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[aarda] n. tomorrow
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)
[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty
[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon
[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs
[aleɁ] n. wing
[alló] n. bone
[amiɁ] n. eye
[amjaɁ] n. penis
[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)
[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)
[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè
[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice
[beɁɉi] n. injection
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)
[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)
[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin
[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit
[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive
[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre
[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.
[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine
[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. doosi’ span>
[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food
[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual
[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. suru dozó span>
[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)
[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious
Speaker: Nani Anga
[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. haasopa span>
[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)
[heɁi] n. a portion of meat
[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge
[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person
[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash
[hiɁka] v. frisk
[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss
[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro
[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin
[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)
[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo
[ipaɁ] n. excreta
[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning
[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet
[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve
[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish
[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some
[kalo] v. look downwards
[kanu] num. seven
[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval
[keɁsí] n. scissor
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco span>
[káhè] adj. big; large
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. atúu span>
[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand
[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering
[lobú] n. a part of loin loom
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke
[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet
[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)
[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature
[miju-mima] n. human beings
[mɨdù] n. time for doing something
[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently
[neɁ] v. rub or scrape
[nee] v. thresh or knead
[nunuka] pron. your (plural)
[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth
[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length
[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw
[paʎò] n. patch; piece
[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces
[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’ span>
[pulúu] adj. white; fair
[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away
[pìi] v. dry
[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head
[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary
[sãɉe] n. timber; wood
[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae
[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn
[sɨtiɁ] n. letter
[taɁmú] n. betel
[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)
[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds
[takǝr] n. star
[tapjo] n. herbal salt
[tero jorsã] n. green chili
[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something
[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly
[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house
[ɨsã] n. high jump
[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever
[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. yo aya’ span>
[jamu] n. fire
[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. cuuzi span>
[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork
[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb
[ɲaŋo] n. five years
[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ span>