Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[ríi] n. drool

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

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[se] v. pull

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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