Apatani English

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[papù] n. egg

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[santú] n. tree

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tõ] v. display

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xú] v. aim

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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