Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gorbã] n. shoulder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koopja] n. lower back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mopla] n. muffler

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[nalò] v. push down

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nañlò

[paakuɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaka’

[papú] n. puffed grain

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taju] n. wasp

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[álì] v. plant

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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