Apatani English

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amã] n. roof

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[diiha] n. clay soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[du] v. drip (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõ] v. utter; emit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[leko] v. cross

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[milò] n. husband

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nane] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nama

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pore

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pìi] v. dry

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tõkĩ] v. display

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

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno