Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alì] n. leg

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[taa] v. swim

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ĩka] pron. that

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