Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùumo] v. take rest

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ka] v. see; look at

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[samã] n. pine needle

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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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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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jali] n. fox

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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