Apatani English

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[eem] int. yes

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harù] n. lung

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nane] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nama

[pace] n. the other side

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno