Apatani English

[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hime] n. child; youngster

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

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

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[néesu] n. wrestling

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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