Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨgò] n. task; work

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xú] v. aim

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[xú] v. measure

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[álù] v. to work

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno