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gain benefit from saying something vt. lugin

gallop vi-r. yo 

Gallus gallus n. parsin

gap (space in time) n. hapun 

gap (between two fingers) n. lachi papei/lachi papyo

gap (between two toes) n. liichi papei/liichi papyo

gape vt. gonko

gapingly adv. gonkopa

garden (near the house) n. balu

garden (distant from the house) n. yorlu
garden stake n. turtu-nanii

gargle vt. gompyu (Ha)/gompi (Bu)

garrulous adj. yaje

gasp v. sana

gate n. hagya

gather  

vi. adin
vi. akun

gather vt-r. nu

gathered together 

vsuff. -din
vsuff. -din...-pi
vsuff. -kun...-pa

gaze vt. kage piicha/kago piicha 

gecko 

n. sopin
n. sojan

generation

n. sampur (Hi)/sapur (Bu)
n. santun

generous  

adj. hapu-ripu
adj. kobyan

Genitive case postposition post. ka

Genitive case suffix post. -ka

gentle (mild-mannered)

adj. hendi 
adj. hendi-miidi 

germinate vt-r. bu

germination (of plants) n. buniin

get vt. pai*

get accustomed to vt. hennyo-miinyo

get angry 

vi. budu
vi. hadii

get angry (at the slightest cause) vi. hadii-diiga

get burnt vi. yabya-yalya

get bored (of doing something) vsuff. -be

get excited 

vi. ducha
vi. sacha

get heated vi. yabya

get married (for a male) vcn. nyimii la

get off the bed vi. bari

get one's fingers, etc. pinched vt. miini

get oneself run over (by a vehicle) vi. harje-koje

get rid of 

vt. kumpa
vt. miipa

get ruined vi. yadu-yanyi

get something stuck to one's buttocks vt. kota

get the smell of something vt. nempa

get to vsuff. -pa

get together vi. akun

get up vi. guri

get up (from sleep)  

vcn. imi bari
vcn. imi guri/iminii guri

Ghost Tree (Sterculia urens) n. niiji sanii

Gibelion catla n. kopii ngiiyi

giblets (of fowls) n. paro-pakhii 

giddy 

adj. jinku
adj. sumu
adj. jinku sumu 

gift n. biniin

gigantic adj. kaye/kahe

ginger n. taki

ginger (small variety) n. kichi taki

gingiva n. hilu

girdle (female) n. biyan/khiipo biyan

girl n. nyimii

girlfriend 

n. mundo
n. nyimun

give vt-r. bi

give (temporarily) vt. bilya

give (in advance) vt. bimyo

give away vt. bipa

give back vt. bikur

give insight vt. tonser

give light vt. behu

give up 

vt. apa
vt. opa

giver n. binii/biniibo

gizzard n. artu

glance vt. karo

glare vt. kanyan

glass bead (variety) 

n. bimpu
n. bimpu ami
n. tado
n. pike tasan
n. nyime perun/nyime peron
n. lebu ralin
n. pilya papu
n. sambyu 
n. sampyu
n. sankhe page
n. santer
n. alan

glide 

vi-r. ja
vi-r. ya

 glide down vi-r. ya

 gliding n. janiin

glittering  adj. kiilo/kiilyan-kiilo

globe n. apu
 
gloomy (face, look) adj. moyu

glow vi-r. hu

gluey adj. jebi

glutton n. diire tanche

gluttonous adj. diibun

go

vi-r. in
vi-r. cha   
vi-r. to
vi-r. lin 
vi-r. bo

go (vehicle) vi-r. har

go and do something! (imperative) 

vsuff. -he
vsuff. -nge

go astray vi-r. ngo

go-between n. gyuntan

go in vi-r. a

go back

vi. inkur
vi. chakur  
vi. tokur
vi. linkur    
vi. bokur 

go (around)  vi. inhii-inkhe

go (beyond the limits)

vi. inhii
vi. chahii  
vi. tohii
vi. linhii    
vi. bohii
go (home) vi-r.
go out
vi-r. lin
vi. linpo
go overtime vsuff. -kan
go up/northward vi-r. cha
goat n. siibin
going
n. inniin
n. chaniin  
n. toniin
n. linniin    
n. boniin 
going to vsuff.+vt-r. -pa mii
goitre n. giipii

gold n. ayin

golden (colour) adj. pyamin

Golden-throated Barbet (Megalaima franklinii) n. piige 

gonorrhoea n. tayin koya/tai koya

good adj. aya

good (at something) vsuff. -la

good (to eat) adj. diipyo

good-looking adj. aya

good-manner n. biiju-miiju

goose n. pakan

goose pimples n. uyi pami

gossip vt-r. khan

gossip n. khanniin

grab 

vt-r. ga/gar    
vt-r. sii
vt. gagin    

grade adj. hakun-hanyi

gradual adj. haso

grain (of cereals, fruits, etc.) n. kormo

grain for poultry n. empyan

grainlike thing class. per- (Ha,Hi)/pyar (Bu)

grainy (appearance on skin) adj. tabu-taru

granary n. nesu

granary (small-sized) n. nesu-suchi

granary (large-sized) n. nesu-suro

grandchild n. oho ashi/oho asi

grandfather (term of address) n. ato 

grandfather (term of reference) n. atobo

grandmother (term of address) n. ayo 

grandmother (term of reference) n. ayobo
grandparents n. ato-ayo

grape n. shati

grasp

vt-r. ga 
vt. gatu    
vt-r. sii

grasp (with pincers) vt-r. pyo

grass (for use as animal feed) n. hiisan

grass (variety for cattle) n. polan

grass (variety) n. tagin-taje

grasshopper n. koha/kuha

grave n. byu

gravel n. siikhii yalan

gravy n. ala

grazing ground for animals 

n. lutii    
n. giira

grazing grounds (in general) n. lutii-giira

grease n. hulyi

great adj. kaye

Great Barbet (Megalaima virens) n. pengu 

Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) n. piigya

Greater Plantain (Plantago major) n. mepi haman

great grandfather (term of address) n. akha ato 

great grandfather (term of reference) n. akha atobo

great grandmother (term of address) n. akha ayo 

great grandmother (term of reference) n. akha ayobo

greedy adj. chahi/chayi 

green adj. salyi

green (dark) 

adj. salyi kiina
adj. salyi koman

Green Rat Snake (Rhadinophis prasina/Ptyas nigromarginata) n. biishan/biihan/bushan tabu/tabu-bushan

green vegetable n. haman

green vegetables (variety)

n. aji padii haman
n. genda haman/halyan haman.
n. giyan haman
n. hiigu haman 
n. hiinyur haman
n. hiipe haman
n. hiiro haman
n. kochi haman
n. kuku lyolye haman
n. o khuyi haman/o haman/akho haman
n. lepi
n. luli haman
n. ngiilyan khiiko haman
n. raru haman
n. riri haman
n. sia haman
n. tabu choka haman
n. tayi haman/lanchan tayi haman
n. pulu tayi haman
n. tape/ayo tape/epe
n. yorkhun haman
greenish-blue adj. jiji

grey (colour) adj. mubu/mubu-mulu

grey hair n. dimpu

grin vi. hile

grin (at someone) vi. hiter

grind vt. parmii

grind (esp. dry things) vt. kere

grind (esp. millet) vt-r. rii

grip 

vt-r. ga
vt. gagin
vt. gatu

groan vi. siikhin

groin  n. harche

group  n. apun

group (of people) 

n. atan
n:qual. atan
n. arpu
n. pyapyun
class. ton-/tan-

grow (from a tree stump/rhizome) vi. armyun

grow (out of proportion) vi-r. go

grow up vi. sancha

grow up (horn/tooth) vi. po

grudge 

vi. heu
vi. kau

grue (colour) adj. jiji 

grunt (of a pig, e.g.) n. koe

Grus nigricollis n. kenda/kena

guard vt. dagur

guest n. nyibo

guide (in life) vt. sangii

gulp down vt. sayi

gulp down (beverage) vt. kudu

gum (vegetable) n. sankhan

gums n. hilu

gun n. mubu (Hi)/bebu (Bu)/bibu

gunny bag n. niire pulye

gusto vsuff. -ji

guts n. akhii

Gymnostema pentaphyllum n. riiko