Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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

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

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[ʎi] v. become

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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

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

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[papù] n. egg

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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

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[tú] v. kick

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ápì] v. dry

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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