Apatani English

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

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amu] n. hair

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[baara] n. fare; fee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

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

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[oho milobo] n. son

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

Speaker: Tage Kanno