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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix
[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle
[arná] v. choke
[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt
[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera
[baró] n. brother
[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe
[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)
[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. fe’be span>
[buutɨ] n. community; society
[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)
[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry
[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo
[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)
[caãcú] n. cooking tripod
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byací span>
[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly
[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday
[dorɨ] n. winter
[dùusa] v. sit at a distance
[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. bukofe’be span>
[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. suru dozó span>
[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge
[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking
[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)
Speaker: Nani Anga
[harpũ] n. inner thigh
[harù] n. lung
[heme] n. oath; promise
[hẽco] n. titillation
[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused
[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ span>
[hirã] n. molar tooth
[horku] adj. slanting; squinting
[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop
Speaker: Nani Anga,Dialect: var. hoñki’ span>
[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. jifiñ span>
[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some
[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: esp. weight span>
[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle
[kanu] num. seven
[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous
[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. karw-kasi span>
[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait
[kurmu] n. grasshopper
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: var. kormu span>
[lãcu] n. goiter; hump
[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward
[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)
[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. lorw’ span>
[miɁʎò] n. eyelid
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò span>
[miɁjeɁ] v. wink
[milobo] n. male
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. zimw span>
[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful
[miju] n. human beings
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. neha span>
[mula] n. radish
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye
[mɨdù] n. time for doing something
[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile
[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair
[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken
[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. he’te’ span>
[pẽ] v. build; construct
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. piñ span>
[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip
[pɨri] n. chicken coop
[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear
[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. qe’ko span>
[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun
[saã] v. grow; live
[sarse] n. millet
[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead
[sitã] pron. like this; this way
[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out
[soj tarɨ] n. sweater
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder
[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar
[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla span>
[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. yo tardu span>
[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.
[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly
[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects
[taɲiɁ] n. corn
[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking
[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch
[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out
[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide
[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. age’ span>
[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper
[ura] n. inside (as of a house)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. agoo span>
[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house
[xirki] n. window
[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel
[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status
[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo
[jarlo] v. calm someone down
[jasi jalo] n. reflection
[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat
[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee
[áagjá] n. entrance; door
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. háagyá span>