Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

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

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

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

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

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

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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