Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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

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

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[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ámì] n. tail

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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