Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bi] v. give; offer

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[ke] v. write

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

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[po] v. weave

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[takũ] n. peach

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jo] n. meat

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò