Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[ke] v. write

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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