Apatani English

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] n. and

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kõtɨ] part. only

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pano] v. sting

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sa] n. rope

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[suh] n. spring

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[álò] v. dry

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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