Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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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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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xe] v. force something

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’