Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tú] v. kick

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ámì] n. tail

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