Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[alì] n. leg

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubju] n. scum; froth

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

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

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

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

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[takũ] n. peach

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ápì] v. dry

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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