Apatani English

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[doodu] n. drop

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

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

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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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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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ápì] v. dry

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