Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[alló] n. bone

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[car] v. boil

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] n. and

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lohe] n. one day

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[japǝr] n. mortar

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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