Apatani English

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[asã] n. north

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koha] num. nine

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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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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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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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. weave

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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

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