Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aĩ] n. gold

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. borta’

[burù] n. younger brother

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dorzó

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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