Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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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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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno