Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[deɁgo] n. crack

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

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

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

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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