Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kooʎa] v. limp

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

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[so] post. at; in

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarú] n. ear

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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