Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

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

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tù] v. push

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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