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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair
[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty
[aʎoo] n. tongue
[ahaɁ] v. hang something
[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. arlv span>
[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor
[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)
[apel] n. apple
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English span>
[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful
[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. argò span>
[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly
[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration
[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)
[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)
[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field
[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)
[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)
[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate
[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)
[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)
[còoʎa] v. limp
[deɁ] v. plait or weave
[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. defañ rwci span>
[diì] v. detach; peel
[doha-dolo] n. world; realm
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo span>
[dormaa] n. salary; wage
[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity
[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet
[ʎo] v. jump
[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope
[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood
[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)
[haabjã] n. chest
[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious
Speaker: Nani Anga
[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing
[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for
[hĩxã] num. thirty
[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. jaapa’ span>
[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ span>
[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[kapjó] adj. first
[kibo] n. male dog
[koha] num. nine
[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. akó koñtw span>
[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. muku span>
[laɁcã] n. ring
[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty
[lorɨɁ] n. joint
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’ span>
[marlã] n. rust
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. harti span>
[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely
[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. miju’ span>
[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue
[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)
[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa span>
[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)
[mɨkoɁ] v. open
[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain
[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate
[no hopa] pron. for where
[oha] int. interjection to express surprise
[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw
[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross
[pẽ] v. build; construct
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. piñ span>
[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off
[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb
[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu span>
[pɨɲe] n. chisel
[pí] v. bark
[ŋeɁko] v. open
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. qe’piñ span>
[ri] v. read
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: Or. Assamese span>
[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused
[salɨ] v. plantation
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi span>
[salɨɁ] v. push something in
[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. sañtú tero span>
[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet
[sisa] n. glass
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Hindi span>
[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with
[sor] v. slip; skid
[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns
[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide
[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal
[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot
[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twmiñ span>
[tarɉĩ] v. straighten
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: ant. tarki’ span>
[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk
[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman
[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)
[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. arww; swrww span>
[xẽŋu] v. warm something
[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)
[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo
[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back
[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)
[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork
[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)
[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct
[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)