Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajò] n. night

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨca] n. lame

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[une] n. wound

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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