Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aleɁ] n. wing

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajò] n. night

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[ʎi] v. become

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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

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Dialect: syn. petú

[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tartu] v. break

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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