Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. didu

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉi] adj. black

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. aró

[more] n. forest

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xú] v. aim

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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