Apatani English

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

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[ho] n. and

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lohe] n. one day

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

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[so] post. at; in

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò