Ho(dic) bear vocabulary

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Андреев день, он же Медведев день

ã-ũ (both AA and U long) a cry made by a bear when in pain; of a bear, to make such a cry

ãw-ãw of young bear cubs, to cry out

balu a bear

bana a bear

buṛi old woman; wife; pass.- to become an old woman [Eng:var] bear

dapung a term descriptive of the bent-over shuffling gait of a bear

dang-dang of a four-footed animal, e.g. a bear, or a goat, to stand up on the hind legs

dinang the bent over gait of a bear or an old woman

haba-baba a sound made by an excited bear

kẽ:-kẽ: a high pitched repeated cry of a bear cub

pur of a man, horse, bear, etc., to drivel or emit water from the mouth

ratam a trap used to catch bears, rats, etc.

ṭur-ṭur the sound made by a bear when going about looking for food, etc.

ṭuṭu-ṭuṭu tan of a mother bear whose cubs are threatened, to cry out in an excited tone

—A dictionary of Hodic (Ho), 2007