Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[adú] v. make noise

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[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajò] n. night

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[golu] v. lie

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽ] v. think; love

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koha] num. nine

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[née] v. wrestle

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

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

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[pano] v. sting

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[po] v. weave

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò