Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. opa’

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

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

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bari’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mjã] v. name

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[nar] v. borrow

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rubi] n. deaf

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tarù] n. rope

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jali] n. fox

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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