Glossary

Aai — Goddess;
Aathmongola — A ritual of marriage;
Agoli kolpaat — Plantain leaf;
Ahin — Assamese calendrical month;
Ahot paat — Peepul leaf;
Akhoi guri — Powder of parched rice;
Akhoi phutua — Process of preparing the parched rice;
Akhoi — Parched rice;
Akon — Swallow wart;
Alokhoni — Kind of witch/spirit which disturbs the bowl;
Alua rangar kukura — Red hen;
Anguli Pitha — A type of traditional rice cake of the shape of a finger;
Aunipaan — Type of betel creeper;
Baghdhekia — A type of fern;
Bam meteka — A type of hyacinth;
Banshas — Lineage;
Barik — Headman among 20 household of a village;
Basare basare barhi ja — As years roll on let the growth take place;
Bastra — Cloth;
Basumati — Mother Earth;
Bati — Bowl;
Batolu guti — Clay pellet/Small Earthen ball;
Bator jeng bipod apod dur houk — Let the unseen hurdles in life be removed;
Bei — Place of bathing the bride or the groom;
Bel paat — Leaves of a wood apple;
Betgaj — Cane shoot;
Betupaat — Kind of leaf;
Bez — A person who does magico-religious treatment;
Bhakats — Devotee of God;
Bhapot diya sawal — Steamed rice;
Bhar — Load;
Bhat dimoru guti — Seed of a tree;
Bhimkol — A variety of banana;
Bhoral — Barn;
Bhujoni — Eatables offered on special occasions;
Bihu — A traditional festival of the Assamese society celebrated by all caste and communities living in Assam;
Biya naam — Marriage songs;
Bogori jeng — Twigs and branches of thorny plum plant;
Bohaag — First month of Assamese calendrical year;
Bon Debota — God of the Jungle;
Bhoot jora mantro — Magical charms for chasing ghosts;
Bor tengesi — A sour plant;
Bora chawal — A variety of rice (usually sticky);
Borghor — Main house in a traditional Assamese house;
Borpitha — Traditional Assamese rice cake;
Borsaang — A bamboo structure hang above the fireplace in the kitchen;
Bos — A type of herb;
Brahmi — A type of herb;
Chadar — A cloth used as a dress of woman;
Changi — Bamboo frame used for carrying the corpse;
Cheleng Chador — A traditional piece of cloth;
Choitra — An Assamese calendrical month;
Choraghor — Outside sitting room;
Choru — Utensil used for cooking;
Da — Chopping sword;
Dhari — Traditional mat;
Dheki thura — Pestle;
Dheki Xal — Shed where the pounding pedal is kept;
Dheki — Pounding Pedal;
Dhip — Earthen mound;
Dhol — Traditional drum;
Dhuliya bheti — An open ground where bihu dance is performed;
Dhup — A type of ball made from cloth;
Doha — Death ritual observed on the 10^th day;
Dola/Kula — Tray like rounded wicker work used for keeping paddy;
Dubori bon — Kind of grass;
Dul — Thread with magical charms;
Dula — Palanquin;
Dung — Vessel made of banana sheath;
Dunori — A basket made of bamboo;
Dupor tenga — A kind of acidic herb;
Ekhetiya — Dress of woman;
Era guti — Castor seed;
Gamusa — Traditional Assamese towel;
Garu — Pillow;
Gathiyon — A kind of aromatic medicinal plant;
Gayon Bayan — A group of folk singers usually performed during rituals and special occasions;
Ghai — The centre pole;
Ghatuyoi — Ferryman;
Ghila pitha — A variety of rice cake;
Ghila — Seed of Sea Bean (disc shaped seed of a plant);
Ghoti — Brass pot;
Gor — Piece of log;
Gorokhiya — A boy who looks after the cowherds;
Goru bihu — First day of Bihu where cow is worshipped;
Goru — Cow/Bull;
Gosa — A stand for placing the lamp;
Guhali — Cowshed;
Gur — Molasses;
Guriyal — Leader;
Gutung sula — Traditional shirt of Sonowal Kachari male;
Gyati kharidiya — Custom of putting fire wood into the burning pyre of a dead by kith and kins and people present in the cremation ground;
Gyati — Kinsman;
Halodhi — Turmeric;
Hamuk — Snail;
Hasoti — A small piece of cloth used of tying betel nut;
Hauguri Tula — Customs of marriage;
Hedali — A hurdle or network of split bamboo used as a shelf;
Heta — A ladle;
Hetamari — A ladle;
Hijua kol — Boilded banana;
Hogphul — Type of flower;
Juit pori nomoribi — Not to die by burning;
Hukan masor hukoti — Powder of dried fish;
Hukan puthimas — A variety of dried fish;
Hukloti — A type of herb;
Ikora — A variety of reed;
Jakoi — A type of bamboo instrument used for catching fish;
Jalor tukura — Piece of fishing net;
Jamuk gos — Blackberry tree;
Jamuk kath — Blackberry wood;
Jamuk — Blackberry fruit;
Janoni Diya — Information;
Japi — Wicker hat serving as an umbrella;
Jara-phuka — Magical charms;
Jathi-jung — Spear and bamboo weapon;
Jeura — Fencing made of bamboo;
Joha chawal — Variety of aromatic rice;
Jori paat — Banyan leaf;
Jujona — Prelude of a bihu song;
Jur — Lighted torch;
Kaaj — Death ritual observed on the eleventh/ thirteenth/ one month;
Kahi — Dish;
Karmi — Workers;
Kati — An Assamese calendrical month;
Kehraj — A type of herb;
Kerahi — Pan;
Kesa mythoi — Unbaked rice flour balls;
Kesa pithaguri — Unbaked rice flour;
Kesheru — A type of tree;
Khaji — Eatables collected from the jungle;
Khar — Traditional alkaline water;
Kharahi — A type of bamboo basket;
Kharika — Split bamboo piece;
Khel — Clan;
Kheror jumuthi — Lighted braided wisp of straw;
Khoniya Kapur — Traditional cloth;
Khorom — Slippers made from wood;
Khuba Khubuni — A ritual during marriage function;
Khuliya — A person who plays the music instrument known as ‘Khul’;
Khundana — Small mortar for pounding things;
Koldil — Spadix of banana;
Kolosi — A vessel made from brass;
Kona himolu — A type of herb;
Konai — A ritual in puberty ceremony;
Koni Junj — A traditional game of hitting eggs of duck or hen during Bohag bihu;
Kopah — Cotton;
Kopou — Dove;
Korkora bhat — Rice of the previous night;
Korobi — A kind of flower;
Kosu jaal — Custom of feeding the mother with taro leaves, peeper, fish or meat cooked together after the birth of a child;
Kosu — Taro plant;
Kotari — Knife;
Koupat — A type of leaf;
Kukur Xuta — Kind of wood;
Kukura junj — Kind of traditional game (Cock fight);
Kukura petu — Entrails of a hen;
Kumura — A Gourd variety;
Lakhimi ona — Custom of bringing the paddy to the house;
Lakhimi Singa — Custom related to harvesting;
Lakhuti — Walking stick;
Lau kha benega kha — Have gourd and brinjals;
Luka Luki — Hide and seek (A Folk game);
Maah Prasad — Offerings to a diety;
Maan daan — Custom of gifting different items during marriage;
Maar hour baper hour — Both mother and father are small in size;
Maas-bhat sua — A custom related to death where meal is served with fish;
Mahalaya — The day which heralds the advent of Goddess Durga to the earth;
Mahudi lota — A kind of herb;
Mala gatha — Process of making a garland;
Manda — A sword used for sacrificing;
Maral — Design made with rice powder;
Maralghor — Inner apartment of a house;
Mati Kanduri — A type of herb;
Mejenga — A type of herb;
Mekhela — Dress worn by woman in the lower part of the body;
Mera bhat — Fermented rice used for making rice beer;
Mesaki — A type of herb;
Methoni — Piece of cloth tied around the breast of a woman;
Mogu — A bean variety;
Mola — Round small earthen vessel;
Mridongiya — Use of a particular musical instrument called ‘Mridanga’;
Mukh loga mantro — Magical charms to get rid of evil eyes;
Mukhagni — Custom performed during cremation of a dead;
Mukhloga — Influence of evil eyes;
Naam kirtan — Group of devotees of God perform naam or prayers to God;
Na-guj-lua — Custom practiced before the cultivation work starts;
Nai — Umbilical chord;
Na-Purush — Ancestors upto ninth generation;
Narji — Marigold;
Nephaphu — A type of herb;
Nimakh — Salt;
Nolsunga — A type of reed can;
Nolor sungare dusunga — Two tubes measured by reed can;
Norohingho — A kind of medicinal plant;
Nuai Tuloni biya — Ceremony of puberty rites of a girl child;
Omora — Hog plum tree;
Ou tenga — Elephant apple;
Oza — Man who cures ailments by incantation;
Panipota — Eaves drop;
Panit pori nomoribi — Not to die by drowning;
Patidoi — Type of reed;
Patot diya pitha — A type of traditional rice cake wrapped in banana leaf;
Pengeri lata — A type of creeper herb;
Pepa — Traditional musical instrument;
Pera — Wooden box;
Petu — Entrails;
Phalguna — An Assamese calendrical month;
Pinda — Oblation to the deceased person;
Pira — Wooden stool;
Pithaguri — Rice flour;
Pitika — Mashed eatables;
Pokhoru tung — Lining of the cloth in which betel nut is carried;
Poroli — Covering made of grass or thatch;
Pota guti — A stone used for crushing eatables;
Pujari — Priest;
Pura kol — A banana variety usually used as vegetable;
Randhoni — Cook;
Randhoni ghor — Kitchen;
Rans — Reed of an Assamese loom;
Robab Tenga — A Citrus fruit variety;
Robha — Temporary roof for celebration;
Rohi mod — A variety of rice beer;
Sabah — Holy rituals;
Sai — Ash;
Saki — Earthen lamp;
Sakson — Kind of insect;
Sal — Place of worship;
Sandoh — Coarse powder of parched rice;
Sasthi — The sixth day of Durga puja;
Sati — Umbrella;
Sengeli maas — A type of fish;
Sesu — A sharp split piece of bamboo;
Sesur — A type of tree;
Sewa bhat — Steamed rice;
Shakti — Power;
Sua — Impurity;
Suddhi Sabah — Purification ceremony;
Sunga Sawal — Steamed rice made in bamboo can;
Sutal — Courtyard;
Tabiz — Amulet;
Tamul gos — Betel nut tree;
Tamul paan — Betel nut and leaf;
Tang guti — A kind of folk game;
Tel pitha — A variety of rice cake;
Thereju — A type of fruit;
Thuriya Tamul — Rolled up betel nut in betel leaf;
Til — Sesame;
Tilani — Death ritual observed on the 3^rd day;
Tiphai — Altar;
Tithi — Anniversary;
Toi hobi bor bor goru — You grow to be a huge cow;
Tolxora mod — A variety of rice beer;
Tomal — Bamboo split used for tying bundle of paddy;
Tongloti paat — A type of leaf;
Tora — Kind of wild cardamon plant;
Tora pogha — A rope prepared from a tora plant to tie cattle;
Tum — A type of bamboo basket;
Tupula bondha — Custom of wrapping betel nut and leaf for a sacred purpose;
Ulu kher — A type of reed;
Uposthar — Male organ;
Uroni — Tradition of covering the head of a woman with a cloth;
Uruli — Shrilling sound made by woman in some rituals;
Vijaya Dashami — Tenth Day of Durga puja;
Xalita — Cotton used for lightning earthen lamp;
Xanti Jal — Purified water;
Xarana — Initiation into a particular religious faith;
Xarkota bon — Kind of grass;
Xereka — Traditional rice beer of Thengal Kacharis;
Xilikha — Terminalia Chebulla fruit;
Xohoya bon — Kind of grass;
Xorai — Tray mounted on a base;