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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. abrv span>
[aʎĩ] n. pancreas
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ahĩ] n. gold
[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person
[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice
[araɁ] v. tie
[aíi] n. blood
[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[barɲo] adj. small flat object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo span>
[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice
[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden
[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tule’ span>
[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)
[daɲi] n. sun
[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather
[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address
[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet
[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl
[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely
[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gozó span>
[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing
[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm
[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more
[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: var. hárgw span>
[iʎĩ] n. rectum
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)
[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village
[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro
[ɉoo] v. pay as wage
[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned
[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kokañ span>
[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart
[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding
[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kofuñ span>
[kone kone] n. ? one by one
[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”
[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw span>
[káhè] adj. big; large
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. atúu span>
[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space
[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)
[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village
[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre span>
[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)
[lɨpa] n. middle; center
[mura] n. seat
[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly
[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something
[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something
[nesú] n. granary
[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere
[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. niñdú span>
[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground
[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun
[opis] n. office
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English span>
[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful
[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pafo’ span>
[pano] v. sting
[perũ] n. bean
[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty
[pili] n. playground; open field
[poɁlã] n. grass
[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell
[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle
[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color
[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. qaatw span>
[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly
[ŋeɁko] v. open
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. qe’piñ span>
[ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla span>
[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered
[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening
[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person
[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell
[sumù] n. sand
[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening
[sɨsi] n. now
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. sisi span>
[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear
[tooro] n. Rhino beetle
[topaɁ] v. pour something away
[tumbu ude] n. tent
[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree
[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)
[ɨsã] n. high jump
[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)
[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede
[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)
[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel
[jaanɨ] adj. rotten
[jali] n. fox
[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug
[japǝr] n. mortar
[jaŋo] num. five
[jaɨ] n. axe
[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)
[ɲã] v. move with the head leading
[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize
[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out
[úì atúu] n. forest bug