Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

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

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axeɁ] n. kidney

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arxe’

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[go] v. fly; soar

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[ni] v. prune

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saati] n. pine sap

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[some] n. palm civet

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xeli] v. play

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno