Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alló] n. bone

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doorò

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

Speaker: Tage Kanno