Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lohè] post. till; until

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

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[more] n. forest

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[japa] n. young man

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[japjo] n. winnower

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

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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