Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

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

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[moru] n. cheek

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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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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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jo] n. meat

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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