Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[amí-abã] n. elders

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[so] post. at; in

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xú] v. aim

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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