Apatani English

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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