Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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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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[apúu] n. arrow

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[si] dem. this

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xeɁ] v. winnow

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

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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