Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koŋ] num. one

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[leko] v. cross

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[née] v. wrestle

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyañ