Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

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

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[imi] v. sleep

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pano] v. sting

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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