Apatani English

[aháa] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyú

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akì] n. dog

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dema

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. akì dula

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

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

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

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mjã] v. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[née] v. wrestle

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pulis] n. police

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakúr] v. return; come back

Speaker: Tage Kanno