Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[alo] n. day

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gõ] v. utter; emit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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

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

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pano] v. sting

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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