Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[car] v. boil

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gehe] v. yawn

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[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifiñ

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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