Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

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

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ápì] v. dry

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