Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. akì dula

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tõ] v. display

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xe] v. read; count

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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