Appendix:Nihali word list

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The following word list of the Nihali language is from Nagaraja (2014: 250-332).

Abbreviations used are:

  • Dravidian: Dr.
  • Indo-Aryan: IA

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Gloss Nihali Etymology Page
all of a sudden acaːnak Hindi
end (of a cloth worn by ladies) acaːr
to sneeze acchi- Dr./IA?
to dig acci-be
all of a sudden aḍawḍi
to burn (intr.) aḍek
to kindle (tr.) aḍek-kamaː-be
thick (e.g. cloth) addo
exchange adla-badli Hindi
train aggari Hindi
sweat agin (a ‘half long’)
to perspire agin-be
going – while agor-agor
to close (door) agri-be
to catch (animal, etc.) agur
these days ahun
husband’s younger sister aji
python ajigaːr Hindi
to vomit ajini
to bow/hold (leg) ajli-be
just now, soon aju
also ajyu
a kind of tree akaw aːḍḍo *
to hang something akha-be
finger akhanḍa
Pora festival akkhaːji
hook akoṛa
eleven akra Marathi
to thin a bamboo alago
new moon amso Hindi
to select anci-be
hello (to call attention of someone) ane
shirt angaːrako IA
to bathe angluj-be Marathi, Korku?
to yawn angub-be Korku
to bend anuj
to make to cry aːpakamaː-be
to wash (clothes: vigorously) apharaːṭini-be
to fly aphir- Korku
to make to fly aphirkam-be Korku
two and half araːy Hindi
to see, search ara-be
stale food (left over food) arangaːji
to remove some water from the pot, for carrying arej-be *
to weave (cloth) arku-be
to leave (behind something) arn
support (n.) asra Hindi
swing (n.) asuṛ
to swing asuṛ-be
person swinging asuṛ-re
to turn sides (a loaf) asur-ki
good (quality) awal-ka Hindi
good ayin
gently ayinkiben
mirror ayna Hindi
to break ayomkam-be
habit aːdat Hindi
tree aːḍḍo
tree trunk aːḍḍo bunḍi
feel lazy aːdmoskini
to fill (belly) aːgaːn
sky aːgaso IA
to sweat aːgin- Korku *
below, underneath aːhi
axle aːkhu Korku
quickly in fear aːlabaːla-ki
potato aːlu Hindi
story, tale aːna Korku
bad aːnḍa
a root like potato aːnḍij
husband staying with his in-laws aːnḍin
for, because aːnṭi (t)
to weep, cry (intr.) aːpa-be
to fly (some thing) aːphir kamaː-be
firewood aːpho, aːpo, aːpa
innocent aːraːni
to fall (tooth), break aːrom
to demolish aːromkamaː-be
idle aːrsa
to feel drowsy aːrsacakay
to make to stop weeping aːrthikamaː-be
to do aarti aːrtikam-be IA
eight aːṭho Hindi
husband aːṭo, aːṭho *
to round aːṭo-be
house aːwaːr
an edible root babra
a thorny bush babuːr Hindi
finger – little backa akhanḍa
narrow passage backa pasaːr
little, small, young backa/baska Hindi
child backari Hindi
(to be) similar badaː-ka
to scratch badaːr
duck badak Hindi
bad (person) baḍhwa Hindi?
cloud badra Hindi?
young one of buffalo bagarpaːlso
slowly bage-bage
silently bageṭika
to leave, release bakaːn-be
to bear fruit (plenty) bakaːyram
(he-goat) bakhra Hindi
hand and arm together bakko
lines (on palm) bakko khiːr *
wrist bakko minḍi-jikit
palm of hand bakko minjar
dorsum of hand bakko ṭephrej
to clasp (hands) bakko thapṭi-be
to cringe, withdraw (in fear) bakkuḍi
kid bakru Hindi
hill balla
hill side balla oṭoki
otherwise bammakey
wick bamra
to make cloth bana- Hindi?
flute – a type bancari Hindi
to close, shut (door) (intr.) banḍo-be Hindi
to close (door) (tr.) banḍo-kama- Hindi
together baraːbor Marathi?
song barow
to deliver/handover (something) baraw-be/baro-be
to accompany baraw-kam-be
to speak indistinctly barbar- IA
sickle bardo
noon, afternoon baripa *
calf – (female) basḍa Hindi
small, thin basel
bush, shrub basel aːḍḍo
young one basel hela
young(er) wife baselkoːl
to be thirsty baṭaːm
finger – little baṭka akhanḍa
mango baṭko
to check/inspect batni-be
bee – a type baṭṭa
wife’s younger sister bawan Korku?
father baː, aːba IA
father’s elder brother; father’s father baːba Hindi
paddy baːba Korku
paddy – a variety baːbakodaw
after baːdo Hindi
to thatch (with leaves) baːe-be
to get stuck, caught baːki-jere(y)
earring baːli IA
arrow baːn IA/Dr.?
trunk (of a tree) baːrbor minjar
to sing baːroː-be (< baːrow-be) *
monsoon baːrsaḍo Hindi
front part of house baːrya Hindi?
before baːsta
to bark (a dog) baːto
father (one’s own) baːw-re
muscle, biceps baːwṛi
today, now baːy
woman, elder sister baːy Hindi
village women baːy bawri Hindi
a kind of bird baːy piya
dull (knife, etc.) bebhum
opaque, not clearly visible beddiso
different-different bede-bede
quickly beḍe-beḍe Dr.?
useless be-ḍhang (< beṭhe-ḍhang) Hindi
to reap bekki-be
bael tree bela Hindi?
to mix bella
oar belsa IA
jungle bendi
a unit of length – thumb tip to small finger of a hand stretched benga *
blunt, not sharp benitto (ṭṭ) (< beṭhenitto)
close relatives bera
mad beriyay
to cut (wood) beri-be
spear bersi IA, Dr.?
nose ring besaːr Dr.?
no, not beṭhe
inside, under bether Hindi
to split (wood) bethri-be
to die betto-be (ṭṭ)
to become sick beymaːr-be Hindi
musical pipe of snake charmer beyraːng Hindi?
to give, hand over (something) beː-
stick (wooden/tire) beːdo
to lose consciousness beːhoːsi Hindi
bad, useless beːkaːr Hindi
bad smell beːkaːrghani
to get spoiled beːkaːr-kam-be *
excellently beːkataːrki
to play (flute) beːri-be
to whistle beːsi
loudly bhagaːn
local priest, holy man bhagato IA
big, long bhagel
all big people bhagel hela
ancestors bhagel manṭa
stork (bird) bhaggo Hindi
religious singing bhajan ḍuyra Hindi?
vegetable bhaji Hindi
big bhakka
a large group bhakkharu Korku
please bhala
cold (in a person) bhambra
sister’s son bhanja Hindi
earthworm bhardhwa(ː)n
waterfall bhat-bhatka joppo
very (intensifier) bhayan
big, older bhaːga Hindi?
to grow bhaːga-be
very (broad) bhaːga (cawḍa)
elder sister bhaːga bay *
elder brother bhaːga ḍã(ː)y/ḍaːy
father’s elder brother’s wife bhaːga maːy
late night bhaːga minḍi
pot, vessel bhaːnḍa Hindi
vessels, etc. bhaːnḍa-kunḍa Hindi
heavy, difficult bhaːri Hindi
price/value bhaːw Hindi
a kind of bird bhaːwci
back of the body bhaːwri
tomato bhedra
to explode bheki-be
to fill (intr.) bherya- Hindi
to fill (tr.) bheryaː-kam-be Hindi
below bheteːr Hindi?
behera tree bheyra aːḍḍo
kite (bird) bhilla Hindi?
beggar bhiːk wayni-re Hindi
dull bhola Hindi
naked (children) bhongaː-ka
snail bhoːri
sharp (knife, etc.) bhum
to have relation with more than one man/woman bhum cippoka
to roam (a tiger), wander bhum-be *
wandering-wandering bhum-bhum-ka
fisher person bhuy
to fry (in oil) bhuːjo-be Hindi
to forget bhuːl Hindi
ghost, spirit bhuːto Hindi
also bi Hindi
to inquire bica-be Hindi
to say goodbye bidakam-be Hindi
once biḍḍaːw
one biḍi, baḍa Dr.?
one half biḍi aːdha
one length: distance between the extended thumb and the little finger biḍi byanga
length of two hands biḍi gajjo
distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger biḍi mukha
together biḍikhaṭṭa
of same/similar type biḍisãː
(e.g. dance) to extinguish fire, to blow (air) bigi-be, bhigi-be *
bangles bigri Hindi
latch bijasari/bijaːsri Hindi?
negative marker biji
one place bijjaːga
lightening bijli Hindi
to lift, turn out bikama
beggar bikkhari Hindi?
bidi bira Hindi?
father-in-law birṭom
mother-in-law birtom napyom
one hundred biseddi (ḍḍ)
sand biṭil Korku
to unroll (mat) bitni-be
to join biṭṭhaːw
all fall into one place biṭṭhaːwi
village biya
villager biya ungaːy-re
to rise biː-be
seed; to sprout biːjo- IA
to wake up (someone) biː-kam-be
to bleed biːkini *
to tie (something), obstruct bokki-be
bear (n.) bolgo Korku?
an edible root bolor
cry in shame bombo
top portion of a plant bonḍe
a variety of fish boṭhya
hare boṭor Hindi?
to get tired boːr-be?
jujube tree boːre aːḍḍo
grass boːy Korku
to drown (in water) (self) buddo-be (ḍḍ)
to drown (some one) buddojere-be
nest (bird) budlic
bubble bulbul
to slip (from hand) buluruyj
navel bumli
near, towards bundi
bad, spoiled buraːso Hindi
to surround burikamay
mole (n.) buthru
a kind of grass buṭu boːy *
breast, udder buːcu Korku
to set (sun, moon) buːdi- IA
above (on a tree) buːndi
cat byarko, berko Dr.?
to mutter cabaːḍ-cabaːḍ
grand son/daughter cacaːw Hindi?
to heat cacakkamaː-be/cackoːki
hot cacko
hot water cacko joppo
to taste good cacom
blanket, carpet caddar Hindi
half-pant caḍḍi- Hindi?
to shoot (with arrow) cagi-be
echo caharka
tongs cekiji
to sweep cakhaːw-be
to climb, make to climb caki-be, cakakamaː-be
to hear cakni
whirlwind cakri oːra Hindi
thunder calomka
stone slab, used as a lid calphet, calphej *
dance cana
to dance cana-be
to chew caphaːt-be
slipper cappal Hindi
to graze caraːw- IA
rivulet, canal caraːy
hot (chillies) cark(h)a
finger – ring carkha akhanḍa
waist carkhat (ḍ)
black-faced monkey carko
eyeglass casma Hindi
hot (weather) caṭa
shrewd, clever catraːy Hindi
design/pattern on skin, etc. caṭṭa
broad cawḍa Hindi
square cawkhuṭ Hindi
to be hungry caːṭopaːṭ-
rat-type animal caːco
cock’s comb caːcu Hindi?
to drink tea caː-ḍelen-be
stone caːgo, caːrgo *
climbing (ascending) road caːka-ḍãːy
wheel caːko Hindi
to ascend, climb caːko-be
to rinse (cloth) caːkṭo-/caːṭṭo-kam-be
knife caːku Hindi
to beat a drum caːlom
to start caːlukamaːy Hindi
fish caːn
to catch (fish) caːn ceki
to dance caːna-be
wound caːndi
to cut (vegetable) caːni-be
feather (bird’s) caːpa, caːpha
an edible root caːpiːr
torch caːrcing Hindi
a wild tree... caːrumaːraːḍḍo Dr., IA?
centipede caːrumaːru
hunger caːṭo
to fear caːwak- IA?
to be afraid caːwgo
temple (of face) caːwni *
part of a house (front/back) cecchiri
ant – red cedri-ta
to hold, arrest, catch cek(k)i-be, caka-be
axe cekṭo
to cut (something) cekṭo-be
to go, to ride (a horse) cel- Hindi/IA
flat-nosed cepṭe Hindi/Dr.?
to cut, trim cerej-be
to make to fall, to vote cerekkamaː-be
to run, pursue cergo-be
to fall (from up to down) cerk
to sprinkle cersi-be Korku
chilly sauce ceṭni IA/Dr.?
a poisonous lizard cetyer
ancient times, formerly, previously, first ceyni
to hit (with something), throw ceːnḍa
iron hoe chabbal Hindi
1/16 of a seer chaṭaːk IA/Dr.? *
a variety of grass with thorn chaːga
chest chaːti Hindi/IA
to cause to eat ceṭṭoː-be
tamarind cicia Korku
a kind of bird ciciḍoke
a wild tree ciciler
ear cigam
ear – back side of it cigam pasla
selfish, miserly cikaṭo
firefly (an insect) cikiñ
sticky substance cikna Hindi
snake – fast running; a species of bush; lower half of grinding stone cilaṭi
bedbug cile-ṭa
a kind of tree cilir
tobacco pipe cilom Hindi
mosquito – a variety cilṭyaːñ
kerosene cimnitel Hindi
puncture cimṭa Hindi?
white conductor in electric pole cini *
to stand, to erect (something) cippo-be
to make something erect cippo-kam-be
to tear cira-be Hindi
evening time cirempaːr
thief cirma Hindi?
night cirya
to give birth, deliver (baby) citer bakki
engagement (for marriage) ciṭhoːr
parting of the hair ciṭipaːra
deer citra
giraffe citrangi Hindi?
letter ciṭṭhi Hindi
insect found in grains ciṭṭi Hindi
seed of tamarind tree ciyã Hindi/Korku
sticky substance, sap of a plant ciːko
urine co ~ cyo
to urinate co ~ cyo-be *
pig cogom
leaf of tree (big) cokob
Nahals addressing Korkus comṭa
a drop of water copṭi
woman’s top garment corgi
pant (long) corna Hindi?
blood corṭo
cooking local stove, oven coːle Hindi
nose coːn
bridge of the nose coːndhaːnḍi
nostril coːnpopa
salt coːpo
house lizard cucurumunguyt
to miss cukaṭiñ
finger – first cunḍul akhanḍa
to pound, powder cuṭ(ṭ)i-be Dr.?
sting (of scorpion) cuṭiñ
musk rat cuṭli
moth – a thin variety cuːryakaːnḍro
to make to urinate cyoːkamaː-
to bury dadaw *
left hand, left-handed person dakhriya
breath dam Hindi
upper arm dand Hindi
sound of cock daray
tailor darji Hindi
door frame darjo Hindi
door darjo kiwaːr Hindi
to go in search of (a person) darom
handkerchief dasti Hindi?
harrow dawra Hindi?
elder brother daːda IA
beard daːḍi Hindi
to shave daːḍi arku-be Hindi
money daːm Hindi
needle – thick type daːman Hindi?
full moon (day) daːnḍi puñu
handle daːnḍo Hindi
stick daːnḍya Hindi?
itching daːḍo
to be in heat (animal), to bleat daːraː-
to pound (spices) daːr-be *
gram daːri Hindi?
rough, thick daːṭo/i
immediately ḍabbal-ki
to belch, belching ḍakaːr- (d) Korku
to rob ḍaka-jere-be Hindi
a vegetable similar to cucumber ḍangara
hibiscus flower ḍapphu phuːl
muddy water ḍawra joppo
brother ḍay
to rob ḍaːka- Hindi
a small drum ḍaːkho Hindi
big basket – for keeping chicks ḍaːla IA
to be ḍaːn- Korku?
clitoris ḍaːna
branch (of a tree) ḍaːngo Hindi
way, path, road ḍãːy/ḍa(ː)y
ten deccho (ḍ) Hindi
an edible root dej babra
bud (flower) deti
evening (sun god setting) dewtaːbuːdi IA
interest (money) deːḍi *
big vessel for storing water ḍecki IA
frog ḍeḍḍa
to drink ḍelen-be
to cause to drink ḍelenkamaː-be
log of wood ḍengra
threshold ḍewri IA
a snake – non-poisonous ḍeːnḍu
a kind of bird dhabla
dung (animal) dhabra Korku
a snake – non-poisonous dhamin/dhaman Hindi?
plantation – sugarcane (garden) dhanḍey baːri Hindi?
sugarcane rod dhanḍey piːṛi
bank of river dhapri
dam, tank, lake dharaːn Hindi
adopted child dharampaːlso
generous man dharom maːnso
earth dharti, dherti Hindi/IA
strong dhaṭṭo
to wash (cloth) dhaw IA
to cure dhawni
sharp dhaːr Hindi? *
to sharpen (a knife) dhaːrkam-be
distant/far dhaːwa
gum tree dhaːwra
bumblebee dheḍne
to push dhekli-be (ḍ) Hindi
to stop, to be enough dher
earth dherti
earthquake dherti ekhaːy Hindi
wall ḍhepi
curd ḍhẽyã Hindi
to turn ḍhere
loose ḍhila(ː)y Hindi
mosquito – large type dhoknaːn
lips dhondru
a bamboo basket dhoṭu
to cheat dhoːkhaː-be Hindi
hollow (of a tree) ḍholla IA
cow ḍhor Hindi?
cattle (pl.) ḍhoṭṭa Hindi?
cow herd (one who tends cattle) ḍhoṭṭa caraːw-re
to wash (body) ḍhoː-be Hindi?
drum (musical) ḍhoːl Hindi *
fog, mist dhũãr Hindi
heartbeat dhuk-dhuk Hindi/IA
dust dhulla (ḍ) Hindi?
field’s end dhuraː
to be late di-ay Hindi?
to wish, to be in love with dil jerey
paw, claw (animal) ḍimba
day din Hindi
sleep (n.) diskom
show disoːki Hindi
lamp, light diwa Hindi
a poisonous root diwi
day diya IA
to look good diːso-ka Hindi
thread doːra Hindi
to milk (duːdo) doho-be
a vegetable (used in distilling liquor) dokka
and ḍo Korku
bull, ox ḍoba Korku
to ferment (something) ḍobba-jere (o ~ a)
a puddle of water ḍobla *
skeleton ḍoḍhor
to hiccough ḍoko
giraffe ḍojri
to be drowsy ḍoklaṭine
to wear (cloth: lady) ḍokom-be
to sit and beg ḍokore
flood, to flood ḍokso (d) so ḍoku
leaf cup ḍokuma
boat ḍong IA
red ant ḍonga Korku/Hindi?
ant – a type ḍonga kokoyñ
forest, hill ḍongor Hindi
buttock ḍophor
marigold flower ḍopphu
to carry (a load, etc.) duri-be
red-faced monkey ḍugi
woman – old/aged ḍukri Korku
grandmother ḍukrimaːy Korku
lizard (monitor) ḍuma
to see stealthily ḍutni-be
smoke duy IA *
milk duːdo Hindi
milk tooth duːdomenge
second duːsra Hindi?
fly (n.) eḍ(u)go
to pain/ache eden- (ḍ)
to drink (liquor) egato
to remove eger
to shave eger-kama
boy, son ejer
to shake (in the breeze) ekhaːy
fingers separately ekhel-ekhel
alone ekhelka
to spill ekher-be
together ekkel
creeper eli
my father emba
my mother emmay
brinjal engaːn
my enge
burning charcoal enge(ː)r
my child engepaːlso
match stick engerkaːri
me eng-ki *
bee epṭa
beehive epṭaːwaːr
to remove (water) erte-be
he, that person (visible) eṭe(y)
they eṭla
he (distant, invisible) etre(y)
to go eːr-, eṛe
last week eːrhihaːt
last year eːrisaːl
calf muscle; pit gaḍḍa, gadda Hindi
liver gadri
snail gagolbay
carrot gajre Hindi
net, trap gal Hindi
braid galam
to dissolve galaṭine
to cut (by saw) ganḍa-be
to bury garay
neck gardan Hindi
lumps of clay gargada
stone/pebble garga-ṭa
testicle gargaṭaːl
to castrate gargaṭaːl koṭṭo *
penis gaṭaːl
bundle gaṭṭha Hindi
much, a lot gayra
cart (bullock) ga(ː)ra, gaːṛi Hindi
cheek gaːl Hindi/IA
referred to Korkus by Nahals gaːngrya
hailstone; eyeball, a type of soil gaːra Hindi
cart driver gaːra khedaː-re
hailstone gaːrgoṭi Hindi
funnel gaːrni Hindi?
to string gaːṭhi Hindi
to vanish gaːyab Hindi
ass gedri Hindi
useless, unworthy gegeliya, gengeliya
maize gele Korku?
bylane geli
to commit mistake gelti-jere Hindi
to crawl (as a baby) gener
rhinoceros genḍa Hindi
useless, unworthy gegeliya, gengeliya
enough genjo *
fishing hook geri, giri Hindi?
the string tied to the neck... getha
dog and bitch in union geṭhyaːy
supporting beam of the roof geyi
slow(ly) geyra
slowly geyraː-ki
to discover, find, get ghajjareoil
extraction mill ghana IA/Hindi
fragrance ghani Hindi?
to smell ghaniant – very small type ghani kokoyñ
round and round ghanimani
to embrace ghapta- (ṭ)
chicken pox ghaskarang
to search ghaṭa-be
sunshine ghaːm IA
sunny day ghaːmodin
scar ghaːy Hindi?
for (the sake of) ghelya Korku
metal pot ghem(b)la Hindi
to surround (a place) gheramaːr-be *
clock, wrist watch gheriyaːl Hindi
frequent gheri-gheri Hindi?
to fold gheri-kam-be
babul tree’s thorn ghokru moːr
deer ghoṭari, ghoṭaːri Korku
bump ghoːr
to shake (body) ghunganus ghurkoṭor
bandicoot ghuːnso ondor
to go for defecation ghuːrka
many, longtime; as an intensifier gidaːr
very bad person gidaːr-niːc-manso
a red fruit gingiso
to feel hot giraː germipoor
man girbo Hindi
red ochre giru Hindi
eclipse giryaːn Hindi
younger sibling giṭa Korku
brother (dl.) giṭabom
bun of hair gobṭi
top stone of a grinding goḍaːl
stone tattoo goḍay *
an edible root gogḍu
a kind of bird gogṭi
to bend (body) gokhru-jere-be
to heap gola- Hindi
earwax golga Korku
a sling, catapult, bow golor
with gon
to roll (e.g., mat) gonḍi-be, gunḍi-be
bride-price gonom Korku
male calf gora
calf – (male) gora paːlso
buttermilk gorsi Hindi?
deer (antelope) goṭari (or gotari) Korku
pumice stone, to rub goṭor
referred to Nahals by Korku goyraːku (-ku ‘pl.’ in Korku)
round goːl Hindi
beam goːl Korku
to accumulate goːlaː-kam-be Korku
bunch – (banana) goːnḍa
kidney gudliya
yellow (of egg) gulpha *
button gunḍi Hindi
for gunta
to tickle gunṭlij
jaggery gur Hindi
bones of hand, thigh, leg, etc. gursa
to thread (a needle) guṭu-be
fault guỹ
brain guːḍo
winter hagam
to call hakko-be
to get ready to say something hala
to torture halhal-kaːmo-jere
light (not heavy) halka Hindi
pot – metal – big hanḍa Hindi/Dr.
to defeat haraṭini Hindi
turmeric hardo Hindi?
to be lost harpi-be Hindi?
to wander harpo
to bite haru-be
there haṭ(i)ka
there haṭin-ki/hin-ki, houtin *
to break (stick, etc.) haṭu-be
level road hawan-ḍãːy
no/not hayom
this much h(i)yan
to smile, laugh haːgo-be
this haːn
a space between two rows in a vegetable field haːri
market haːto (ṭ) Korku/IA?
all he(ː)la
this much, a handful helle-helle
to send hem-be
this here(y)
elephant hetti Hindi
this (dem.) hithis
work hi-ka(ː)m
to feel cold him- IA
cold him(ka)
this horse hi-maːw
tap (water) hinal
to flow hinal
to aim hindyaːn *
here, this side hinga
here hin-ki
to stop hippo-be
they two (those two) hiṭkel
lines on the palm hiːr
to hiccough hokuṭ- IA
to shake holoy-be
to walk on all four limbs hombo-hombo
to need hona- IA
deep honḍa Dr.
to identify, find hora
Holi festival hori tiwaːr
a kind of bird horya
owl horyaːr
that thing hoṭa
there hoṭka, haṭil, hutin-ki
that much hoṭyan
discarded skin of snake hoːla/i
owl hoːlya
identical (shape) hubehu
innocent hulya
with hun (as in ne-hun ‘with you (sg.)’) *
accumulation of mucus in chest hunḍa
to cook (food) hundaːr-be (honaːr) Korku
to gore, bite, attack with paws huru
clever hussar Hindi
to turn around oneself ikhat- Korku
to treat (someone) ilaːj-kam-be Hindi
husband’s younger brother ilur Korku?
to be imni
we ingin
sickle, to cut iraː
two iraːr
to stir, mix, roast irkaːr-be
that iṭi, hiki, hotaw
here iṭika
bride’s and bridegroom’s father iway Hindi?
two books iːr pustok IA
two brothers iːrḍaːy hiṭkel
two sisters iːrgiṭa hiṭkel
to pinch iːsa-be Korku *
twenty iːso Hindi?
quickly j(h)aldi, jeldi-jeldi Hindi
to rape jabraːy Hindi
heavy jacom, jacyom
spider jagli malaːy
web of a spider jaglimalaːñ aːwaːr
dog – male jagṭo-naːy Dr.?
wound jakam/jekhmi Hindi
birth jalom Hindi
to descend, climb down jalu-be
descending road jalu-ḍãːy
to make to descend jalukamaː-be
rust jambo, mongo Hindi?
rust (n.) jango IA
to get rusted jango peṭe(k)-be
fever jara IA/Hindi
crab jaran
young jawaːn Hindi
son-in-law jawaːy Hindi
one’s own son-in-law jawaːy-ja
fat (man) jaːḍa (manso) Hindi
root jaːḍi Hindi
everything jaːkaji *
net jaːli, jaːla Hindi
buy, pick up, take (anything) jaːm-be
blackberry jaːmbu Hindi
to measure jaːmobuyer, jaːm-re
to know jaːn- Hindi
to pound (rice, etc.) jaːta- Korku?
confluence (of streams) je(ː)nḍ-paraːy
jaw jebrya Hindi?
poison jeher Hindi
waist-band jemka
to walk (on all four limbs) jeneːr-kini
to remain, become, happen jere(y)-
right hand jewna Hindi
skirt jhaggha
to stagger (due to intoxication) jhaka-jhoko
peacock (male) jhallya Korku
flag jhanḍa Hindi
mushroom jhap(p)on
to cover jhapna *
to sieve jharni-be Korku
lid jhaːpo, jhakkan Hindi
to hold, catch jhel-be
to rain (continuously) jheri- IA/Dr.?
to greet jheːli- Hindi
spring, brook jhira Hindi?
a kind of bird jhoryaːnta
swing jhuri Hindi
a bet, to bet jid; jit-kamay
sister jiji Korku
tears jiki(t) aːṭo > jikinnaːṭo
to suffer from sore eyes jiki(t) bi
eyelid jiki(t) kaːpri
eye-sand jiki(t) sili
retina jikiggaːra
eyelid jiki-raphid
reddening of the eyes jiki-rataːy
eye jikit
eyelash jikit bhuy-bhuy
eyebrow jiki(t) ṭapne
earthworm jilnguyj, jingluyt
a little, a little-little jiri-jiri
very little jiːsa *
I jo
gum joggo
hut/field hut jopḍi Hindi?
water joppo
whirl-pool joppo ikhat (ṭ)
to fold (hands) joratim-be
bamboo – a thin variety joːr
a pair joːri Hindi
loudly joːrki Hindi
to stagger (due to heavy load) jugu-jugu
name, to name jumu, jyumu
broom junu
bamboo juːḍo
a bunch of flowers found in forest jyoːti
soul jyu Hindi
to bake jyuci-be
to put/serve (food) ka(ː)m-be
garbage kac(a)ra Hindi
rough (road) kacca Hindi
strong kaḍakko Hindi?
mouth kaggo *
to quarrel by mouth only kaggo-kaggo ṭaːgu jhagra
above, top of something kajaːr
to carry on shoulder (e.g. baby); to adopt kaka-be
comb (n.) kakheñ IA?
to comb hair kakheñ-be
wild buffalo kakhrya
people (pl.) kalaṭṭa
wife’s elder brother kalaṭyel, kalaṭṭṭel
egg kalen
noise kal-kal
noise kalma Korku
a Naha:l person kalṭo
to prepare, causative form kama
to do kama(ː)y-be
daily wage kamaːyka Hindi?
labourers kamaːyka-hela
coarse woolen blanket kamra
a type of fly kandro
one measure (to measure grain) kangen
for the purpose of kanṭhi *
to tremble (in fear) kapaṭini- Korku
to take a vow kaphonki
butterfly kapli(ñ)j Korku
winnowing basket kapor
to sleep kappo-be
plastic sheet kapur
earring karanphuːl
to get hurt karatfoam
(soap) karbu
bitter gourd karela Hindi
an edible fruit karjo
to sell karpi-be
seller karpi-re
pitcher karsi Hindi
butcher – (cattle) kasay Hindi
to steal kasto-be
to be silent kaṭam
to silence (someone) kaṭamkam-be
horse gram (unsplit) kaṭhan Hindi
horse gram (split) kaṭhandaːḍi
beautiful katharnaːk
haircut (short) kaṭhin *
blacksmith kaṭhita
armpit kaṭhla Korku
tortoise kathom (ṭ) Korku
catechu kattha Hindi
sickle – big type katti IA/Dr.
blue-necked bird (nilakanth नीलकंठ) kaṭṭha
to embrace kaṭu-be Korku
tile(s) kawlu
crow kawra Korku/Hindi
mango – unripe kawra
what (is there?) kay-kay
scissor kaysi Hindi
moss kãwũr
glass kaːc Hindi
to taste bitter kaːgo
mother’s younger sister’s husband kaːka Hindi
paper kaːkaḍo Hindi
father’s younger brother’s wife kaːki Hindi
cucumber kaːkri Hindi
tinning of brass vessels kaːlso-ka Hindi *
work kaːmo Hindi
fly; mosquito, a type, found in forests (in rainy season) kaːn
onion kaːnde Hindi
tuber (a root) kaːndo Hindi?
fly, n (big size – green colour) kaːnḍro
cotton kaːpso Hindi
anklet, wristlet kaːra Korku/Hindi?
match-stick kaːri dandra
match-box kaːri khoka
insect like cockroach, which can fly kaːri roroyc
saw (n.) kaːrṭo Hindi?
a god in forest kaːrya deːwta IA?
elder brother’s wife kaːryom
a balance (weighing) kaːṭa
bamboo shoot kaːṭe
an organ in living being (kidney of a lamb?) kaːṭu
flesh kaːw
to say, repeat kaːyni-be
lizard kekhem(e)re Korku *
to cook kela-be
female calf (cow’s) kelli
less, a little, a few kemṭi, kemti IA/Hindi
to reduce (e.g. price) kemṭi-ki Hindi
iron frying pan kere(y) Korku
to scratch (back, e.g.) kersi-be Korku
to dry, evaporate keṭṭo
to extinguish fire ketto- (ṭṭ)
louse keːpe
banana keːre Hindi
plantation – banana keːre baːri
powder of chana dal keːri
tree, a kind keːsa aːḍḍo Hindi
to cut with sickle kha(ː)nḍo-be
messenger khabor maːnso Hindi
to itch, scratch khaju- Hindi
mortar – for pounding khalbatta Hindi
shoulder khanḍa Hindi
to carry on shoulder khanḍa- Hindi
floor khara Korku/Hindi?
empty kharaːṭi
to clean floor with cow dung khara saroːb-be *
to clear one’s throat kharkhormany (anim.)
herd, family, lot of people kharu
blacksmith khaṭi
butcher (sheep, goat, fowl, etc.) khaṭki Hindi/Kannada
family khaṭla
wooden swing khaṭli
wooden frame (for carrying the dead) khatre
word(s) khaṭṭa IA
fertilizer khat Hindi
to water remaining in pits of river beds khawnḍor
shoe khawre(y)
eggs of lice khawrya
sour khaːṭa Hindi
to get itching sensation (body) khaːju Hindi?
empty khaːli Hindi
salty khaːraː Hindi?
to drive (cart), to drive away cattle kheda-be (ḍ) IA
while khenṭo Korku *
to drag, pull kheriː-
to pull out, drag kheri-kam(a)-be
threshing floor kheryan Korku
field (land) kheːto Hindi
to get angry khijnail
(iron) khila Hindi
pulley, water wheel khilaːri
chips of wood khincra
anger khiːjo Korku
lines khiːr Hindi?
to fix (an agarbatti on the ground) khobaːki
thumb khoḍḍu akhanḍa
stem (of a plant), stump khoḍe
area behind the knee khoḍo-khoḍo
plant (e.g. banana) khor
to remove, extract khor
valley khora Hindi?
scabies khorju Hindi
sickle – to remove grass khorpi IA
very, very much khoːb(o)/khoːp IA
(intensifier) bamboo door khuḍu, koːḍo *
to stop (rain) khullahump
(on a bull’s back) khunḍul
elbow khunu IA
leg, foot khuri Korku
toes khuri akhanḍa
big toe khuri khoḍḍu akhanḍa
ankle khuri minḍi jiki(t)
sole of foot khuri minjar
top (front) of foot khuri tephrej
peg, stump khutra, khuːṭa Korku
to roast (mahua flower in preparation of liquor) khuyũ Korku
to play, enjoy khyaːl-kambe
window kiḍaki/kherki Hindi
chisel kikra
price kimmat Hindi
wheat, kneaded flour kinko
rich kirsan
to winnow kita-be
cartridge kiṭhil
fuel, charcoal, jackal ko(l)lya
hunchback (person) kobbuy *
pigeon kobḍhur Korku
bend (not straight) koca
to walk, go koca-be
cuckoo kohal Hindi
a bird koher
fowl, hen kokhor
ant kokoyñ
cock komba Korku
early morning komba daray
from kon
hoe koplya
concentrate (of e.g. liquor) kora(ji)
to keep kor-be
purse koṭhor, kotra IA
intestines koṭor
to beat, pound koṭṭo-be (tt)
to pluck (mango, etc.) koyni-be
to bring koː-be
snake koːgo
discarded skin of snake koːgo hoːli
discarded skin of snake koːgo onol
(old word) venom of snake koːgon jeher *
single-stringed musical instrument koːke
womb koːko Korku?
woman, wife koːl
dog – female koːlnaːy Dr.
women (pl.) koːl-ṭa
room koːne Hindi?
to take away/out koːr-be
eardrum krej
heavy, to improve (health) kubaːy
hunchback kubḍya
walking stick kubri lakṛi Hindi
to whisper kucu-mucu maːnḍi-be
pickaxe – single sided kudari Hindi/Dr.?
hair kuguso
lock kul(u)po IA
potter(s) kumbhaːr-ta IA
key (of a lock) kunji IA
cloth, lady’s kupra Hindi
unripe kura
chair kurci Hindi *
to shout kurey-be
ear ornament for men kuruko
boulder kurup
bin for grain storing kuṭhi Hindi
fruit of a tree gives itching sensation by rubbing kutru
water well kũy, kũhi Hindi
fruit of mahua tree kuːca
tomorrow kyaːm(p)
long lamba Hindi
to burn lampṭa- Korku
a god (for a day during Holi festival) langka
cripple langra Hindi
to kneel (on ground), to brood lapa-jere-be
to crawl (on belly) lapa-jere-kini
to bend lapuyt-be
to bend (something) lapuyt-kama-be
coconut laren
rolling pin laṭni
sweet potato latru
good cloth lattha-kapra Korku *
to kick laṭṭo-be Hindi
to get tired lawaːypan-
metal lawṭi Korku
line in middle of the tongue layrikhil
you (pl.) laː
rope (made of fiber) laːḍen do(ː)ra Hindi
tongue laːñ Korku
skirt – long one laːnga Korku?
drainage laːngi
to burn laːw-be
row (like – one row) lehen
one hand/palm (finger together) lenger
an insect (found in forests) leñyar
female servant (of a queen) lewnḍi
to draw water (from a well) leːnju-be
sharp lici-lici
to write likhaṭini-be Hindi
to auction lilaːmi- Hindi
to call (someone by hand) liwiiron; lokhanḍo Hindi *
to stir with a spoon, to mash into pulp lokhoḍ-
to press (mango, etc. – to take out the juice) lopoṭkam-be
to knead (flour) loːkha-be Korku
incense lubaːn Hindi
smooth (e.g. cloth) lumosor (kupra)
garlic lusun Hindi
to give ma- Korku
soot maccho
but, even maka
cockroach makḍi Hindi
bael tree malkaːn
seed of bael fruit malkaːnbiːjo
frog manabhaːdo
we (pl.) maney
crocodile mangaːr Hindi/Marathi
people belonging to drummer group mangrya
people man-ta (ṭ)
difficult(y) marṭhay
burial ground masanti IA? *
good, fine masta/o Hindi?
good (water) masto joppo
nice/delicious (preparation) masto-masto
lentils masur Hindi
to be intoxicated, get dizzy mata-be IA/Dr.?
vote maṭṭo Hindi?
to be silent mawn-jere-be Hindi
footprint mawri
to track (trail of a wild animal) mawri aːra-be
mother’s younger sister, stepmother mawsi Hindi
type of bee found in forest maytko-ṭa
owner, god maːlik Hindi
mother’s brother maːma Hindi/Korku
mother’s brother’s wife maːmi Hindi/Korku
honesty maːn IA
word, language, to speak maːnḍi(-be) Korku
rain maːnḍo
liver maːndom (ḍ)
costly maːnga Hindi *
mole maːso
thigh maːto (ṭ)
horse maːw
mother maːy Korku?
mahua (tree/flower) maːyko
anthill mecher
sheep menḍa Hindi
tooth menge
gum of tooth menge kaːw
to make to play mer(o)kama:-be
near mera Korku
a green vegetable methi Hindi
plain (land) meyndaːn Hindi
sting of bee meːkha
to play meːra
god, son of Ravana (Meghanand) meːygo
barber mhaːli, maːli Hindi
a long dry fish micini
to meet milaṭin- Hindi
where min, minga
evening, night minḍi
ankle joint minḍi jiki(t) *
owl minḍi kaplij
somewhere mingaː-ka
inside, between minjaːr, mijaːr
finger – middle minjaːr akhanḍa
when miran
chilly mirca Hindi
central pole of threshing floor miryaːn
which thing mi-samaːn
machine misan English > Hindi
how much mi-yan
a unit of length between thumb and the little finger miːṭu
elbow mokhne ‘knee-(cup)’
krait (snake – small, poisonous) momo
heel monḍa
jasmine flower mongora Hindi
tattooer (one who puts the tattoo) mongya
female genitalia morako
bundle of peacock feathers morsa *
pestle mosor IA
footprint (while walking) mowri
triangle moːḍdhaːri
dirty moːngo
thorn moːr
three moːṭho Dravidian
day after tomorrow, three days moːṭhodin
moustache mucha (s) Hindi
wedding necklace of black beads mucku Korku
a measure of two arms length mukha
trunk (of a tree); stick munḍa
first child munḍaːl paːlso
ring munḍi Korku
groundnut mungosengo
mongoose munguso
cock’s comb muri
firewood bundle murigaṭṭha
small variety of mosquito murktij
radish muːra Hindi *
fist muːṭhi Korku/Hindi?
face mwaːr, muhaːr, mohar Korku/Hindi?
to feed myarkam-be
to take na Korku
bathing/washing place nahni Hindi
to lick naka-be Dr.?
nail (of finger) nakkho Hindi
son nana Dr.?
sons, boys, children nana-ṭa
plough nangaːr Hindi
cobra nango
who nani
someone nanika, naninka
whom nanin
whose (book) nanin (pustok)
someone or other/anyone nanin-ka-bi
anything nankagto
why nan-ki
mother-in-law napyom
soft narom Hindi *
nurse narsakoːl Hindi
nose ring nathni Hindi?
snub-nosed naṭṭa
nose ring naṭṭho Hindi?
nine naw Hindi
new nawa Hindi
new skin (e.g. as of a snake) nawhaːji
bridegroom nawra
breakfast nayri
you two naːko
four naːlk(h)o Dr.
what naːn
Adam’s apple/throat naːra
trachea (windpipe) naːra ponga
nerve, vein naːri, naːsa IA
another naːri-ka
umbilical cord naːrikaːṭo
nerve, blood vessel naːsa
nose thread (for cattle) naːtha IA?
beam naːṭo
dog naːy Dr.
an animal similar to hedgehog naːyar-saːyar *
thou (you, singular) ne
to wear (dhoti – men) nesna-be
bride newri Korku
scorpion neygo
sting of scorpion neygon cuṭiñ
ash neːto, nieṭo
lemon nimbu Hindi
white ant nindir
to enter nitto-be (ṭṭ)
wild cow niːl Hindi?
green niːla Hindi
grass – green niːla boːy
neem tree niːmbo aːḍḍo Hindi
to remove (weed) niːnḍo-be
how nu, nawki, nusaːn
why nuwa(ː)y
to lift ocal-be (a > o) Marathi?
to carry a load oja-be Hindi?
light ojor
plough okhar Hindi
to put, save, keep okki-be
hiccough okuṛ- *
what matter? okun
snake’s outer skin ola
to make wet olaː-kamaː-
cooked pulse olaːn
to be wet olaːy
fungus, to develop fungus olki
rat onḍor Marathi
stripes (as on tiger) onol
yet to daybreak opon
air ora Korku
duststorm ora dhunḍi
millet oro Korku
jowar roti oro sokra
to apply (something on face, etc.) orpo
to return (from a place, point) orta-be, wortaː-
wall oṛaw
to boil (water) oson- IA
to boil (tr.) osonkamaː-be
dwarf othra Korku
end part of lady’s garment used temporarily to keep some odd things oṭṭhya *
to pullout otti-be (ṭṭ)
son’s wife, younger brother’s wife owaːri
to beg oyni
beggar oyni-re
buffalo oːḍow/oḍaw
mortar – paddy pounding oːhan
carpenter oːri
medicine oːs Hindi?
square (used for worship) oːṭa
chin oːṭha Korku
platform around a tree oːtla
wall and floor meeting point (= corner) oːṭo
guest pa(ː)hun Marathi
to lift up pacol-be
to kill paḍa-be
roof padre
turban pagri Hindi *
welcome (guests) pahuncaːri Hindi?
arm (upper) pakhra
armpit pakhraːko khoḍḍokhoḍḍo
peacock pakin (f)
definite, good pakka Hindi
body pakor
plot palaːt English > Hindi
fan pankha Hindi
knitted bamboo para
river paraːy
screen parda Hindi
to press/iron (cloth) pareskam-be
family pariwar Hindi
cot parkom
cotton parti Dr.
behind, previous pasla
leg – rear pasla khuri
last year pasla saːl
behind – far behind paslang
to dry (intr.), wither pataːr
grass – dry (straw) pataːr(i) boːy *
dry pataːri
to dry in the sun pataːr-kamaːy
kite – (paper) patan(g)
a thorny bush pataṭi
thin (smooth) pateːr (ṭ), paːtier
to dilute pateːr- (ṭ)
footpath paydal ḍãːy Hindi
tail paːgo
flute – a type paːhuy Hindi
wing (bird’s) paːkha Hindi
to stress oneself paːkhoːr haṭu
bone paːkṭo
main beam used in building house paːl
leaf (of tree) paːla Korku/Hindi?
lamb (sheep/goat) paːlso (menḍa-, seri-)
betel leaf paːn Hindi
plantation – betel paːn ṭaːnḍa Hindi
white paːnḍer Hindi
to fall (something) paːnḍi-be
to lift leg, cross over paːnḍo-be
all paːr Hindi/Mar.? *
crowbar paːr Dr.
cotton paːraṭi Dr.?
eagle (bird) paːrdya
striped leopard paːsona tembrya
next year paːṭ(o)saːl
old, elder paːtha (ṭ) Dr.
to come paːṭo
flute – a kind paːwi
step paːyri Hindi
five pãːsõ Hindi
head pe(ː)ñ
to abduct, elope pejak-kamaː-
to run pejko-be
shin of leg, calf of the leg pendri Hindi/Marathi?
saliva pephrya
to sit peṭe-be
to tear (intr.) peṭek
to tear something petekkamaː- (ṭ)
to make to sit peṭekkamaː-be
torn pants peṭko corna
anklet petti IA/Dr.?
to squeeze, wring peṭṭo-be *
yellow (ripe) banana pewri keːre Hindi
pila rang pewriji Hindi
anklet peyjom
to conceal (intr.) peyko
to conceal (something) peyko kama
silently peyko-peyko
to conceal oneself (hide) peyku jere(y)
a dish prepared using millets peːjo Korku
parrot (bird) peːpo, peapo
beam – long one pha(ː)ṭa Hindi
spade (to remove weed) pha(ː)wra Hindi?
bunch (cluster) phani Hindi
to divide (property) pharikamaːy
a trap (for mouse) phaṭ(a)ka
slipper – female only phaṭaːkri cappal Hindi
gate phaṭko Hindi
knife – vegetable phaːwsi
to blow nose phẽkam-be
morning phejer Korku/Hindi
ground nut phellya biːjo
vine phendra *
to remove, open, clean pher-be
to come to heat (animal) pherni-ka
foam pheːso
mild, wild (?) phika
to settle a payment phittakamaːy
to bear fruits phorouter
covering of seed photre
to splash (water) phuḍu-phuḍu
to swell (as seed) phulaṭine
finger joint phuli,/bakko-phuli
darkness phuṭkaːre
flower phuːl Hindi
spleen piya
to jump pinḍa-be
star piphinjor Korku
girls, daughters piratta
daughter, girl pirjo Korku
fallow land pirto-jaga Hindi/IA
money lender piːcuːṭa, picuhela IA?
joint(s), ankle bone piːṛi
jacket po(ː)lka Korku
soot popoːri *
Pora festival poːra tiwaːr Hindi
bucket poːra, pawra
bird poe; pyu
pelvis pollu
to come to an end; to end polor
hole popa Korku
to become a hole popa-be
to make a hole popa-kam-be
black popor
lungs (a part in the heart) popsa Hindi
to rear (cattle) posi- Hindi
sack pota (ṭ) Hindi
to knuckle poṭekkamaː-be
bag – plastic potṛi Hindi/IA
to suffer from cholera poːpeːr
belly poːpo Korku
crimson-breasted barbet/coppersmith (bird) pukpuk
full moon puñu Hindi
father’s sister puphu Korku?
all, total pura Korku *
to complete pura-be IA
orphan (man) puri manso Korku
orphan (girl) puri pirjo
to send, persuade puri-be
book pustok Hindi
to escape from pursuit, miss pusuy
cracks in the foot puṭaːy
measles, chicken pox puṭhkiri
to wipe away/out puːco-be Hindi
to worship puːjo-be Hindi
bridge puːl Hindi
father’s younger sister puːphu Korku?
orphan puːri Korku
petal(s) puːrti-puːrti
good puːr, puar
to come pya
cold rabaːn Korku
cold water rabaːn joppo
to cool (something) rabaːnkamaː-be
juice raccho Hindi?
line rakkil Hindi
carpenter’s plane ranḍa IA *
to cook (vegetables) ranḍa-be
stains (e.g. on tooth) rangi IA
to dye (put colour) rango-kamaːy
to blink raphid-be
time of death, to die rawon-bi
a wild thorny bush raymunya
honey raːcco
to wait for raːkhom-be
prostitute raːnḍ, raːnḍi
widow raːnḍo IA
widower raːnḍwa Korku
blade – shaving raːpi
red raːṭa Korku
whole night raːtoguːso
parrot – big variety raːw̃ã
to mix with water, make a paste rekki-be
clear (good) water reṭhe joppo
tight reweḍḍi Korku
churning rod rey
without any reason, unnecessary rikaːm Hindi?
empty rita Korku/IA *
to stop rokaṭiñkam-be Korku
to cook (by frying) romki-be
daily roːjo Hindi
pit (for planting) roːpo
rupee rupya Hindi
six saha Hindi/Marathi
true sacco Hindi
whole (night) sadra (minḍi)
a type of thorn sagaːka
engagement (for marriage) sagay Hindi
good, real, true saja-(ka) Hindi
to open up sakit
sugar sakrya Hindi
to scrape off sala-be Korku
a kind of lizard salla
quietly saltul
relation samanda Hindi?
an animal of horse type – in wild samboːr Hindi
leg – front samma khuri
front (in) samma-(ki) Hindi?
year after next sammaki paːṭoka saːl *
clean/neat place sapaːyjaga IA
to clean sapaːykam-be
ladle – flat type saraːy IA
to rot saratin
length between a man’s extended arms sare moːtho bakko
vertical sarka ubaː
to straighten sarka
to clean (floor with cow dung), polish saroː-be
plain land (suitable for cultivation) sawaːn
a tree sawri aːḍḍo
step wife sawti Korku?
shadow, shade sayin Korku sayli
bicycle saykal Hindi
soap saːbu Hindi
wife’s sister’s husband saːḍ(u)bhaw Korku/Hindi?
leaf – big saːkom Korku
year saːl Hindi
bark (of a tree), skin (of vegetables) saːli Hindi?
man – old/aged saːna Korku *
joints saːnḍa IA
back part (of e.g. house) saːnḍi Korku
to swell (as when beaten) saːri
breath saːsõ Hindi
seven saːto Hindi
yesterday se
to sneeze seko(n) IA
to flow (water – slowly) sele-sele
reflection (of self) selki
to stretch (back) seltaːn-jere-be
rheum of nose sembḍu Hindi
cow dung sena Korku
mushroom grown in cow dung senajhapon
sharp; tree’s branch senḍa
finger – little senḍa akhanḍa
goat seri Marathi?
to feed seṭṭo kam(aː)-be
apple seːp Hindi?
a kind of grass seːpya
liquor siḍu Korku
pubic hair sika Korku *
hunt sikaːr- Hindi
soil, clay, mud sikal Korku
cigarette sikrut Hindi
hawk (bird) sikrya
to slip (foot) siliri
to sew, stitch sim-be
mucus simḍu Hindi
chicken dung simic’ Korku?
horn singi Hindi
tailor sipi Hindi
teak wood sipna Hindi
rib cage sipra
blood vessel, vein sira IA
only sirap Hindi
lamb (young one of goat) siripaːṭo
dream siwna Hindi?
to get a dream siwn
a wooden rod fixed to the yoke siwol
straight siːda Hindi
to learn siːko-be Hindi
cliff siːl Korku *
to pierce (someone) sobo-be Korku
to pierce (self), a thorn sobo-jere(y)
to think socatini-be Hindi
to get wrinkled soga-soga
to wash (cloth) sokko-be
Indian bread, food sokra Korku
to take care of someone songo-be Korku
to pretend songo-ḍhongo(ka) Hindi
together, friend sopti (ṭ) Korku
even then sorkaːn
to become stale (food) soroːḍi- Hindi
nature (one’s) soːba
to take care of a child temporarily sroːngo f
to absorb (like cloth) suluṭ- Korku
to smoke suluṭ-be Hindi
to understand sumjo-be Hindi
pod of the beans sunḍu
box sunduko (ḍ) Hindi
be silent suñjerbe
winnowing pan supra
garden lizard suralij
to go on exile sutti-jere *
midwife suyni Marathi?
thread – a thicker variety suːto Hindi
needle sũːy Hindi
dog and bitch together taggeṭhey naːy hiṭkel
parasitic growth on tree tabbu (ṭ)
shoulder tagli (ṭ)
shoulder bone tagli paːkṭo
to be pregnant tahaːri
strength takḍo Hindi
trouble takliːpo Hindi
rainbow tamko loḍeyc
become stiff (as when one dies) tangi
cruelty taraːso Hindi
hyena (an animal) tarsya (ṭ)
banana plant tawra
between two (persons/groups) taːgo
to divorce taːgo bakaːn-be
to woo (boy-girl) taːgo bhulla-jere
to embrace taːgo ceki-jere
quarrel between two groups taːgo jagṛa- Hindi *
rice, paddy taːndur Marathi?
palm tree taːraːḍḍo Hindi?
to throw taːr-be
oil tel Hindi
to press hard, get suffocated tengki-jere
to collapse (due to weakness) terey
temple (of face) tewre Korku
sharp teːjo Hindi
fat teːm
plate tha(ː)ra Hindi?
again tha(ː)ri
to place (something) thaːw
cripple thanḍa-thunḍa
to slap thapra-be
clap thapṭi
moon thenḍej Korku
lunar eclipse thendejgiryaːni IA
to chatter thenmaːnḍi-ka
a little thora Hindi
to weaken (health) thorpe
to spit thuki-be Hindi *
a kind of drum timki Korku
squint-eyed tircha Hindi
to borrow tirinchima
third tisra Hindi
afternoon tisrapaːr Hindi
festival tiwaːr Hindi
to carry (in hand) tiw-be Korku
arrow tiːr Korku
tur gram toːri Hindi
pigeon pea (tur dal) toːridaːli Hindi
knee-cup tongre (ṭ)
taste hot like pepper tora
fruit of mahua tree tormbya
squirrel tuːr
to eat, chew tyeː-be (ṭ)
wrist ṭabbo
weighing instrument ṭagra
to place on (e.g. a vessel on oven) ṭaka-be
challenge ṭakkara
to collide ṭakkara-be Hindi
coitus ṭakkhocu
to shave off ṭaklya-kam-be Hindi *
rhythm of the drum ṭaːkli
tobacco ṭaːmko Hindi
shell (e.g. mango) ṭaːpu
vessel ṭembya Korku
wife’s younger brother (brother-in-law) ṭeyã Korku
tiger ṭeːmbrya Korku
to deceive ṭhagankama
to taste (food) ṭhawa-be
forehead ṭhekri Korku
wrinkle ṭhikri golaːy
to knit one’s brows ṭhikri ṭoːl golaːy
pillar ṭhuni Korku
pickaxe – both sided ṭikaːso Hindi
vessels one above another ṭiphrinj Korku
to cook (rice) ṭoka
to kiss ṭoki
to stumble ṭokoṭ-kamaː-be Korku
bamboo basket ṭopla
to glue, stick ṭopti
to get desire (for something) (as pregnant women) ṭoṭo *
to check (something) ṭoya-be
skin ṭoːl
wild area with thick vegetation ṭoːpo
to embrace ṭu-be
to ripen (fruit) ṭugaṭ-
we two ṭyeːko
straight uba
to make erect ubaːkispinal
cord ubadaːnḍhi
vertebral column ubadaːnḍhi paːkṭo
tall uca Hindi
rough land uca oṭhraː
to pull, to rob, to massage uḍi
to open ugaːr-be
light (not darkness) ujuri
to tell lies, to exaggerate ukra
another day ukumi-ka-din *
to call (someone) ulaso-be
up side down, opposite ulṭa Hindi
to fall ulṭaː- Hindi
to cause to fall ulṭa-kama-
to measure umaːn-be Korku
age umbor Hindi
summer season unara Korku/Hindi?
to stay, remain, live ungaːy-be, hungaːy-be
to wear (shirt) uri-be
towel urmaːl Hindi?
to shake (body – vigorously) urraːn-
to rub, to brush uruṭ-be (ḍ) Korku
front part of the house usri Korku
pillow usta
husk utaːr
there uṭka
day before yesterday/day after tomorrow utni
movement in the belly wal-wal
marriage warari *
to lift up waso(ː)l-, wosol-
to float/swim weːr-, ueːr-
to keep, arrange wokki-
to have concern yukhaṭine

References

  • Nagaraja, K.S. 2014. The Nihali language: grammar, texts and vocabulary. Manasagangotri, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. →ISBN.
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