Apatani English

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo] n. outside

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

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

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

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[car] v. boil

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[cì] v. bite

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[tù] v. flood

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[ĩka] pron. that

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