Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ganda] n. country; land

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[loɲì] n. two days

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno