Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arbú,

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bww

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eem] int. yes

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. luxa’

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjã] v. name

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sabè] n. loincloth

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

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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