Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã] n. new born

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kooló] n. iliac crest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨle] n. river

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lai] n. torch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English (light)

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

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[se] v. pull

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[sɨ] v. die

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲatu] n. resting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno