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[aʎeɁ] n. door
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble
[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree
[arí] v. string together (beads)
[asɨɁ] v. bite
[asó] n. length
[axeɁ] n. kidney
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. arxe’ span>
[axóo] n. stalk; stem
[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[buɁ] v. burst; explode
[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff
[bjo] v. swim
[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ciĩ] v. weave
[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive
[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar
[daɲi cago] n. east
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. haaci span>
[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head
[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine
[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse
[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant
[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest
[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)
[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete
[gaarò] adj. large, as a field
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gartú span>
[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties
[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. gozó span>
[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs
[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)
[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly
[haaja piɁ] v. starve
[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace
[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable
[huu] v. light up; brighten
[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch
[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow
[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)
[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. hágw span>
[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply
[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around
[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages
[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve
[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful
[kaʎã] v. look after; help
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. kafañ kada span>
[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing
[kibo] n. male dog
[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable
[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)
[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate
[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept
[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)
[malo] n. roof of a house
[mocuɁ] v. kiss
[muku] n. tobacco
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. dui span>
[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women
[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace
[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom
[mɨsì] v. do something secretly
[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free
[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January
[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction
[pace] v. cut into two pieces
[pacá] v. levy fine
[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl
[pasu] v. fight; quarrel
[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck
[pĩciɁ] n. mouse
[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. purò span>
[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice
[roɁnɨ] n. hen
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. ro’po span>
[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary
[rɨpu] n. silver
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. rupu span>
[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rwxwda span>
[santú] n. tree
[sãɉe] n. timber; wood
[selĩ] v. pull something out
[sitã] pron. like this; this way
[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sorò span>
[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke
[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden
[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn
[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split
[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)
[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow
[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. siñbo span>
[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey
[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down
[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other
[tuubjú] n. edge
[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)
[xẽŋu] v. warm something
[xɨ] num. six
[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly
Example: Photo by Gyati Habung
[ju] v. chant an ayú
[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet
[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in
[ákò] adj. low; short
[ákótá] pron. one more