Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

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

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daruu] n. summer

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

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

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kóò] n. son

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tamù] n. a deity

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

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tú] v. kick

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ákojá] pron. something else

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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