Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjo] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi cago] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaci

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taa] v. swim

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tado’

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno