Santhali

Introduction

Santhali is a language of India. It is spoken in Bihar, Bhagalpur and Munger districts; Jharkhand, Manbhum and Hazaribagh districts; Odisha, Balasore district; West Bengal, Birbhum and Bankura districts; Assam; Mizoram; Tripura. Also in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal.

Dialects

Kamari-Santali, Karmali (Khole), Lohari-Santali, Manjhi, Paharia. Similar to Ho (See: Ho?), Mundari (See: Mundari), and Munda (See: Munda?).

The Santhali Verb

Verblist

• ᱠᱮᱪᱮᱫ
• ᱥᱤ
• ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ
• ᱥᱳ
• ᱦᱤᱲᱤᱧ
• ᱧᱮᱞ
• ᱨᱳ
• ᱨᱳᱜ
• ᱨᱳᱲ
• ᱫᱟᱜ
• ᱫᱩᱞᱟᱹᱲ
• ᱮᱦᱳᱵ
• ᱯᱤᱴᱷᱟ
• ᱯᱳᱱᱰ
• ᱵᱳᱨᱳ

• ạcur -- to turn
• ańgo̲p' -- to yawn
• ańjo̲m -- to hear
• ạtu -- to flow
• bachao -- to choose
• baḍae -- to know, be knowledgeable
• bas, ji, so̲ -- to sniff, smell
• beṇḍao, go̲c' -- to kill
• beṇḍaok', gujuk' -- to die, be dead
• beret', teṇgo -- to stand
• bo̲to̲r -- to fear
• ce̲pe̲c' -- to suck
• dal -- to hit
• dal -- to pound, beat
• danań, oko -- to hide
• dãṛã, daṛan -- to walk
• de̲c' -- to climb
• dela, ma -- to come
• duṛup' -- to sit
• ge̲r -- to bite
• ge̲t' -- to cut, hack
• giḍi -- to throw
• gitic' -- to lie down
• gur, ńũr -- to fall
• hara -- to grow
• hudis -- to think
• isin -- to cook
• jạpit' -- to sleep
• je̲re̲t', lo̲ -- to burn
• jhic' -- to open, uncover
• jiwe̲t' -- to live, be alive
• jo̲m -- to eat
• kạmi -- to work
• kiriń -- to buy
• kombṛo -- to steal
• kukmu -- to dream
• la -- to dig
• lại, me̲n -- to say
• landa -- to laugh
• lekha -- to count
• mo̲ -- to swell
• ńe̲l -- to see
• ńũ -- to drink
• paera -- to swim
• phaph, phũ -- to blow
• phaṭkar, ulạ -- to vomit
• raboṛ -- to scratch
• rak' -- to cry
• ro̲ho̲e -- to plant
• sahe̲t' -- to breathe
• silại -- to sew
• so̲bo̲k' -- to stab, pierce
• tho -- to spit
• ṭhu -- to shoot
• to̲go̲c' -- to chew
• to̲l -- to tie up, fasten
• uḍạu -- to fly