Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

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

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asã] n. north

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

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

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

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

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõ] v. display

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ĩka] pron. that

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