Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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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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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁca] adj. blind

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[no ho] pron. where

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jompu

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapũ] n. bat

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tartu] v. break

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá