Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

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

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[so] post. at; in

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xú] v. measure

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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