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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. atañ span>
[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[arò kõci] n. dawn
[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè
[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain
[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while
[bare] num. one (of flat objects)
[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin
[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma
[burù] n. younger brother
[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate
[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight
[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)
[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from
[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust
[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door
[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony
[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there
[deɁgo] n. crack
[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars
[dula] n. rope to tie dogs
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. akì dula span>
[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest
[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket
[gaga] adj. quarrelsome
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. garta’ span>
[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word
[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop
[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy
[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving
[hamã] n. vegetable
Speaker: Nani Anga
[harpũ] n. inner thigh
[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated
[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot
[huli] n. boil; pimple
[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy
[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil
[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool
[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[ɉi] adj. black
[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true
[ɉoo] v. pay as wage
[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare
[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well
[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)
[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome
[komla tɨŋá] n. orange
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)
[lodɨ] adj. short, of day
[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous
[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion
[me] v. search; look for; seek; check
[meɁ] v. join; link; couple
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. me’si’ span>
[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way
[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle
[mɨmĩ] v. win
[mjobju] n. earthquake
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ span>
[mjɨ] n. wife
[nama] pron. your mother
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. nane span>
[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case
[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag
[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent
[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house
[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms
[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste
[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally
[põcuɁ] adj. narrow
[pù] v. hatch (an egg)
[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever
[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond
[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. re’ke abya span>
[roɁ] v. snatch; seize
[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence
[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword
[seɲi] n. rhododendron
[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)
[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sorò span>
[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days
[taʎa] v. listen
[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird
[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede
[tarlar] n. peacock
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. tar pwta span>
[taɲiɁ] n. corn
[tõ] v. display
[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive
[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tale’ span>
[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly
[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking
[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. uusvr span>
[xe] v. read; count
[xũta] n. timber; wooden post
[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)
[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple
[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow
[jarú rui] n. ear wax
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rui span>
[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl
[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming
[ácì] v. hide; conceal
[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)