Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

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

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

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

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuda] adj. bright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. qaare

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[álì] v. plant

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