Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉĩ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laakur] v. take back

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[marlã] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. harti

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjodi] n. far off place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

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

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taxó] adj. bald

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ámè] v. mate

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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