Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

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

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

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

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bár] v. charge interest

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lemba] n. village

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no ho] pron. where

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tù] v. flood

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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