Apatani English

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[perũ] n. bean

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taki] n. ginger

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jali] n. fox

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ápì] v. dry

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