Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baró] n. brother

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cáa] v. split; slit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

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

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lorw’

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aku

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. apa’

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[so] post. at; in

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[álù] v. to work

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[ámì] n. tail

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