Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buurò

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[elù] n. reed flute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pasù] n. needle

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xú] v. measure

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing