Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kopw

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóò] n. son

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[page] v. write; mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gè

[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[telĩ] v. push something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tù] v. flood

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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