Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hua] v. fall into something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lemba] n. village

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[lo] post. with; by

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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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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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sãca] v. grow up

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[so] post. at; in

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tala] n. lock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tero] n. chili

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing