Apatani English

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akì] n. dog

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨ] n. leaf

Dialect: syn. yanw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

Dialect: syn. axw sáa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉi] n. time

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[dĩtu] v. nod

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

Dialect: syn. bari’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Dialect: syn. hefi’, Speaker: Nani Anga

[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Dialect: syn. hentvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

Dialect: syn. kala’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

Dialect: ant. kooga’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kursi] n. chair

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

Dialect: ant. lopo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

Dialect: syn. mata’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[néesu] n. wrestling

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

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[riimi] n. spider

Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[takũ] n. peach

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

Dialect: var. torcañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Dialect: var. háagyá, Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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