Apatani English

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

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alló] n. bone

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[aíi] n. blood

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cíi] v. be extinct

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

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[more] n. forest

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

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

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[tabu] n. snake

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo] n. meat

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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