Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aháa] n. heart

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. abiñ

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bo] v. cross; traverse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapjó] adj. first

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨta] n. bird

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

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xeli] v. play

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xú] v. aim

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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