Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì] n. dog

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjo] v. swim

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

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kakur] v. look back

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kone] num. one

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[ne] pron. how much; how many

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pasù] n. needle

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarì] n. hail

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ude] n. house

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[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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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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