Apatani English

[ageɁ] n. quiver

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

Dialect: syn. heñsvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi áago] n. west

Dialect: syn. haatw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doha] n. world; realm

Dialect: syn. doha-dolo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Dialect: var. impya’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Dialect: ant. gaarò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Dialect: ant. twgò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gè] v. mark; write

Dialect: syn. ke, page, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

Dialect: syn. kami, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎã] adj. round

Dialect: ant. koofo’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. kwle pemu, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Dialect: syn. miju’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

Dialect: syn. pamyo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[poli] n. seed

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

Dialect: syn. diixw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Dialect: var. twbe, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

Dialect: ant. uusvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Dialect: syn. xañxañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

Dialect: ant. xe’liñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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