Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

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

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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