Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alì] n. leg

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[daruu] n. summer

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[ganda] n. country; land

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

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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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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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jaso] n. cane

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[ápì] v. dry

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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