Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laakur] v. take back

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pota] n. paper

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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