Apatani English

[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[appú] n. flower

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw har

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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

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[bjo] v. swim

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

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

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nane] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nama

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[se] v. pull

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ude] n. house

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[jalã] n. stone

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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

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

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