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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of
[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures
[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork
[agoo] n. outside
[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress
[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying
[alo apĩ] n. lunch
[alì lɨpjo] n. sole
[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present
[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. árù span>
[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff
[asã] v. laud; praise; extol
[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame
[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark
[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera
[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors
[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)
[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma
[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. bww span>
[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)
[cahiɁ] adj. miserly
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis
[cíi] v. be extinct
[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony
[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear
[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly
[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.
[dempjo] n. mouse
[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more
[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May
[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior
[heɁi] n. a portion of meat
Speaker: Nani Anga
[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan
[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against
[hokɨ] post. from
[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic
[iɁŋǝr] v. snore
[kalo] v. look downwards
[kamra] n. room
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[kejĩ] adj. good; serene
[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle
[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: ant. kooga’ span>
[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship
[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal
[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down
[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree
[loci] n. hook; peg
[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)
[marpu] n. corn silk
[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor
[miɉí] n. orphan
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. mijí atúu span>
[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support
[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom
[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg
[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate
[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle
[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble
[opis] n. office
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. English span>
[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house
[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance
[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. paya’ span>
[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty
[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person
[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality
[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow
Example: Photo by Koj Mama
[pɨʎi] num. four
[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer
[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten
[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya span>
[reŋe] adj. tired
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. reqw span>
[rugu] v. take care of security; guard
[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. ronw span>
[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. ra’po span>
[ríi] v. sew; stitch
[santú] n. tree
[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate
[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. jiimú span>
[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand
[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar
[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear
[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)
[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)
[tano-gogo] n. snail
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. tano gorgo span>
[tapĩ] n. ice
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. twpiñ span>
[toɲó] adj. small (of group)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. toñrò span>
[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other
[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. uurò span>
[ũ] v. sip; take a sip
[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)
[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot
[xɨka] v. count; innumerate
[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition
[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose
[jarlo] v. calm someone down
[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village
[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food
[ámè] v. mate