Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[takeɁ] n. germ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xe] v. read; count

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò

[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno