Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hĩ] v. pinch

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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