Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arcì] v. roll

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

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

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

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[dùu] v. sit

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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

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

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[poŋe] adj. different

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tõ] v. display

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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