Sora English

noun self-respect

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[akujkuju] noun plaited hair

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[alən bagulən kakabunjən] sentence we two are brothers

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[aniŋadʒudʒun] noun his father’s father

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[arsusunən] verb fight with one another; have a mock fight with a girl (a form of courtship)

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[baobob] noun white-haired

Speaker: Opino Gomango

[baobob mər] noun a grey haired person

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[barbar] verb exchange

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[baŋaŋtoŋən] verb frighten (occurs in a song)

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[beʔbeʔden] verb suck

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[bondodon] verb turn on

Speaker: Opino Gomango

[dʒidʒisɨr] noun tie the paddy field, set up bund in a field

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[dʒonanabaj] noun ear of corn

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[dʒonanabaj] noun ear of corn

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[dʒudʒu] noun father’s father

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[dʒudʒum] noun ancestor

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[dʒudʒun] noun grandfather, mother’s father or father’s father

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[dʒugrəmdəm] noun difficulty

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[gagagaj] noun the month of October-May; harvesting the paddies

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[gaganən] noun gaping

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[ganigan apari] noun spittle

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[garariŋ kəd] noun symbol of tigers on Sora wall paintings

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[giginən] verb have scratches from ones own nail or claw

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[gojbɨr bɨrən] noun a joking relation

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[gərigirən bategigirən] verb scratch another with a pointed article like, thorn, claw

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

verb shaked, be

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[kalik kalik] noun glitter

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[konondun] verb grapple, seize by throwing arms around

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[kuku] noun cough

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

pronoun there

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[kurundiŋandiŋle atiki banteja] verb distribute food after cooking

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[memen] noun breast, teat

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[memen arub] noun breast milk

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[miʔmiʔdəm] verb doze

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[miʔmiʔdəm] verb doze

Speaker: Mariam Roita

noun black gram

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[pumpumti] verb make swell

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[pupun] noun cake

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[purara] noun heart

Speaker: Marie Gomango

[puraran] noun heart

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[saŋaŋən] noun door

Speaker: Opino Gomango

[saŋsaŋ] noun turmeric

Speaker: Opino Gomango

[sinajsaj] verb desire

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[sənajsajdəm] noun want

Speaker: Opino Gomango

[tatalaj] noun sister’s son

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[tiriru peʔ] noun flute

Speaker: Mariam Roita

[titi] adverb there

Speaker: Mariam Roita

noun a kind of garden lizard

Speaker: Zasina Roita

[əpsanana] verb make another small (vb.)

Speaker: Opingo Gomango

[kurkur taman] verb kiss

Speaker: Zasina Roita