Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[appú] n. flower

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãxã] n. border post

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[some] n. palm civet

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[álù] n. task

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