Apatani English

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caa] v. step on

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[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

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[imi] v. sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[lobu] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lohe] n. one day

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pixu] n. spinning node

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pìi] v. dry

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[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

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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