Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[burù] n. younger brother

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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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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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sor] v. complain; protest

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

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

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

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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