Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cì] v. bite

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[eem] int. yes

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[so] post. at; in

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

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

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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