Apatani English

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

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

[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁɉi] n. injection

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ

[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[horci] adj. smart; agile

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kooʎã] adj. round

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[luho] v. speak offensively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero] n. chili

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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