Apatani English

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hilu] n. gum

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[misì] adj. old woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[oho milobo] n. son

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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