mi

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”).


spin

Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).


bia

Probably borrowed from Bengali বিয়া (biẏa).


chi

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ti(y), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Atong (India) tyi (“water”), Kokborok twi (“water”).


pong

ladle made from a gourd (used especially for rice beer)


apa

Probably cognate with Tibetan ཨ་ཕ (a pha).


jak

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Narua lak (“hand”).


joka

chibima jokangenga


rua

rice seedling after removal from seedbed or after transplanting


sam

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *sam¹ (“grass”). Related to Atong (India) sam.


asa

Borrowed from Bengali আশা (aśa, “hope, expectation”).


wa

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”), Burmese သွား (swa:), and Tibetan སོ (so).


aina

From Bengali আয়না (aẏna), from Persian آیینه (âyine).


rong

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga, “color”)


raka

From raka (“to be hard”), symbolising how the alphabet represents a hard sound.

the name of an alphabet in Garo, symbolised by a dot or apostrophe representing the glottal stop.


bika

/bi/ or /bik/ forms words meaning 'internal organs'. Cognate with Kokborok bwkha (“liver”).


nok

classifier for families, households, for what is held in a house.


wak

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *bwak, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.


ganti

Possibly related to Bengali ঘণ্টা (ghonṭa)


haguk

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ɡuk (“grasshopper”).


matcha

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mV⁴-sha (“tiger”).


dokan

Borrowed from Bengali দোকান (dōkan), from Classical Persian دکان (dukān), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דוכנא (dukkānāʾ), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais”), from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber”). Cognate with Hindi दुकान (dukān).


indita

Ango indita tangkarang dongja.


gada

From Assamese গাধা (gadha). Cognate with Atong (India) gada.


chol

Ian nang·ni bonkamgipa chol ong·a


bibal

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *baːr (“flower, bloom”). Cognate with Burmese ပန် (pan), Mizo páar.


sipai

Likely borrowed from Bengali সিপাহী (śipahi).


tangka

Compare Bengali টাকা (ṭaka) (from earlier *টাঁকা (*ṭãka)).


paksa

From Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).


taning

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/k-niŋ (“brain, heart, mind”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw-k (“brain”). Cognate with Nuosu ꀑꆊ (o not, “brain”), Old Chinese 腦 (OC *nuːʔ), Jingpho nu' (“brain”), Drung unu (“brain; mind”), Japhug tɯrnoʁ, S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်နူာ် (khoh̀noọ, “brain”), Burmese ဦးနှောက် (u:hnauk, “brain”).


gori

Borrowed from Bengali ঘড়ি (ghoṛi, “clock”).


sre

from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej (“tongue”).


katchi

Cognate with Atong (India) khatchi (“sickle”). .


isol

Isol nambata ong·a.


ফ্রাপ

fig tree, especially mock bodh tree (Ficus rumphii)


বিমুং

Cognate to Burmese မည် (many, “to be named”), အမည် (a.many, “name”) and မှည့် (hmany., “to name”).


জুমাং

head

জুমাং (dźu-maŋ)

Cognate to Tibetan རྨང་ལམ (rmang lam, “dream”), Burmese အိပ်မက် (ipmak, “dream”), မှင်စာသင့် (hmangcasang., “to walk in sleep”) and မှင်တက်မိ (hmangtakmi., “to fall into somnambulism”).

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ওয়াগাম

ওয়াগাম (waɡam)

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gam. Cognate to Lepcha ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm, “molar”), Burmese အံ (am) or အံသွား (amswa:, “molar”).


ওয়াক

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.


খিমিল

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *mul, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l.


pakkre

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(r)ak ~ r-pak.


ta་mi་lang

From ta་ (“prefix for tubers”, prefix) + mil་ang.


ta་bolchu

From ta་ (“tuber”, prefix) + bol-chu. Cognate with Kokborok thaborchuk (“tapioca”).


kor་gus

Borrowed From Bengali খরগোশ (khorgōś), from Persian خرگوش (xarguš), from Middle Persian 𐭤𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭱 (xar-gōš, “rabbit, hare”).


gipeng

Cognate with Atong (India) gebeng (“width, breadth”).


jakpong

jak- (“arm, hand”) + -pong (“cylindrical”). Cognate with Narua lakpo (“upper arm”).


lunggi

a lungi, a garment wrapped around the waist


an·cheng

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *haŋ²-ceŋ (“sand”).


kramchi

From gram + chi. Cognate with Tibetan རྔུལ་ཆུ (rngul chu).


somoi

Borrowed from Bengali সময় (śomoẏ, “time”).


makbil

The prefix mat-/ma- is used for many mammals.


me·tra

unmarried woman, young woman, adolescent girl


mateka

The prefix mat- is used for many mammals.


porikka

Borrowed from Bengali পরীক্ষা (porikkha).


ku·sik

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku(w) (“mouth”). Cognate with Chinese 口 (kǒu, “mouth”), Tangut 𗋈 (*ŋwu², “mouth”).


ka·sop

Cognate with Kokborok bwkhasobom, Atong (India) kha·sop.


do·chi

First element is do·- (“nominalizing affix for birds”)


grong

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *kroŋ¹ (“horn”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/ɡ-(r)wa-ŋ/k/t (“horn; angle; corner”).


te·gachu

From te·- + gachu. Possibly cognate with Kokborok thaichuk (“mango”).


pakkrong

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(r)ak ~ r-pak.


jakpa

(anatomy) palm of the hand, end of an insect leg


te·brong

From te·- + brong. Cognate with Kokborok thaihpung (“jackfruit”).


si·ol

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-k-ywal (“jackal”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-k-jwal (“jackal”). Or from Bengali শিয়াল (śiẏal, “jackal”). Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-k-jwal (“jackal”) may be related to Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla) (whence Bengali শিয়াল (śiẏal)). Cognate with Atong (India) sial (“jackal”).


manderang

From mande (“person, human, Garo person”) + -rang (“plural marker”).


biming

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“to name, call”). .


salgipeng

From sal (“day, sun”) + gipeng (“width”).


chiret

water channel leading to or from rice fields


chiga

spring, stream, pond, place where water is obtained from


chisam

From chi (“water”) + sam (“edge, side”).


ha·kong

From ha·- (“earth”). Probably cognate with Atong (India) ha·khong (“valley”).

low place between hills, (wider than a ha·singsep (valley))


ha·chik

ha·- (“earth”). Probably cognate with Kokborok hachuk (“hill or high land”).


do·o

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tao² (“bird”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *daw (“bird”).

Ua do·o bilenga!


wagam

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gam. Cognate to Lepcha ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm, “molar”), Burmese အံ (am) or အံသွား (amswa:, “molar”).


jumang

Cognate to Tibetan རྨང་ལམ (rmang lam, “dream”), Burmese အိပ်မက် (ipmak, “dream”), မှင်စာသင့် (hmangcasang., “to walk in sleep”) and မှင်တက်မိ (hmangtakmi., “to fall into somnambulism”).

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ki·tap

Probably derived from Assamese কিতাপ (kitap).


A·chik

Garo people, especially the ones who live in Garo Hills.


greng

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *kreŋ³ (“bone”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɡ-r(w/j)a(ŋ/k) (“bone; skeleton”).


ki·me

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mei, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r-may (“tail”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj. Cognate with Atong (India) di•may, Burmese အမြီ (a.mri), Tibetan རྨེད (rmed), Nuosu ꂪ (hmy), Chinese 尾, Mizo mei, Chepang मेः (meʔ), S'gaw Karen မဲၢ် (meẖ).


han·cheng

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *haŋ²-ceŋ (“sand”). See ha·- (“earth”).


kombol

From Assamese কম্বল (kombol) or Bengali কম্বল (kombol), from Sanskrit कम्बल (kambala).


da·a

Da·o skul re·angna nanga.


ka·a

Likely from Assamese কৰ (kor) or Bengali করা (kora).


aguk

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *ɡuk (“grasshopper”).


a·sel

Ia obostara sani a·sel ong·a?


bari-bagan

From Bengali বাড়ি (baṛi, “home”) + Bengali বাগান (bagan, “garden”).


bohari

Likely related to Assamese বহাৰী (bohari)


jonai

Possibly related to Bengali জোনাকি (jonaki, “firefly”).


songsar

Possibly related to Bengali সংসার (śoṅśar)


rongdik

earthenware storage pot with no neck and a large mouth, used to store rice

the thick part at the base of a banana trunk


du·dap

a raised earthen platform forming a fireplace in an old-style house


gitchi

a small narrow-bladed hoe, for weeding and digging up roots


nokkap

house site, place where a house can be built


diktom

a large, round, open-mouthed earthenware pot, used for brewing rice beer


gan·sang

platform for an old-style bamboo house, platform for sleeping made from boards of bamboo