Apatani English

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[ajò] n. night

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[more] n. forest

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[née] v. wrestle

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pí] v. bark

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tartu] v. break

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ákò] adj. low; short

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