Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kóò] n. son

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjã] v. name

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xirki] n. window

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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