Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[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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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[urú] n. family

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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