Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myofi

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[papù] n. egg

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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