Apatani English

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuuki] v. stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuukw

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. misi

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨta] n. bird

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò