Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alló] n. bone

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aíi] n. blood

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bebuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjã] v. name

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[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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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[ude] n. house

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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