Apatani English

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[appú] n. flower

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laakur] v. take back

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[takeɁ] n. germ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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

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[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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