Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arná] v. choke

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xe] v. force something

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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