Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

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

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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

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[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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