Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. didu

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

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sor] v. complain; protest

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taa] v. swim

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[tamù] n. a deity

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taju] n. wasp

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tù] v. push

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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