Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[balu] n. garden

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tù] v. push

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[urú] n. family

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xú] v. measure

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor