labial commissure n. gonchan

 

ladder n. abya

 

ladle

n. yaju

class. ju-

ladle (rice or millet beer) n. o yaju

 

ladle (water) n. yasi yaju

 

ladleful class. ju-

 

'Ladies and Gentlemen' n. belunku

 

lag behind vcn. ami to

 

laggard adj. liikan

 

lair n. asi

 

lake n. siimi

 

lame (of feet) n. liicha

 

lame (of hands)

n. lacha

n. latu

lame (of feet and hands) n. liicha-lacha

 

land n. kiidi

 

land of the dead (for men who die of unnatural death) n. talii myoko 

 

land of the dead (for women who die of unnatural death) n. liibun myoko

 

land of the dead (for men and women who die of natural death) n.  neli

 

land of the dead (for persons who die by commiting suicide) n.  apya

 

landslide

n. chabya harniin

n. lampii

lane n. subu

 

language

n. agun

class. gon- 

langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) n. biser/siibi-biser

 

lap n. harpu

 

lapidate vt. rikhii

 

large

adj. kaye

rsuff. -ro

large (bamboo grove, garden) adj. ngoro 

 

large (piece of land) adj. poro

 

large (rice field) adj. garro

large (road) adj. byaro  

 

Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha) n. siilii

 

larynx n. gyuyi-gyuro 

 

larynx box n. lanchu

 

last (in doing something) vsuff. -myu

 

last evening n:time biilyin

 

last morning n:time biiro

 

last night n:time biiyo

 

last words spoken n. lumyu

 

last year n:time biinyan

 

lastly adv. kamijapa

 

latch (door) vt-r. ako

 

latch (of a door)

n. lyeko

n. lyepu

n. arko-nanii

late

adj. diirii/diirii lolyan

adj. pakhii

adv. kamipa

late evening 

nphr. alyin jimi jama
nphr. alyin kamo

late ripening variety of millet (general) n. sarse

late ripening variety of millet (variety) n. rube sarse

late ripening varieties of rice (general) n. emo

late ripening varieties of rice (variety)

n. emo
n. elan/emo-elan
n. empu/emo-empu
n. enkhe/emo-enkhe
n. rade emo
n. misan emo/mishan emo

lately  adv. kamipa

lately (recently)  adv. siilo-biilyo

lateral malleolus (bony protrusion at the side of ankle) n. liimin alo

latrine  adv. nekan 

laud vt. asan

 

laugh 

vt-r. ngar

vt. ngarka

n. ngarniin

laugh (heartily) vt. ngarhe/ngarheje 

 

laugh (to oneself) vt. ngarsi

 

laugh (with someone) vt. ngarbo

 

laugh at vt. ngarpa

 

laugh out vt. ngarpo

 

laughable vi. ngarnan

 

Laughing Thrush (Garrulax sp. or Turdus sp.) n. more pai 

 

laughter n. ngarniin

 

lawn n. lengo

 

lay (cloth, blanket)  vt-r. ke

 

lay (eggs)  vcn. papu pu

 

lay (foundations of a building)  vt-r. ari

 

lay (on the floor)

vt-r. api/apyu

vt-r. pi/pyu

lay (something breadth-wise) vt-r. sorpii 

 

lay a trap (esp. a loop or noose trap) vt-r. pe

 

lay a trap (esp. a spring action trap) vt-r. gii

 

lazy adj. asu

 

lead (in doing something) vsuff. -gii

 

lead (an animal ) vi-r. dar 

 

lead (a person somewhere) vi. ingii

 

lead to (result) vsuff. -gii

leaf n. anii/yanii

 

leaf (partially withered) n. sembi

 

leak vi. dodu

 

lean (on/against something) vi. teda

 

lean (human) adj. chaga-chaga

 

lean and thin (human) adj. riigii raga

 

lean and thin (animal) adj. sensii

 

leap

vi-r. ber/byar

vi-r. po

leap (as a frog) vi-r. be

 

learn

vt. chingii

vt. hengii

learn (from someone) vt. tagii-kagii

 

learn (from someone by listening) vt. tagii 

 

learn (from someone by seeing) vt. kagii

 

learn (from someone, esp. through books) vt./vcn. rigii/puri-rigii  

 

learned (knowledgeable) adj. kala-tala

least adj. icheja/ichuja

 

leather bag (variety) n. chiru

 

leave vi. inpa

 

leave (forget to take away) vcn./vt. aha ahii/ahii 

   

leave (a mark on something) vt. kaho

 

leech n. tape (Ha,Bu)/tiipe (Hi)

 

left (side, direction)

n. lachi

n. laku

left ear n. ruchi yaru/yaru-ruchi

 

left hand nphr. lachi ala

 

left leg/foot nphr. liichi ali

 

left direction nphr. lachi dalyi 

 

left leg n. liichi/liichi ali 

 

leftovers n. ame-aja/ame-aje

 

leftovers (of drinkables/smokeables)

n. tankhu

n. tale  

n. ta'ngo

leftovers (of eatables)

n. diikhu

n. diile  

n. dii'ngo

leg n. ali

 

leisurely vsuff. -min

 

Leiothrix lutea n. rahe

 

Lemon (Citrus limon)

n. nere tii'nga

n. nimbu* 

lend

vt. narpa

vt. bilya

length n. aso

 

leopard (Panthera pardus) n. hogya taker

 

lesser adj. icheya/ichuya

 

lesion 

n. une

n. une tare

Lesser Duckweed (Lemna minor) n. murta tapan

 

let vsuff. -kii/-ke

let me [do] vsuff. -kiinen pe/kenen pe

 

let me [do] first vsuff. -toranso 

 

let someone [do] 

vsuff. -kii/-ke

vsuff. -kiinen/kenen

let's vsuff. -sa

 

let's go (and do something) interj. kiije

 

let's not [do] vsuff. -masa

 

lethargic adj. miyo-miyo 

 

letter n. siti* 

 

level

adj. halyan

adj. hapa 

vt. nulyan

lever vt-r. ko

 

levy (fine) vt. pacha  

liar n. lyolichochi 

lichen n. yasan tapan tayin

 

lick

vt-r. alya/lya

vt. lyahi

vt. lyahi-lyaso

lid n. apu-nanii

 

lie

vt. amupa lu

vt. golu

lie

cop. do

cop. du

lie (beadthwise) vi. kopii

 

lie (in a 69 position, one's legs facing other's head) vi. doshi

 

lie (lengthwise) vi. koso

 

lie (with heads facing each other) adj. dopii 

 

lie down

cop. do

vi-r. gii

vi-r. lii

vi-r. shor

lie down (with/alongside someone) vi. liibo

 

life n. sango

 

lifestyle n. sanju

 

lift (on one's shoulder/in one's hand)

vt-r. jo

vt. joka

vt. jotu

lift (onto a higher level) vt. jocha

 

lift (to hold on arm/shoulder) vt-r. go

 

lift (with the palms of the hands) vt-r. pii

 

lift (with the tips of two fingers) vt. pintu

 

lift up (to cuddle a baby/child) vt. gocha

 

ligament n. aro

 

light 

n. huto

vt. behu

light (from a ray of sunlight) n. rinyi

 

light (colour) adj. sapu

 

light (sky) adj. huda 

light yellow adj. pilan-piku-pilya

 

lightning n. dolya

 

lightweight adj. haju

 

like

vt. hembyo

vt. kabyo

like part. hiilyan

 

-like

part. chikan

part. katu

part. kapa

like this  pron. siitan/siitampa

 

like that  

pron. hiitan/hiitampa

conj. hiila

limp vi-r. cho

 

line n. asii

 

line drawing n. riniin

 

line of the eyelid n. miri/ami-miri

 

lineage (patrilineal) n. uru

 

lion (Panthera lion) n. yanko patii

 

lip n. nyachu 

 

lip (lower) n. akan nyachu

 

lip (upper) n. ayo nyachu

 

liquid n. ala

 

liquor n. o

 

listen vt-r. ta

 

listen (attentively) 

vt. tage

vt. talya

listen together vt. tayin

 

lit (esp. a fire) vt. pagi

 

little

n:qual. ajer/ajerhe

n:qual. che/chehe

adv. lama-kiilin

little amount/quantity 

nphr. iche abu/ichu abu

n:qual. icheche/ichuche

little by little  adv. ajer-aber

 

Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri) n. chilyu

 

little finger  nphr. lachi hanya

 

little toe  nphr. liichi hanya

   

Litsea cubeba n. santu tero 

 

live (along with someone)

vi. sanbo

vi. santa

live (frugally) vi. milin/milyin

 

live (life) vi-r. san

 

live (reside) vi. dudu

 

live (reside, esp. by animals) vi. dadu

 

livelihood n. sango-gyago

 

lively adj. alyin

 

liver n. pahin

 

lizard

n. sojan

n. sopin

lizards (generic) n. sopin-sojan 

 

loan n. narpaniin

 

locust n. kormu

 

lock vt. hepin

 

lock (via crossbar) vt-r. arko

 

lock (crossbar) n. arko-nanii

 

log n. sampo

 

loin loom n. chichin

 

loin cloth (for men) n. sarbe/sabe

 

long

adj. iibyo 

adj. baso

suff. -so

long ago adv. bilo

 

long bean n. peron/perun

 

long for vt. kage-kage

 

long talk/speech n. lukanniin

 

look (appearance) n. aju

 

look

vt-r. ka

vt. kaka

vt. kapa

look (angrily at) vt. kakhe

 

look (appear) vt. kapa

 

look (around) vt. kahii-kakhe

 

look (askance/obliquely at)

vt. horlyi

vt. kalyi

vt. kamu/kamur

look (at someone with envy) vt. karin

 

look (back) vt. kakur

 

look (closely) vt. kakhe 

 

look (downward) vt. kalo

 

look (fixedly at) vt. kage

 

look (for a long time) vt. kakan

 

look (from a distance) vt. kathu 

 

look (from a place of hiding) vt. karo  

 

look (in a clumsy or ackward way) vt-r. hor

 

look (in detail) vt. kakha-kari 

 

look (upward) vt. kacha 

 

look after

vt. kage

vt. kage-tage

vt. helyan kada 

look alike

vi-r. gii

vi. kapu

look down (on someone) vt. sarpa

 

look for vt-r. me

 

look like vt. hubo-hulo

 

Look out!  interj. kabiidolatiika ah!   

 

look up (to someone) vt. kadu

 

looking glass n. kere talo

 

loom (element)

n. akan potin

n. ako potin
n. chiichin se  

n. gochi-nanii

n. lobu

n. lokho

n. lome
n. niiyi
n. pintu-nanii
n. tapii

loop class. kar-

 

loop (of plaited cane used to fix the upper end of a loin loom) n. chingyan

 

loop trap n. hoka

 

loose adj. are

 

loose (rope, snare) adj. giiru-giira

 

loose (tooth) adj. biilii

loose motion  

vcn. akhii har

n. akhii harniin

loosen 

vi. biisu

vsuff. -ro

loosen (rope) vt. tiiru  

 

Lophura leucomelanos n. parii

 

lose

vt. alyu

vsuff. -lyu

vt. bapa

lose (way) vi-r. ngo

 

lots (of) 

n:qual. abu

n:qual. biije

loud (sound) adj. tasu-tase

 

loud (voice) adj. goro

 

loudly adv. goropa

 

louse (chicken) n. pami/paro-pami

 

louse (head) n. takhe/takhii (Hi)

 

love  

vt-r. hen/hin (Hi)

n. henniin

love each other v. hensu

 

low

n. akan

adj. ako 

lower part n. akan

 

lower part of a village n. nenko 

 

lower side

n. ako

n. biipii

lowermost paddy field (of one's paddy fields) n. garko

 

lucky adj. aro

 

ludicrous vi. ngarnan

 

luggage n. dukhu-palyo (Ha, Bu)

 

lukewarm adj. gulun-giile 

lull vt-r. mya

lump of ash n. iti

lung n.  haru

lure vt. pigii

Lutra sp. n. siirin