Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎí] n. bow

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

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

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

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

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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