Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kone] num. one

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[papù] n. egg

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[some] n. palm civet

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jamu] n. fire

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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