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[abã] n. burning pain
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered
[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. wdo span>
[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder
[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. afóo koñsò span>
[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender
[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals
[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[anu] n. younger brother
[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt
[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded
[bare] num. one (of flat objects)
[bi] v. give; offer
[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo
[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[bár] v. charge interest
[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate
[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate
[deɁgo] n. crack
[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair
[dimu] n. hair (of head)
[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more
[dù] v. dig; excavate
[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)
[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’ span>
[henci] n. a variety of edible berry
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hupa] pron. for whom
[huuda] adj. bright
[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward
[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)
[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle
[koló] n. in the olden days
[koopja] n. lower back
[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ span>
[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions
[loci] n. hook; peg
[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone
[lɨca] n. lame
[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee
[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet
[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony
[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover
[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò span>
[milo] n. male
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. bwnw span>
[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede
[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule
[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree
[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar
[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. nami span>
[nẽbu] n. home
[nẽru] adj. foul smelling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. neñpyo span>
[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun
[papù aʎò] n. egg white
[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder
[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder
[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching
[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer
[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce
[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. hago span>
[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla span>
[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. qo’rò span>
[rubi] n. deaf
[rumali] n. handkerchief
[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down
[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days
[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. sa’liñ span>
[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling
[saã] v. grow; live
[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder
[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load
[siɁ] v. urinate
[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)
[sor] v. slip; skid
[sukũ] n. well; spring
[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder
[sɨlo] n. today
[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery
[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted
[taɲe] n. pus
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tarze span>
[tumbu ude] n. tent
[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly
[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. uurò span>
[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep
[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ span>
[xe] v. distribute; divide
[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover
[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. xezi’ span>
[xoo] v. stir
[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. piñdañ span>
[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend
[xɨdĩ] v. add
[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling
[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet
[jaanɨ] adj. rotten
[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour
[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple
[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)