Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[car] v. boil

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mubuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mula] n. radish

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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