Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[diipe] n. spade

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harti] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mula] n. radish

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu] n. snake

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tero] n. chili

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[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

[uuko] n. hole

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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