Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[aɲã] n. year

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[poli] n. seed

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[pìi] v. dry

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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