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[ageɁ] n. quiver
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[alo apĩ] n. lunch
[amiɁ] n. eye
[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò
[aróo] adj. poor; destitute
[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera
[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. neha appú span>
[barɲo] adj. small flat object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo span>
[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden
[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house
[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty
[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)
[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture
[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested
[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous
[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)
[dù] v. dig; excavate
[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address
[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October
[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl
[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti span>
[garɨ] n. vehicle
[go] v. fly; soar
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard
[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid
[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gwwrò span>
[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress
[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly
Speaker: Nani Anga
[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving
[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position
[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin
[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. buqá span>
[huu] v. light up; brighten
[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born
[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around
[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by
[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kokañ span>
[kamo] adj. dark
[kapanɨ] n. witness
[koha] num. nine
[kurmu] n. grasshopper
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. kormu span>
[laɁciɁ] n. finger
[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new
[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. pa’zi span>
[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease
[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell
[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook
[mohol] n. big house; bungalow
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[muɁ] v. blow (air)
[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis
[mɨho] v. make a sign
[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate
[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. jimvr span>
[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. neñkó span>
[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces
[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow
[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”
[põ] v. soak; marinate
[pɨɉĩ] n. moth
[pɨtì] adj. near
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. kucì span>
[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish
[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space
[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused
[roɁ] v. snatch; seize
[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses
[rubi] n. deaf
[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby
[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp
[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on
[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sa’lw’ span>
[sabè] n. loincloth
[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet
[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge
[sɨcú] n. stag
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. swcúr span>
[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin
[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)
[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf
[tabũ] n. smallpox
[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed
[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death
[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass
[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twpvr span>
[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear
[tasɨɁ] n. wart
[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder
[teɁʎa] adj. slanted
[tuleɁ] adj. slippery
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. bwle’ span>
[tɨrɨ] n. forehead
[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb
[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. mya span>
[xeɁ] v. winnow
[xoɁ] v. pry open
[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket
[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul
[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north
[áa] v. come; arrive; enter
[áade] v. come close; approach
[áɉù] n. appearance; image
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. kájù span>
[úì pami] n. goose pimples