

crawdad n. tasin/tashin  

crawl vi-r. gu

crawl (snake) vi-r. lyi

crawl across vi. gubo 

crawl across (snake) vi-r. lyibo 

crawl through the thicket vi. par

crazy 

adj. rungya 

adj. rungya-ruya

create 

vt-r. pii 

vt. helin-miilin 

vt. miilin-lulin

created adj. punii/piinii

created thing n. punii/piinii

creation 

n. helin-miilinniin 

n. miilin-lulinniin

creator (unspecified) n. piinii/pinii-punii

creator (specified) n. piiniibo/pinii-puniibo

creature n. punii/piinii 

creep (plant) vi-r. man

creeper (generic) n. taru

Creeping Fern (Cyclosorus glandulosus) n. riji  

crevice n. gorgi

Creeping Woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) n. khuyi haman/o haman/hako haman (Du)

crisis n. hache/hache siire 

crispy adj. giire 

crisscross vt. leko

criticism

n. sarniin 

n. sarpaniin

criticize

vt-r. sar 

vt. sarpa 

vt. lupa

vt. nyapa

crooked adj. sulyi-sume

cross vi-r. bo

cross (river) 

vt-r. re   

vt. rebo

cross hatch vt. leko

cross sign (used as a warning sign) n. lako 

crossed (legs) adj. pake

cross-eyed adj. ami horlyi

crossed-legged adj. pake 

crossroad n. lembya-leran

crouch 

vi. chogin 

vi. poju (Bu)