Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. didu

[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[la] conj. and

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nesú] n. granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacu] n. chick

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[áamì] n. cat

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò