The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo), Volume 2
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6.0 Human Beings
pp. 340ging n. nose, snot, (A˙ chik ging-ting).
ku˙-sik n. mouth; language.
mik-kang n. face; front.
Page 341mik-on n. eye, (A˙ chik mik-ron).
na-chil n. ear.
sko n. head.
wa n. tooth, teeth.
jak n. hand, arm.
ja˙-, ja n. leg, foot, usually in compounds: ja˙-git-ok ankle, (A˙ chik ja˙-a).
git-ok n. neck, throat; narrow place, neck of a pot.
jang-gil n. back, back of body, back side of an object.
ki˙-sang n. buttocks, backside; bottom or back end of an object.
bik-ma, buk-ma n. belly, stomach.
sok n. breast, man's nipple; mother's milk.
kin-i n. hair of the head.
be˙-en n. meat, flesh.
greng n. bone.
an˙-chi, han˙-chi n. blood, (lit. body water).
bi-gil n. skin of humans and animals, bark, peel, pod, leather.
ha-bu-a, a-bu-a vi. take a bath, bathe.
jak-su-a vi. wash hands.
mik-su-a vi. wash face.
ba˙-ra n. cloth, clothes.
a-pa n. father.
at-chu, at-chu-gip-a n. grandfather.
ma-ma, ma-ma-gip-a, ma-ma-tang n. mother's brother. <B
a-ma n. mother, mom.
am-bi n. grandmother.
a-da, a-da-gip-a, a-da-tang n. elder brother, mother's elder sister's son, elder father's elder brother's son, elder cousin-brother.
ang-jong, jong-gip-a, jong-tang n. younger brother, mother's younger sister's son, father's younger brother's son, younger cousin-brother.
se, se-gip-a n. husband.
a-bi, a-bi-gip-a, a-bi-tang n. elder sister, mother's elder sister's daughter, father's elder brother's son, elder cousin-sister.
jik, jik-gip-a n. wife.
no, no-gip-a, no-no, a-no n. younger sister, husband's or wife's younger brother's wife.
su, su˙-gip-a, ang-su n. grandchild.
cha-wa-ri n. son-in-law.
de-me-chik, de-me-chik-gip-a n. daughter.
de-pan-te n. son.
Page 342gri, gri-gip-a, gri-tang, ang-gri n. cross nephew, woman's brother's son, man's sister's son.
chat-chi n. kin, kinsman.
tang-a vi. live, alive.
si-a vi. die; go out, of fire, lamp: git-ok si-a be hoarse, (lit. throat dies); gro si-a settle a legal case; ja-jong si-a dark of the moon, (lit. moon dies).
man-de n. person, human being; specifically, a member of the Garo ethnic group. cls. classifier for the height of a person: man-de gin-i twice as tall as a person.
me˙-a-sa n. man, adult male.
me˙-chik, me˙-chik-sa n. woman, adult female; me˙-chik pi˙-sa woman-child, girl.
di˙-sa, pi˙-sa n. child, (A˙ chik bi˙-sa).
me˙-tra n. unmarried woman, young woman, adolescent girl.
pan-te n. bachelor, unmarried youth, adolescent boy.
