Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dui] n. tobacco

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kalo] v. look downwards

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[lemba] n. village

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kájù