Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw’

[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[beɁɉi] n. injection

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuku] adj. upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gè] v. mark; write

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ke, page

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[page] v. write; mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gè

[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. saq

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xée] v. fry; roast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing