Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[ho] num. in; at

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[miɁla] n. tear

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[ohoo] v. feed

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

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

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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