Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[burù] n. younger brother

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

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

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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