Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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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

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[daɲi áago] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haatw

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haabjã] n. chest

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koŋ] num. one

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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