CI/L SILVeR JUBILEE PUBLICATION SeRieS KONYAK HINDI -ENGLISH DICTIONARY Hindi Glou b.v LALITA HANDOO 25 OF 'ft<iftf4 'ffqf flNI. . 1969-1994 KONY AK-HINDI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SILVER JUBILEE PUBLICATION SERIES Editor E. ANNAMALAI KONY AK-HINDI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY K. S. NAGARAJA Hindi Gloss by LALITA HANDOO _ ... CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES Mysore-570 006 Manasagangot~i. First Published : July 1994 Sravana 1916 e Ctntra11nstilutt ofi ndian LangUllges, Mysore,l994 • Price : Rs. 46. , s ~ [ Published by Dr. E.Annamalai, Director, or Central Institute Indian Languages, Mysore. Printed by Mr. S.B.Biswas, Manager CIIL Printing Pn:ss, Manasagangoui, Mysore 570 006 Production : Dr. Jawaharalal Handoo Cover Desi~n : Mr. N.H.Jtagi in language teaching in schools making it skill based and function oriented It has brought audio visual and computed technology to aid the teaching of Indian languages. It has helped many uibal languages to be codified, described and used in education. Its research and training programmes in social, physiological and folkloristic aspects of language and culture have introduced new dimensions to research on Indian languages. The International Institutes organised by the Institute in sociolinguistics, semiotics, phonetics and other areas have helped the development of human resource in Utesc areas. The major problem or the Institute is that it cannot meet all language needs of the whole country. It has to play the role of a catalyst and modelseuer. The other agencies are to take over the universal implementation of the innovations. This has not taken place to the desired extent. In the eoming years. the Institute plans to consolidate the earlier work and expand the work in the ares oft ranslation, computer applications and production of audto visual materials. It wishes to suike new grounds in language evaluation and storage and dissemination of language information. The lnstituiC will move into a new Campus to carry on the work with new vigour and vision. One pan of the Silver Jubilee Celebration is the publication of 25 special volumes. The present boolc is one of these volumes. (E. ANNAMALAJ) Director • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In compiling this Project various people have assisted in various ways. First the Konyaks have provided the data. In this I record with gratitude the assistance I got from my Konyak informants. .From the following people I collected Mung data-Me~sers. ling. K, P. Angmung. K, and Heong. K. I thank all these people. Shri Mungling was my prime informant. I thank him and his family for their assistance during my stay at Wakching. 1 thank the authorities of Nagaland State Government for taking active interest in this work. In this connection I am grateful to Shri Sheiching Konyak, the Konyak Language Officer, Directorate of Education, Kohima for his personal interest in this work and also for many useful discussions I had with him. Shri H. C. Handique the then Deputy Inspector of Schools for Mon Dt. and his wife Mrs. Handique were extremelr generous in providing all necessary assistance during my field trips. I thank them for all their help. I thank my other Konyak and other friends who have helped in this project in one way or other. I thank Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, former Director, CIIL for encouragement and overall guidance. vu" My grateful thanks are due to Dr. E. l\nnamalai, Director, CIIL. for his coustant encouragement and guidance proJect. thmut;k·•:~ thi~ Lalitha Handoo has provided Hindi glosses ~1rs. for this Dictionary. I thank her for her assistance. I am thankful to Dr. R. A. Singh who has checked the Hindi entries. J. I thank Shri Sharan for typing this manuscript and Shri N. H. ltagi for drawing the map and Shri K. Srinivasacharya for seeing it through the press. K. S. NAGARA]A ... Vlll • CONTENTS ... Foreword v Acknowledgemenrs VII Introduction xi The Dictionary of the Konyak Language I Appendices 87 IX INTRODUCTION Konyak Nagas are one of the sixteen major tribes who live in the state of Nagaland. 'Konyak' is the name of the language as well as the Community that spe~ks it. Among the sixteen communities, Konyak is the single largest tribe. Earlier Konyaks were known by various names-Angwanku, Tableng, Angphong and others. In fact there waa no common name for these people. Only recently 'Konyak' term is used unifor mly for them. Konyaks inhabit the north-eastern district of Nagaland, namely the Mon district (termed in Dec. 1973). The area occupied by the Konyaks is primarily divided into two, viz. lower Konyak and Upper Konyak. The lower Konydk consists mostly of low lying areas with the hills, having a height ~f iust about 3000 teet. The upper Konyak consists of high hills and thick forests spreading in the south upto the Patkoi hill ranges. The Konyaks have on the east a long Interna tional border with Burma. The Upper Konyak are bounded on the south by Khiamngans, on the west by the Ch.mgs and the Phoms, and on the nonh they are contiguous with the lower Konyaks. The lower Konyaks are bounded on the south-west hy the Phoms, .tnd on the west by the Aos. They XI