Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[adú] v. make noise

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hua] v. fall into something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

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

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[ta] v. listen; hear

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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